The First Venerable of All Paths

"Golden light protects you!"

As the crisis loomed, Su Chongming suddenly shouted.

Immediately afterwards, a golden light suddenly shone from his body, protecting him within it.

"when!"

The giant claw descended, slamming heavily onto the golden light.

The earth shook violently, and a deafening roar instantly resounded throughout the entire world.

Everyone who witnessed this scene felt tense.

Fang Xuan, too, stared intently at the sky.

As the golden light faded, Fang Xuan's expression darkened.

Because Su Chongming was still standing safely in mid-air.

Although blood kept flowing from his mouth and nose, making him look even more disheveled than before, Chi Lin's attack had failed to kill him.

Su Chongming's gaze swept downwards, his chilling killing intent almost materializing.

The entire Su family home has long since been reduced to ruins.

Countless members of the clan fell in pools of blood.

And the one who started all of this was Fang Xuan.

"Fang Xuan, today it's either you or me who dies!"

A voice filled with resentment and murderous intent rang out, and Su Chongming disappeared into the air, heading straight for Fang Xuan.

His speed was much faster than before.

Even the Crimson Scale Demon Emperor was caught off guard.

"Fang Xuan, you brat, prepare to die!"

For a Divine Intent Realm expert, a distance of several hundred meters is covered in the blink of an eye.

Not to mention, Su Chongming's killing intent towards Fang Xuan has now reached its peak, and all his power has been unleashed to the extreme.

With a palm strike brimming with fury, he slammed it down on Fang Xuan.

Before the palm strike even arrived, Fang Xuan sensed a sharp aura locking onto him.

"Young Master, be careful!"

Upon witnessing this scene, the Fang family members all changed their expressions drastically.

But in such a rush, they had no time to provide assistance.

Even the Crimson Scale Demon Emperor, who was chasing after them, was still some distance away from Su Chongming.

This gap was enough for Su Chongming to kill Fang Xuan several times over.

A strong wind howled, and a murderous aura hung in the air.

Fang Xuan's eyes suddenly turned cold.

Within his body, the Myriad Swords Return to the Void Technique began to operate on its own.

The sword bone also released a large amount of innate sword energy.

"Come!"

At the critical moment, Fang Xuan grabbed with his five fingers, and a golden-red stream of light fell into his palm, which he firmly grasped.

"Hey!"

With the Phoenix Cry Sword in hand, Fang Xuan's aura instantly became sharp and piercing.

At this moment, he was like a long sword that had been truly drawn from its sheath.

The dazzling and sharp sword intent seemed capable of cleaving this world in two.

The internal energy and sword energy surged into the Phoenix Cry Sword like a tidal wave.

As if sensing Fang Xuan's current state of mind, the Phoenix Cry Sword trembled even more violently in Fang Xuan's hand.

It seemed as if it might slip from Fang Xuan's grasp at any moment, fly away, and take the initiative to kill the enemy.

Fang Xuan lowered his eyelids, and when he looked up again, his killing intent was fully revealed.

He raised his arm and slashed out with his sword at Su Chongming, who was rushing towards him.

"One sword pierces the peak!"

A cold shout rose in his heart, and a high-pitched phoenix cry resounded throughout the heavens and earth.

On the Phoenix Cry Sword, a dazzling, scorching, yet extremely sharp sword aura emanated.

Sword energy pierced the sky, shattering countless peaks!

This sword strike caused the heavens and earth to lose their color, stealing all the brilliance from all directions.

Everyone, including Su Chongming, was stunned by Fang Xuan's sword strike and lost in thought because of it.

"Snap!"

The sword energy easily pierced through Su Chongming's palm strike, as easily as tearing a piece of white paper.

But the sword's power did not diminish at all, and it slashed towards Su Chongming with unstoppable force.

"One Sword Breaks the Peak" is a sword technique recorded in the "Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Ruins" manual.

This sword technique is called Breaking All Laws.

There are four styles in total.

The first move is to pierce the peak with a single sword strike.

This is also one of the sword moves that Fang Xuan has mastered so far.

With a single sword strike, all the peaks can be shattered.

Seeing the sword energy still slashing towards him, Su Chongming was also startled.

This sword energy is terrifying.

Even he found it somewhat tricky.

Although it wouldn't kill him, it put immense pressure on Su Chongming.

"That damned little beast!"

Su Chongming cursed angrily and quickly retreated, choosing to avoid Fang Xuan's fierce sword strike.

Seeing that the red scales were rapidly approaching, Su Chongming appeared beside Su Yang in a few leaps, grabbed him in his hand, and headed straight for the distance.

"Fang Xuan!"

Su Chongming paused in mid-air, turned around and stared intently at Fang Xuan.

The venomous voice exploded in everyone's ears like thunder.

"From this day forward, I am your sworn enemy; I will make you and the Fang family pay a hundredfold for the grudge we have today!"

After saying that, Su Chongming once again used his movement technique to quickly escape with Su Yang.

Today, he lost.

The defeat was complete.

But as long as he is alive, the Su family will not fall.

Sooner or later, he will personally tear Fang Xuan to pieces!

"Trying to escape?"

The Crimson Scale Demon Emperor stood up, and a monstrous aura of murderous intent swept out from his body.

"Did you ask me?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Crimson Scale Demon Emperor opened his mouth and spat out a blood-red beam of light that stretched across a hundred meters of sky and crashed into Su Chongming.

However, Su Chongming simply waved his hand, and a jade pendant immediately floated in front of him, releasing a rich golden light.

"Thump!"

The crimson beam of light collided with the golden light and was successfully blocked.

Su Chongming staggered back a few steps and spat out another mouthful of blood.

"If I want to leave, none of you can stop me!"

Su Chongming glanced at Fang Xuan again, then put away the jade pendant before turning and leaving.

He was incredibly fast; after a few flashes, he completely disappeared into the horizon.

"Chase!"

Fang Shanhai was about to give chase when Fang Xuan said, "There's no need to chase."

"But......."

Fang Shanhai was somewhat worried.

"Su Chongming has a supreme treasure protecting him, so even if we catch up with him, it will be very difficult to kill him."

Hearing Fang Xuan say this, Fang Shanhai had no choice but to give up.

Moreover, given his current condition, he has absolutely no chance of winning against Su Chongming.

"Alright, the rest is up to you."

Since Su Chongming had already escaped and most of the Su family's elites had been killed, Fang Xuan chose to leave ahead of time.

Thus, this great battle came to an end.

The Su family was also completely wiped out.

From this day forward, the Su family will be gone from Qingyang County forever.

......

"I never expected that the Su family would actually be wiped out by him."

Tianbao Tower, on the rooftop.

Old Master Ming's face showed a hint of amazement.

"That's not necessarily true."

Lan Meier, standing to the side, shook her head and said, "Su Chongming won't let this go so easily, and there's also his daughter who rose to power through Fang Xuan and joined the Dao Seeking Sect."

"Speaking of which, that kid is really bold."

Elder Ming suddenly smiled and said, "He dares to kill even a disciple of the Dao Seeking Sect. That guy's days are probably numbered."

"You're certainly bold."

Lan Meier said, "Let's see how things develop from here."

With that, Lan Meier's figure flickered and disappeared from the rooftop.

Inside the room.

Old Xiang was flipping through a book.

Seeing Lan Meier walk in, he asked without looking up, "Is it over?"

Lan Meier nodded and said, "That guy really did become a sword cultivator."

"As expected."

Old Xiang put down his book, looked at Lan Meier, and said with a smile, "What? Regretting it?"

No, not at all.

Lan Meier smiled sweetly and said, "I just feel it's a bit of a pity."

"Oh, so you're worried about that kid? That's quite unusual."

Old Xiang clicked his tongue, a mocking look on his face.

"Mr. Xiang, what are you saying?"

Lan Meier stamped her foot and said with a slightly shy tone, "I just think that it's not a wise choice for that guy to offend such a powerful force as the Dao Seeking Sect so soon after becoming a sword cultivator."

"Everyone has their own destiny."

Old Xiang said dismissively, "This is his own choice. Even if he dies, he has no one to blame but himself."

"We'll see."

Elder Xiang picked up his book again and said in a calm tone, "Sword cultivators? Aren't there enough dead already?"

Upon hearing this, Lan Meier remained silent.

......

Three days later.

All matters concerning the Su family have been completely resolved.

The remaining members of the Su family were all thrown into the mines to work as miners, becoming the lowest-ranking mining slaves, living a life worse than death every day.

As for the Su family's businesses, they were all divided up by the Fang and Li families.

After three days of rest, Fang Xuan finally recovered to his peak condition.

"Creak!"

He pushed open the door and walked straight towards the Fang family's meeting hall.

At this moment, all the elders had arrived in the hall.

Upon Fang Xuan's arrival, everyone nodded in greeting, their eyes filled with admiration as they looked at him.

But Fang Xuan saw a hint of worry on everyone's faces.

Fang Xuan knew what they were worried about.

"Please sit down."

After everyone was seated, Fang Xuan got straight to the point: "I will be leaving Qingyang County in a few days."

"leave?"

The Third Elder asked, "Why?"

Everyone looked at Fang Xuan.

Fang Xuan said, "There's no point in me staying in Qingyang County now. Besides, there are some things that need to be resolved thoroughly."

"Young Master is referring to... the Blood Fiend Gang?"

A glint flashed in Fang Shanhai's eyes, as if he had guessed something.

"good."

Fang Xuan nodded and said, "Besides that, I plan to go out and take a look."

Now, his cultivation has broken through to the Qi Gathering Realm.

He became a sword cultivator again.

Staying in Qingyang County will make it difficult to improve one's strength.

Moreover, he had already made up his mind to seek the Daoist sect a year later.

Therefore, he needs to improve his strength as much as possible.

"But now that Su Chongming is on the run, I'm worried he might secretly attack you."

Fang Shanhe said worriedly, "Staying in Qingyang County is safe, at least for now."

"Su Chongming wouldn't do that."

Fang Xuan shook his head and said, "Given his personality, he will definitely go to the Dao Seeking Sect and seek refuge with Su Qingyao."

Mentioning the Dao Seeking Sect made everyone's expressions turn sour.

Don't worry.

Fang Xuan guessed what everyone was thinking and said, "I will handle the matter of the Dao Asking Sect. At least for the next year, the Dao Asking Sect will not cause trouble for the Fang family."

"Since the young master has said so, then we naturally have no reason to object."

Fang Shanhai said, "Moreover, Qingyang County is too small. If someone like you, Young Master, stays here, it will only limit your path in martial arts."

After these words were spoken, everyone fell silent.

Over the next few days, Fang Xuan went nowhere after entering the secret realm.

Besides refining a large number of pills for the Fang family, he also spent time with his younger sister and gave her some pointers on her cultivation.

Upon learning that Fang Xuan was about to leave, Fang Rou was reluctant but didn't say much. However, she became particularly clingy these past two days.

This day.

As dawn broke over the horizon, Fang Xuan quietly left Qingyang County.