Swordholder

"Holy crap, is he possessed by a supernatural being? Is he insane? Am I seeing things? Or is this bastard blinding me?"

As Zhong Yue spoke, he glanced at Qin Wudao.

Qin Wudao, "..."

Zhong Yue looked down at Chen Yuan again, and after confirming that he wasn't seeing things, his mind was violently shaken, and he murmured,

"After the great changes in the world, no human cultivator has been able to begin cultivating full spiritual apertures!"

Upon hearing this, even the ghost cultivator inside Qin Wudao's body panicked completely!

Among the remnants of the ancient ghost cultivators' memories, the most feared were geniuses with full spiritual apertures and the inheritance of sword wielders!

Once such a prodigy successfully breaks through to the Purple Mansion, he will surely become the nemesis of all evil spirits and demons as he grows up!

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!"

Qin Wudao's eyes turned bloodshot, and a terrifying ghostly aura erupted from him. Black mist surged violently around him, and his mournful roar echoed throughout the heavens and earth.

"After the great changes in heaven and earth, there are no perfect spiritual apertures! You monster, you shouldn't even exist!"

"You will all die!!!"

Extreme panic fueled boundless killing intent. The ghost cultivator went completely berserk, abandoning all defenses. Ghost fire, yin energy, and skeletal phantoms all around him exploded, transforming into a deadly ghost domain that madly swooped down towards the three people below!

He wanted to completely annihilate Chen Yuan and the other two before they broke through to the next level!

"Stop him! Stop him at all costs!"

Zhu Xin's expression was stern, and she roared fiercely as her spiritual energy burned and was exhausted, as she bravely met the attack!

Everyone was determined, and they did their best to stop the rampaging ghost cultivator, even at the cost of burning their spiritual power and overdrawing their cultivation!

boom!

A great battle between heaven and earth!

Blades flashed, sword shadows swirled, hammer strikes clashed, and spear gleams overlapped, completely blocking all of Qin Wudao's paths.

However, the combat power of ghost cultivators at the Gathering Moon Realm is too terrifying. The suppression of their realm is like an insurmountable chasm, and their violent ghost power crushes them at will!

After only a few rounds, Zhu Xin, Li Taiyi, and the others were all injured, their clothes torn, and their bodies soaked in blood. Every time they resisted, they paid a heavy price.

The earth-shattering commotion of the battle between heaven and earth, and the three extreme spiritual energy storms below, also shocked the two hidden figures in the higher void!

Above the clouds, the woman in black stared intently at Chen Yuan below, her beautiful eyes wide with disbelief, her breathing quickening.

"Three hundred and sixty-five perfect spiritual apertures! Master, he actually has perfect spiritual apertures!"

Her gaze swept quickly over Li Wei and Nuomi, and the trembling sound rang out again:

"The other two also have over two hundred spiritual apertures. It's been a long time since I've seen a human prodigy in the Spiritual Aperture Realm who has opened so many spiritual apertures!"

The middle-aged man in plain robes beside her took a deep breath, his eyes gleaming with intense light. Unable to suppress the fervor and excitement in his heart, he exclaimed in a low voice, "Possessing the three paths of humanity, demonhood, and evil, with perfect spiritual apertures, and having cultivated orthodox Heavenly Light Daoist techniques..."

"Haha, no wonder my junior brother called him a prodigy! A future hero of the human race, and the hope for its great prosperity!"

Hearing the man in the plain robe give such high praise, the woman in black was overwhelmed with emotion and hesitated before speaking:

"Master, he embodies the three paths of righteousness, demonic influence, and evil, their paths intertwined, making it difficult to discern good from evil... So, is he human, or a demonic being?"

The middle-aged man in plain robes, with deep eyes, silently surveyed the war-torn hills below. He spoke slowly, each word ringing with conviction:

"Look at the principles, not the strength; look at the heart, not the skills. As long as humanity remains and one's heart remains pure, one will be a pride of humanity and a future hero."

"human nature?"

The man in the plain robe nodded and continued, "He lives in Ancient Tree Village, is kind to ordinary people, compassionate towards the weak, and does not bully the weak."

This is the inherent goodness of his humanity, transcending distinctions of status and wealth.

The woman in black narrowed her eyes and nodded slightly. "That's right. If it were a great cultivator or a nobleman in the past, they would definitely look down on those villagers and curse them as peasants, feeling that they were an eyesore. But he had no such thoughts at all."

The man in the plain robe nodded slightly and smiled, "That's right. He saw the village slaughtered, and in a fit of rage, he drew his sword and fought to the death for revenge!"

"This is a heart that holds great righteousness and compassion for all living beings; such a character is something that evil can never match."

The woman in black suddenly understood and nodded emphatically. Then, looking at the depleted medicinal field that had been frantically absorbed by the three men, her face was filled with pain.

"But all the spiritual plants in the entire medicinal field have been harvested, and the medicinal herbs you have accumulated over hundreds of years have been exhausted. It's such a pity."

"It's a pity, but it's not a waste."

The middle-aged man in plain robes smiled faintly, his eyes full of anticipation. "The greatest value lies in using precious spiritual plants to nurture geniuses."

As soon as he finished speaking, the aura on the mountain below surged again!

A burst of spiritual light shot into the sky from Chen Yuan's body, and within his dantian, a dense and imposing purple temple phantom slowly took shape!

boom!

The pressure from the Purple Mansion of the righteous path of humanity spread layer by layer, and the aura of their realm rose steadily, unstoppable and without any pause!

This is completely different from the scene when he entered the Purple Mansion from the demonic and evil paths before!

Chen Yuan felt a powerful aura surging and rising around him!

But his eyes remained cold and stern, and a deep shout burst from his throat:

"Not enough! The spiritual energy of the three lights is still insufficient!"

The spiritual energy in this medicinal field is no longer sufficient to support him in completing his transformation, because he feels he can continue to advance!

The next second, Chen Yuan's figure flashed, transforming into a streak of light, and instantly appeared beside the Three Lights Spirit Spring on the mountaintop.

The three-colored spiritual springs, gold, silver, and purple, gush forth. The spring water is crystal clear and its spiritual energy is so rich that it is almost liquid. Strands of Daoist charm linger around the spring, which is the core of the entire spiritual mountain!

"He's going to devour the Three Lights Spirit Spring!"

High in the sky, the woman in black cried out in alarm, her eyes filled with anxiety, "Master, this is the source of the Three Lights Spiritual Energy! Aren't you afraid he'll destroy it?"

The middle-aged man in plain clothes remained calm. "It won't be destroyed, don't worry."

He looked down at Chen Yuan, a smile playing on his lips, and said gently, "The spiritual spring has the power of regeneration; it won't be destroyed by him."

As he spoke, his eyes gleamed with anticipation, "I want to see if, after absorbing all the spiritual liquid from the Three Lights Spiritual Spring and perfecting his spiritual apertures to enhance his Heavenly Light Daoist foundation, he can break through the shackles one after another and open his mansion to condense his spirit!"

"To establish a residence, one still needs to concentrate?!"

The woman in black was utterly shocked. "Master, the cultivation of the Purple Mansion, focusing the mind and soul, has always required an extremely quiet and undisturbed secluded place. How could he possibly do it while he was in the middle of a life-or-death battle?"

What might be insurmountable obstacles for others are no longer obstacles for him; things will fall into place naturally.

The middle-aged man in the plain robe spoke with a firm tone, radiating absolute confidence.

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Meanwhile, when Chen Yuan arrived at the spiritual spring on the mountaintop, his eyes widened as he stared at the surging golden, silver, and purple water.

Beside the spiritual spring, the old woman Xia Qianqiu finally awoke from her study of the Three Lights Elixir.

She was contemplating how to reverse the power of good and evil spiritual forces and how to modify the spiritual spring. She became so engrossed in her thoughts that she couldn't even perceive the great battle taking place in the medicinal field below.

Now that he had regained consciousness, he was incredibly excited, almost like a madman. "Hahahaha, so that's how it is! So that's how it is! As long as the energy of the Three Lights Spiritual Power is reversed, it can be transformed into the Three Dark Spiritual Power! Hahahaha, all things in heaven and earth are mutually generating and mutually restraining, just as I thought, just as I thought!"

Turning her head, she saw Chen Yuan trying to approach the spiritual spring, his greed undisguised. Her eyes widened instantly, and she roared angrily, "How dare you! Who are you, and why are you approaching here?"

With that, Xia Qianqiu shouted, "Qin Wudao, you old bastard, where are you? Come back right now and get this little beast out of here!"

Her shouts failed to bring Qin Wudao to her. Instead, she saw Li Wei and Nuomi flying over excitedly, completely ignoring her, and were about to jump into the Three Lights Spirit Spring.

"Insolence! Get out! All of you, leave this place! This is my sacred spring; no one is allowed to defile it!"

Xia Qianqiu was furious and immediately tried to drive Chen Yuan and the other two away.

"Kill this old woman first."

Chen Yuan's eyes flashed with a cold light, and he immediately attacked with a killing move!

At this moment, his spiritual power was surging, and the three powers were intertwined throughout his body. He was at a critical stage of breakthrough, and anyone who tried to stop him would be a deadly enemy!

At the same time, Li Wei and Nuomi also made their move!

"Bold..."

Xia Qianqiu was furious and hastily engaged the enemy, but was instantly suppressed and forced to retreat in defeat!

She had dedicated her life to array formations and alchemy, but lacked combat experience and had never experienced a bloody battle with corpses. She was no match for the combined killing moves of the three.

Within a few breaths, the protective barrier around her shattered inch by inch, and she crashed to the ground like a kite with a broken string after being hit hard. Her sternum collapsed completely, and she coughed up blood.

Fear, resentment, and despair instantly overwhelmed Xia Qianqiu. Her hair was disheveled, and she let out a heart-wrenching roar:

"Qin Wudao! Come quickly and save me! Kill these three bastards!!!"

Her spiritual sense swept rapidly towards the medicinal field below, and she instantly felt as if she had fallen into an ice cave!

The medicinal herb fields, which were once shimmering with light and filled with treasures, are now barren and desolate!

All the spiritual plants, fruits, and essences were completely devoured, leaving the ground in a mess, devoid of any spiritual energy!

She suddenly looked up at the sky and saw black mist surging and a fierce battle raging. Qin Wudao, the strongest warrior among the elders enshrined in the royal palace, was being held back by several people and unable to break free!

"How could this be...?"

Before the shock could subside, Chen Yuan had already arrived, stepping through the air without the slightest mercy, and kicked out with a thunderous thud!

Bang! ! !

With a muffled bang, Xia Qianqiu's head exploded instantly, splattering red and white blood!