The First Venerable of All Paths

"You...can't go back on your word..."

A single sentence, spoken lightly, struck Fang Xuan's heart with tremendous force, shaking him to his core.

She has remembered a mere casual promise to this day, and is even willing to risk her life to protect it.

"Idiot...what an idiot..."

Fang Xuan felt a tightness in his throat and his fingertips trembled slightly.

Fang Xuan held the girl in his arms carefully, afraid that if he used the slightest force, he would crush the last remaining glimmer of life.

The other person was someone he had only known for a short time.

But this kind and pure girl came to Fang Xuan's rescue twice in a row, which made Fang Xuan's heart feel like it was being squeezed.

He quickly took out several pills and put them into Li Xintong's mouth to help stabilize her injuries.

Not only that, Fang Xuan also injected the Chaos Origin into Li Xintong's body, which forcibly suspended Li Xintong's injuries.

Even so, Li Xintong's condition is still very unstable.

After all, her consciousness was already damaged, and now she had taken a fatal blow for Fang Xuan, making her injuries even more severe.

We must find a place as soon as possible to help him repair the injuries to his soul and body.

"Get some rest, I won't let anything happen to you."

Looking at Li Xintong, whose face was deathly pale, Fang Xuan smiled weakly and gently placed her on the ground.

Then, he looked at the spear in his hand, a ruthless glint in his eyes.

Just now, from within this Bloodbath Frenzy Spear, an extremely strange and violent bloodthirsty intent surged forth, attempting to invade his consciousness and try to take over.

This is the lingering obsession of Blood Frenzy!

"Soul Lock! Seal!"

Fang Xuan's eyes suddenly turned bloodshot as he fully activated the Thousand Soul Illusionary Dream Technique.

Using his own divine soul as a seal and his undying will as a lock, he forcefully condensed an invisible divine seal deep within his sea of ​​consciousness, fiercely suppressing that restless and insane remnant bloodlust!

"How dare you, junior!"

The remnant of the Blood Frenzy roared in unwillingness, its bloodthirsty killing intent surging wildly, but it was firmly imprisoned by Fang Xuan's soul.

It was pressed back into the depths of the gun barrel little by little, temporarily sealing it off and preventing it from causing trouble.

The internal dangers subsided briefly, but external threats returned once more.

"Oh? Despite suffering a backlash and losing all your Yuan energy, you can still maintain your composure? You do have some resilience."

At the summit, Zhou Yan looked down coldly, a sneer playing on his lips.

He had just had his Lesser Heavy Mountain Formation broken by Fang Xuan and suffered a backlash from the formation. Although his face was pale, he was still at full strength and in control of the entire battle.

In his eyes, Fang Xuanyuan was currently exhausted, his soul was under pressure, and he was also carrying a seriously injured and dying burden.

They are already trapped, unable to escape.

"The Calamity of Lightning!"

Zhou Yan formed a hand seal, and lightning surged from the Thunder Stone in his palm.

Dark clouds surged between heaven and earth, endless lightning pierced through the clouds, and the storm raged with wind, rain, and thunder.

"Lightning strikes from the heavens!"

"Boom!"

The countless bolts of lightning converged into hundreds of thick pillars of lightning, like divine punishment descending upon the world, densely packed and incomparably violent, bombarding the place where Fang Xuan was, sealing off all his escape routes.

Below, Mingche and the others, seeing this scene, quickly retreated and kept their distance.

Even a half-step Divine Intent Realm expert like Wen Donglin was utterly shocked.

Is this what makes a fourth-grade array master so terrifying?

With such power, he is probably already capable of fighting against a powerful expert at the Divine Realm.

Feeling the destructive pressure of the thunder above his head, Fang Xuan suddenly looked up, his eyes blazing with killing intent and determination.

He was exhausted and his injuries were extremely severe.

But there was not a trace of fear on his face.

Yes, it was pure murderous intent.

"In the desolate heavens, the sword comes first; bones forge soaring ambitions; one sword can subdue all the heavens!"

Fang Xuan's mind stirred, and the long-dormant innate sword box behind him suddenly trembled, emitting a clear and melodious sword sound.

On the sword case, the patterns lit up one by one, finally converging on the first seal.

When the Sword Ruins Empress first obtained this innate sword box, she told her that the sword box had nine layers of seals.

As long as Fang Xuan can cultivate a natal flying sword, he can break a seal.

When Fang Xuan forged the Phoenix Cry Sword, he did not break the first layer of seal.

Surrounded and attacked by Mingche and others, Fang Xuan tempered his Chaos Saint Body with the Undying Phoenix Fire and simultaneously began to break the first seal.

"Open the Innate Sword Box!"

As Fang Xuan's voice fell, a pure, domineering, and extremely primal sword aura surged out from the sword box.

This sword, untouched by any worldly malice, contains the supreme sword intent that can shatter all laws and destroy all illusions.

The Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Ruins Technique was activated at full power, unleashing all of his innate sword energy.

Fang Xuan did not use a single bit of his physical Yuan Power. He used only the purest innate sword energy and the most condensed sword will to slash horizontally at the pillars of lightning in the sky!

"One sword pierces the peak!"

A dazzling sword light pierced the sky like the rising sun at dawn, forcefully tearing apart the sky full of lightning.

Countless lightning pillars shattered and vanished before the innate sword energy, and the violent lightning power was completely dissipated and purified.

The first tribulation of the wind, rain, and thunder array has been broken!

"What?!"

Zhou Yan's expression changed drastically, his composure shattered completely, replaced by disbelief and shock.

He never expected that Fang Xuan, who had lost all his Yuan energy, could break through the first killing move of a fourth-grade formation with just his sword intent!

"You have some skill; I underestimated you."

Zhou Yan's expression turned completely cold and grim, his killing intent surged, and his hand seals changed rapidly, causing the power of the formation to surge once again.

"The Second Transformation—The Fall of the Wind!"

A howling gale suddenly swept across the sky and earth, and the gale raged over Qingniu Ridge.

Countless sharp wind blades were hidden in the gale, densely packed and omnipresent, forming a boundless wind domain that pressed down on Fang Xuan in layers.

This wind blade is formless and intangible, yet incredibly sharp; it can sever the flesh, shatter meridians, and sever the soul.

Once caught in it, it will be minced into a bloody pulp in an instant, more dangerous and troublesome than thunder.

"wind?"

Fang Xuan's eyes were cold, and he did not waver in the slightest.

With a slight twitch of his fingertips, the Undying Phoenix Flame suddenly ignited within his dantian.

The golden-red flames were pure and domineering, carrying the supreme essence of rebirth and the burning away of all evil, and instantly swept over his body.

The phoenix fire burned fiercely, transforming into a massive fire domain barrier that firmly protected him and Li Xintong in the center.

The wind blades swept in, but the moment they touched the Phoenix Fire, they were instantly incinerated, with not even a trace of their aftershock able to penetrate the fire domain.

The wind intensifies the fire!

Ordinary flames are afraid of the wind, but the Undying Phoenix Fire is the original fire of the Undying Phoenix, comparable to heavenly fire.

It is truly impervious to all magic and repelled by all evil!

The howling winds continued, yet they could not get any closer; the endless wind blades were all annihilated.

The second layer of the Wind, Rain, and Thunder Array, the Fall of Wind, is broken!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Zhou Yan was shaken, his face turning completely ashen. With two consecutive changes in the formation broken, he himself suffered a backlash from the formation once again.

His blood and qi surged, and a trace of blood trickled from the corner of Zhou Yan's mouth.

A dignified fourth-grade array master, wielding a fourth-grade ultimate killing array, was repeatedly defeated by a junior in the Qi Gathering Realm. This was the greatest humiliation of his life!

"The Third Change—The Tragedy of Rain!"

Zhou Yan no longer held back, pouring all his energy into the formation and unleashing its ultimate killing move.

Dark clouds loomed over the sky, and in an instant, a torrential downpour began.

This rain was no ordinary rain; every drop contained the killing power of a magic array.

Heavy, cold, corrosive to everything.

When it lands on the rocks, it can instantly corrode the rocks, creating countless holes.

A curtain of rain enveloped the surrounding area, sealing off all directions and creating an inescapable prison of death.

With a chilling killing intent that seemed to extinguish all life, it trapped Fang Xuan tightly.

Although the Undying Phoenix Flame can burn away wind and extinguish thunder, it cannot stop this endless, all-pervasive rain of sorrow.

The fire barrier was continuously washed away by the rain, and the fire gradually subsided, leaving the barrier teetering on the brink of collapse.

Water overcomes fire!

"Let's see how you break this again!"

Zhou Yan gritted his teeth and growled, his eyes filled with malice.

Fang Xuan knew that this was a matter of life and death, and there was no way to retreat.

He condensed all the flames into a small barrier, carefully protecting Li Xintong.

Then he grabbed with all five fingers.

The Phoenix Cry Sword automatically fell into his palm, its blade humming incessantly, its sword intent soaring into the sky.

"One sword pierces the peak!"

The sword light was sharp, fierce, and domineering.

A single sword strike can shatter mountains and break through barriers.

A dazzling sword light shot straight through the rain, forcefully tearing open a narrow gap.

But the endless, relentless rain filled the gaps that had just been torn open, and the array cage remained steadfast.

The first move failed to break the formation.

"sucker Punch!"

Zhou Yan sneered and mocked.

The hand seals changed again, and the rain intensified, enveloping the heavens and earth.

A fourth-grade array master can already mobilize the power of heaven and earth within a small area.

Fang Xuan remained silent, his mind completely calm, and his sword intent surged once more, overwhelming the storm.

After the innate sword box was unsealed, all the sword energy within it, accumulated over millennia, poured into the Phoenix Cry Sword.

"The Second Move to Break Through All Laws—A Single Sword Severs a River!"

This sword strike is more decisive, more domineering, and more thorough than the first move!

The sword intent was refined to its utmost, and the sword light pierced through heaven and earth, no longer fixated on tearing open gaps.

Instead, it directly severs the source of the entire rainstorm and cuts off the formation's pathways!

"Boom!"

A terrifying sword light swept across the land, instantly halting the torrential rain, which then shattered and vanished completely.

The wind, rain, and thunder array that enveloped the heavens and earth broke apart, the array patterns were completely annihilated, and the entire array shattered with a deafening roar!

The rain fell like a river, and a single sword cut it in two!

"puff!"

The formation was completely destroyed, and Zhou Yan suffered the heaviest backlash. His body swayed violently, and a mouthful of blood gushed out.

Zhou Yan staggered backward, his aura instantly weakening and declining, his meridians damaged, and his combat power plummeted.

He stared in disbelief at the figure standing tall, the wind and rain seemingly dissipating, his eyes filled with shock and fear.

"How could someone at the mere Qi Gathering Realm possess such terrifying swordsmanship!"

He had seen sword cultivators before.

Moreover, he is a sword cultivator at the Qi Condensation Realm.

Even so, the swordsmanship and foundation displayed by the other party were worlds apart from Fang Xuan's!

But at this moment, Fang Xuan's condition was also extremely poor.

His meridians were cracked, his flesh was bleeding, and his soul was in excruciating pain; he was already at his last gasp.

If it weren't for the sword cultivation techniques, which allow one to unleash various killing moves with just a breath of innate sword energy without needing to rely on Yuan power, he would have perished here long ago.

But if they continue fighting, they will only die from exhaustion.

"Walk!"

Not just for him, but also for Li Xintong.

He ceased fighting, retreated to the edge of the flame barrier, embraced Li Xintong, formed a sword finger, and commanded the Phoenix Cry Sword, which shot towards the distant Lost Soul Mountain Range like a streak of light.

Staring at the sword light disappearing into the horizon, everyone was stunned for a moment and looked at Mingche.

It seems to be asking: Should we continue?

"Chase!"

Mingche's face twitched, and he said in a chilling tone, "Even if it means going to the ends of the earth, Fang Xuan must die!"