After the Great Dao died

The strongest warriors here, the Purple-Clad Marquis and Yuan Yuan, were simply no match for Chen Lingxi.

Yuan Yuan stood atop the clouds, having just exchanged a blow with Chen Lingxi, and the sword wound on his right palm still throbbed faintly.

He could naturally see that the sudden surge of power around Chen Lingxi was not something he had cultivated himself, but rather something that had been empowered by some unfathomable being using a secret technique.

Regardless of where this power comes from, Chen Lingxi at this moment is far beyond what he alone can match.

As he was pondering, Chen Lingxi arrived on a cloud.

Lei Zhao's longsword twirled in his hand, the three-colored sword energy on the blade flickering erratically, each strike carrying a terrifying, world-destroying power.

Yuan Yuan retreated repeatedly, unleashing a series of profound martial arts techniques with his palms flying across the ground.

However, those martial arts techniques were no longer powerful in the face of Chen Lingxi's sword light, and were shattered one after another!

The purple-robed marquis arrived with a spear in hand, his vitality greatly diminished.

At that moment, Chen Lingxi clenched his left hand in the void and activated the Heaven-Seizing Seal. A giant handprint, ten feet in diameter, slammed down on Yuan Yuan from the side.

Yuan Yuan swung his palm to meet the attack, and the palm strike collided with the hand seal, creating a loud boom.

Lightning flashed across Chen Lingxi's longsword as it pierced towards Yuan Yuan's brow. Yuan Yuan's pupils constricted sharply.

That sword light was too fast!

He could clearly sense the immense power of that incomparably sharp sword intent!

Meanwhile, heavenly drums resounded all around, locking him in place on all four sides.

There's no way to avoid it!

Yuan Yuan was helpless.

"The reason he came here is to guard against Xi Yu. There is a mysterious energy flowing within the bright jade that Xi Yu wears, and there may be something strange about it."

Unexpectedly, Chen Lingxi, who had always been under their control, suddenly became so powerful due to some unknown opportunity!

"If that sword light were to pierce my brow, I fear..."

Yuan Yuan was deeply shaken.

Right at this moment...

He seemed to sense something, a glint of joy flashing in his eyes. But then…

Suddenly, a long rainbow appeared in the far distance, stretching across the sky!

The rainbow was incredibly fast, crossing thousands of mountains and rivers, and landed between Yuan Yuan and Chen Lingxi!

Amidst the swirling rainbow light, a figure emerged from the shadows, its face obscured, its body hunched, and its appearance aged.

This person stepped forward and, with a flick of his sleeve, blocked the sword light!

Then, as the rainbow light flowed, it enveloped Yuan Yuan and the Purple-Clad Marquis together.

When Chen Lingxi's sword struck the rainbow light, it was as if it had pierced into an extremely sticky swamp.

The lightning on the sword's edge was gradually worn away, and by the time it pierced through the rainbow light, the sword's momentum had weakened considerably.

Taking advantage of the moment, the old man grabbed Yuan Yuan and the purple-robed marquis and flew away in a long rainbow!

"Could it be Emperor Daye?"

Chen Lingxi felt a great pity.

"The Purple-Clad Marquis and Yuan Yuan! Each of them possesses the combat power of the eleventh level of Qi cultivation. If we can kill these two, we can greatly weaken the power of Emperor Daye." But then he thought about it again and couldn't help but frown.

"Emperor Daye seems to have some limitations in his actions. He came in person but did not attack me. He only took these two people away."

He shook his head slightly, no longer thinking about it; he had more important things to do at the moment.

Chen Lingxi slowly turned around, observing the flow of Qi, and looked into the distance.

Then he saw a green willow leaf silently flying into the distance at the edge of the battlefield, which was shrouded by eight banners.

The willow leaf flew extremely fast, carrying a slender figure on its back—it was Xi Yu.

"Trying to leave?"

Chen Lingxi snorted coldly.

The clouds swirled beneath his feet, accompanied by thunder, and he soared through the void towards the willow leaf!

Xi Yu naturally sensed Chen Lingxi approaching, and the green mark between her eyebrows suddenly lit up.

The speed of the willow leaf increased several times in the instant the mark lit up, as fast as a bolt of lightning.

However, Chen Lingxi's cloud-riding technique had also undergone a transformation. Under the wondrous realm, his cloud-riding technique had completely merged with his own spiritual energy and the thunderous treasure energy. He transformed into a humanoid bolt of lightning, slicing through the sky, his speed even faster than a willow leaf.

The two streaks of light chased each other in the void for only a few dozen breaths before Chen Lingxi caught up to a hundred feet behind Xi Yu!

He reached for his waist with his right hand, and Lei Zhao's longsword was drawn with a clang.

The lightning on the sword shone brightest at that moment. He slashed out with his sword, and the twelve Heavenly Drums crashed down on Xi Yu like a deluge.

Xi Yu's expression was serious.

She clasped her hands together in front of her, and dozens of mysterious runes shot out from her fingertips as her fingers flew.

At the same time, another talisman, shimmering with spiritual light, flew out of her Hongdong bag.

The talisman seemed extremely precious, its spiritual energy so dense it was terrifying.

This must be Xi Yu's life-saving treasure.

Numerous runes landed on the talisman and then spread out layer upon layer, transforming into a blue barrier woven from runes behind her.

The twelve Heavenly Drums struck the azure barrier, exploding into a series of dazzling lights.

The barrier trembled violently from the blow, yet it managed to withstand it. Xi Yu had actually used a talisman technique to forcefully block Chen Lingxi's seemingly inevitable sword strike.

Chen Ling raised an eyebrow slightly!

"This jade is indeed extraordinary."

"Precisely because they are extraordinary, we should kill them as soon as possible."

He was about to deliver another blow.

At that moment, the jade pendant at Xi Yu's waist suddenly shone brightly.

The radiance blazed brightly in an instant!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Lingxi's pupils contracted slightly.

He saw a ray of light burst forth from the jade pendant.

The radiance coalesced, transforming into a human figure!

He was a handsome young man dressed in white.

He appeared to be around twenty-three or twenty-four years old, his robes spotless, his face ethereal and otherworldly, his eyebrows as light as wisps of smoke, his eyes clear and untouched by worldly dust, seemingly unlike anyone from the mundane world. The moment this young man appeared, an undisguised arrogance emanated from his face. He stood with his hands behind his back beside Xi Yu, his head slightly turned, his gaze fixed on Chen Lingxi, a faint smile playing on his lips.

The smile carried a condescending indifference, as if looking at an overconfident ant.

"You want to kill someone in front of me?" he said softly.

Before he finished speaking, he blew out a beam of mysterious light!

The light was pure white and seemed light and powerless, but when it drifted toward Chen Lingxi, the void was as if it had been cleaved in two by an invisible blade, leaving a bottomless rift.

The power contained within caused Chen Lingxi's pupils to shrink slightly.

"Indeed, it has a solid foundation."

The level of this mysterious light is extremely high.

"This is the Qiless Cave Heaven! If this white-robed figure possessed a Dao Foundation, Xi Yu wouldn't have bothered to seize this deadly cauldron!"

But Chen Lingxi showed no fear whatsoever.

He snorted coldly, and a sword light flashed, carrying earth-shattering power, slashing fiercely at the elegant young man. It collided with the Xuan light first, and the Xuan light dissipated, but the sword energy and lightning did not dissipate, and went straight for the elegant young man.

The elegant young man's expression finally changed. He frowned slightly, and a mysterious light shot out from between his brows!

The light was more condensed than the previous one, with countless fine runes floating and flowing within it.

But Chen Lingxi's sword strike was truly mysterious; it collided with the mysterious light and then vanished.

The elegant young man frowned even more deeply.

He snorted coldly, and his figure suddenly transformed into a tornado.

The tornado, carrying Xi Yu and the willow leaf, flew away into the distance like a turquoise whirlwind at an extremely fast speed.

"By borrowing the power of others... I will spare you for now, but wait until I transform myself... and come to find you personally!"

Within the tornado, the handsome young man's face appeared and disappeared intermittently.

His face was filled with rage, radiating murderous intent, and a genuine killing intent appeared in his ethereal eyes.

He probably felt it was a great humiliation to be forced to retreat by a person of unknown origin.

However, he also knew that this avatar lacked spiritual energy, and if he were to fight against this person, even if he could injure her, he probably wouldn't be able to completely defeat her.

If they don't leave, and Xi Yu is defeated in the fight, she will surely die at his hands. Rather than take the risk, it's better to use her escape technique to take Xi Yu away.

As for Chen Lingxi, his power will eventually dissipate.

He has always been this domineering...

"Whether it's the cauldron in my hand or that incarnation of his essence blood, I can kill him either way. Why rush things?"

But would Chen Lingxi let him have his way?

A cloud of mist suddenly rose beneath his feet, and he chased after the tornado like lightning.

The twelve heavenly drums resounded once more, and twelve sword lights swept down, crashing down upon the tornado.

Although the tornado was fast, it was no faster than Chen Lingxi's sword.

Three or four of the twelve sword lights pierced into the tornado, severing a section of the rapidly spinning tornado.

The tornado suddenly stopped, and Xi Yu's figure appeared and disappeared within it!

She groaned, and a trickle of blood escaped from the corner of her mouth.

The residual force of those sword beams pierced through the tornado's barrier and struck her. Though not fatal, they still inflicted considerable injury. Within the tornado, the elegant young man's face grew increasingly furious, yet he ultimately refrained from attacking again.

The tornado suddenly throbbed, soaring into the sky like a blue dragon breaking free of its shackles, and vanished into the horizon in an instant.

Chen Lingxi snorted coldly and sheathed his sword.

He could have pursued it further, but although the image of that elegant young man had faded, it still retained some power.

However, the spiritual power he possesses is not inexhaustible, so it would be unwise to rashly pursue him at this moment.

after all……

"That deadly cauldron... will find its owner!"

He stood atop the clouds, his gaze sweeping across the battlefield shrouded by eight great banners, and then the Heaven-Seizing Handprint struck a distant mountain like a golden thunderbolt!

On that mountain peak, Emperor Gongbo was fleeing.

But a colossal handprint that seemed to pierce the sky had already arrived.

The handprint shattered her protective qi and blood, smashed the great bow in her hand, and then seized an arrow that the Emperor Bow Master had hastily launched a counterattack into his palm, before throwing it with a backhand motion!

The arrow, like a dark golden lightning bolt, pierced straight into Emperor Gongbo's brow. Emperor Gongbo was dead!

In an instant, those who came to besiege Chen Lingxi either died or fled.

Without the Purple-Clad Marquis's command, the eight dark red banners also lost the leadership of several ninth-rank generals from the eight armies. The remaining troops and the scattered individuals vying for the throne were fleeing in a frenzy.

The entire battlefield was quickly reduced to pieces.

Chen Lingxi stood alone in the void, sensing the surging power around her that was slowly fading away.

At this moment, he could clearly sense that the power from the mysterious middle-aged man was being drawn away from his body bit by bit.

Chen Lingxi remained silent for a moment, her curiosity about this mysterious middle-aged man growing stronger.

"This mysterious power is like a gift from that mysterious person to me."

"But I only need to kill three thousand martial artists to obtain a true great divine power."

"The divine power to kill the eleventh floor from the ninth floor..."

Chen Lingxi's eyes were burning.

Although there are only two floors between the ninth and eleventh floors of Qi cultivation, the difference between these two floors is like an insurmountable chasm. Ordinary ninth-floor cultivators would find it as difficult as ascending to heaven to even directly confront the tenth floor, let alone fight against the eleventh floor.

The reason he was able to kill Shi Hong while standing on the ninth floor was because he had the Chi Guang Flying Knife and the Zi Zhen Treasure Bottle.

If he relied solely on his own cultivation level, he might be able to contend with ordinary tenth-level cultivators, but he wouldn't be able to win so easily.

"But if I could truly obtain that powerful killing technique, then even when facing those unfathomable figures in the imperial court within this grotto-heaven, I would have a greater chance of self-preservation."

After a moment's thought, Chen Lingxi reached out and a golden toad appeared in his hand.

The toad was about the size of a palm, and its entire body was carved from some kind of unknown gold and jade, making it lifelike.

It crouched in Chen Lingxi's palm, its mouth slightly open, with a faint, almost imperceptible spiritual light flowing within.

It was Wu Mohe's cauldron.

Swallowing the golden toad.

Chen Lingxi held the Golden Toad in his palm, infused it with spiritual energy, and sank his consciousness into his divine chamber.

[Progress of Thorough Awakening and Energy Replenishment: 82%]

"There is hope." Chen Lingxi's eyes lit up.

He put the Golden Toad into his Hongdong Bag and then turned his gaze to the void not far away.

There hangs a small stone tablet there, which is the fragment of that killing cauldron.

The ancient aura emanating from the stone tablet still lingered, but the turbulent void that had enveloped its surface had completely dissipated.

Within a radius of a hundred miles, all the cultivators who intended to seize the cauldron were either killed by him or retreated more than a hundred miles away.

Chen Lingxi was about to take flight and approach the killing cauldron.

But this killing cauldron seemed to possess a spirit, and in an instant it transformed into a stream of light, traversing great distances and hovering in front of Chen Lingxi.

Chen Lingxi's eyes lit up, and she raised her hand to grasp the stone tablet.

In the blink of an eye, within the divine chamber, Chejue's progress in replenishing his vital energy increased wildly, reaching perfection.

At the same time, more messages entered his mind.

It contains the true name of this fragment of the killing cauldron, as well as the mysterious power it contains!

Chen Ling's expression shifted slightly. She whispered...

"Slay the Enemy's Spirit Wall".

As Chen Lingxi silently recited these four words, she felt a chilling aura of killing intent emanating from the stone tablet.

Two messages were still echoing in his mind.

[The Great Heavenly General of the Immortal Capital, gathering the ferocious energy of the Daoist corpses, forged the cauldron—the Enemy-Slaying Spirit Jade!]

[To commend the Sword-Hanging Taoist!]

Chen Ling took a deep breath.

So, the Killing Power Cauldron is now in our hands?

The mysterious person inside the large black banner was unexpected, yet he gained a great deal from it.

If it weren't for that mysterious person, this deadly weapon probably wouldn't have ended up in his hands.

Within the black banner, a smile appeared on the face of the mysterious man with an air of otherworldly grace.

He sat there, serene within the mysterious black banner, the impure mysteries of which could not taint his body. "Chen Lingxi! You have fought me for thirty thousand years, yet I will traverse the river of time to lay down a calamity for you from thirty thousand years ago! Let us see... how you attain enlightenment!"