Chapter 43

Atop Dragon Tiger Mountain, clouds rolled and surged like a vast sea in the sky.

A figure in a Daoist robe, crowned with a lotus tiara, slowly descended.

Using heaven and earth as ‘steps’.

With the sea of clouds as a ‘ladder’.

This scene, seen by all, whether from the righteous or the Demonic Tao, filled everyone with trembling reverence, as if beholding a deity.

“The Heavenly Master, our Celestial Master Mansion’s Heavenly Master!”

An elderly Taoist from Celestial Master Mansion, with tears streaming down his face, said with trembling lips.

Apart from the invincible Heavenly Masters, who else possesses such capability? To tread upon the clouds, to descend through the skies?

None of the strongest beings of this world, not even those in the Celestial Phenomena Realm or those who surpass it by half a step, could achieve such a feat.

Only a Heavenly Master who has mastered either Taiyin Pole Extreme or Taiyang Pole Extreme could have such means.

“The Heavenly Master?”

“The Heavenly Master!”

“The 183rd generation of disciples from Celestial Master Mansion greets the Heavenly Master!”

“Greetings to the Heavenly Master!”

The numerous disciples of Celestial Master Mansion knelt with a thud, incessantly kowtowing.

Disciples from other righteous forces also knelt down. The Heavenly Master of Celestial Master Mansion held special significance for Dragon Tiger Mountain and for all under heaven; when a Heavenly Master emerges, heads of all major righteous forces would personally come to pay their respects.

“The Heavenly Master….”

Pingyang Taoist gazed blankly, unlike the other disciples and the righteous forces.

Insiders know their own affairs; of this generation in Celestial Master Mansion, indeed there was a disciple recognized by the True Martial Sword.

But that was not too long ago, not even ten years have passed. Even with the potential to become a Heavenly Master, it would still take forty to fifty years.

Now, to become the Heavenly Master?

“The Heavenly Master.”

Master Cang Qing, the mansion’s sect leader, looked up towards the figure treading on the sea of clouds.

As the distance closed, he saw the face more clearly—it was Zhang Shanfeng, the one he had abandoned.

“Could it be that I was mistaken, and that following both Taiyin Wuji Taiyang Wuji is also a path to reach the heavens, one also capable of entering the Heavenly Master’s level?”

Master Cang Qing’s thoughts were in turmoil, and it took him several breaths to calm down.

No wonder he was so beside himself; others only saw that a Heavenly Master had emerged from Celestial Master Mansion.

They could not imagine which path this Heavenly Master had taken, one that was unprecedented among all generations, combining Taiyin Pole Extreme and Taiyang Pole Extreme—a path deemed impossible.

If Lin Yuan had not become the Heavenly Master, that would be one thing.

But if he had achieved the position of Heavenly Master with both Taiyin Wuji and Taiyang Wuji, then he would be the strongest Heavenly Master in Celestial Master Mansion’s 6,800-year history, even surpassing the First Generation Celestial Master who founded the mansion.

The path that balances both Taiyin Pole Extreme and Taiyang Pole Extreme is known to everyone as powerful, and Master Cang Qing was certainly aware of its strength.

But knowing it is strong and achieving it are two different things.

Everyone knows that mastering the Great Dao of heaven and earth will turn them into divine beings, but how many can truly master it?

The same goes for Taiyin Wuji and Taiyang Wuji. These two entirely opposite forces, if recklessly approached, could cause immediate bodily explosion.

But now…

Master Cang Qing’s face showed disbelief, complexity, a bitter smile, excitement, and scare of a narrow escape.

He nearly destroyed Lin Yuan, nearly destroyed the entire Celestial Master Mansion.

If Lin Yuan had not held his convictions, not stubbornly followed both Taiyin and Taiyang, but had chosen one according to their requirements, he would have been just another ordinary Heavenly Master among the mansion’s history, even possibly not achieving the Heavenly Master status until his fifties or sixties. By then, the entire Celestial Master Mansion could have been trampled by the Myriad Demons Sect.

Master Cang Qing took a deep breath.

No matter what, after five hundred years, another Heavenly Master had emerged from Celestial Master Mansion.

And it was very likely that he was the strongest among all generations.

As for the rest?

What does it matter if Master Cang Qing couldn’t recognize a treasure? Even if he had to die as an apology now, he would not hesitate in the slightest.

Having seen the emergence of a Heavenly Master in Celestial Master Mansion before his death was enough.

“The Heavenly Master?”

“Damn it, how could a Heavenly Master emerge at this time?”

Wan Mo Men’s Sect Master felt a chill crawl over his scalp.

In recent decades, while accruing power, he had also been covertly testing Celestial Master Mansion.

Only after confirming that this generation of the mansion had not produced a Heavenly Master did he dare to gather the powers of the Demonic Tao and plan for a decisive battle.

When the Demon Crowd surrounded the mountain, Wan Mo Men’s Sect Master was convinced that there was no Heavenly Master in Celestial Master Mansion.

Otherwise, with the invincible power of the Heavenly Master, how could they have surrounded Dragon Tiger Mountain?

But Wan Mo Men’s Sect Master could never have anticipated that, at the last moment, a Heavenly Master would indeed emerge from Celestial Master Mansion.

Given his insight, he could tell that this Heavenly Master had just broken through, otherwise even Master Cang Qing would not have shown such a look of surprise and shock.

Clouds descended beneath the sea of clouds.

Lin Yuan landed on the ground, his eyes tranquil as he looked towards the Myriad Demons Sect’s Sect Master.

Whoosh!

The True Martial Sword, stuck in the ground, lifted off again, revolving around Lin Yuan before finally coming to a halt beside him.

“Heavenly Master.”

A shiver ran through the heart of Wan Mo Men’s Sect Master.

“Go.”

Without hesitation, Wan Mo Men’s Sect Master retreated explosively.

Although he still had many trump cards, even the strongest one brought from the heritage site of the Primordial Demon Gate.

If he used these trump cards, Master Cang Qing would have died long ago, and there wouldn’t have been such a prolonged struggle.

But Wan Mo Men’s Sect Master knew that in front of a true Heavenly Master, those trump cards would merely prolong the inevitable.

At best, they would change dying from one palm strike of the Heavenly Master, to dying from two or three.

A few more breaths of life, but the outcome would remain unchanged.

Therefore, Wan Mo Men’s Sect Master naturally knew how to choose.

In fact, upon the appearance of the True Martial Sword, Wan Mo Men’s Sect Leader had already faintly guessed it was related to a Heavenly Master.

But his unwillingness made him wait until he saw Lin Yuan in person and confirmed he was truly a Heavenly Master before deciding to retreat.

Rustle!

Wan Mo Men’s Sect Master’s figure suddenly exploded, transforming into six demonic shadows, fleeing in all directions.

This was a lifesaving secret technique of the Demonic Tao, and with Wan Mo Men’s Sect Master’s power, suddenly using this technique, even a Heavenly Master might not be able to catch up.

Besides, Lin Yuan had just achieved his breakthrough and was not highly proficient in the power of the Heavenly Master’s level.

“Thinking of running away?”

Lin Yuan smiled faintly.

“Rise.”

With a mere thought from Lin Yuan,

a vast circle with him at its center, spanning across hundreds and thousands of meters, formed.

Within this circle, the powers of Taiyin Pole Extreme and Taiyang Pole Extreme permeated, turning into black-and-white, forming Yin fish and Yang fish, continuously merging, transforming, and colliding.

Boom!!!

Within the area,

five out of the six demonic shadows silently shattered.

Only the horrified Myriad Demons Sect’s Sect Master remained.

“No!”

“What kind of technique is this?”

“You’re not a Heavenly Master!!!”

Wan Mo Men’s Sect Master struggled desperately, a glimmer of black demonic flame igniting between his brows, trying to resist something, but he disintegrated into dust within the waves of black-and-white.

For decades, who had stirred countless upheavals in the world and led the Demon Sect in besieging Dragon Tiger Mountain,

the Myriad Demons Sect’s Sect Master.

Dead.

The scene plunged into dead silence.

On the side of Celestial Master Mansion, the powerhouses felt dizzy, as if they were in a dream.

Although they had long guessed that the Heavenly Master would sweep through the Myriad Demons Sect, seeing this scene unfold still stirred a whirlwind of emotions in their hearts.

The Myriad Demons Sect’s Sect Master, who had exerted immense pressure on them, seemed like an ant by the roadside in front of the Heavenly Master, easily crushed to death with a single step.

Compared to the myriad thoughts on the side of the righteous,

on the Demonic Sect’s side, emotions were simple and pure.

Fear, dread, anxiety, and trembling engulfed the hearts of every demon leader.

“Run!”

“Another Heavenly Master has emerged from the Celestial Master Mansion, what are you waiting for?”

“The Sect Master is dead, everyone run, or die just the same.”

The nine Celestial Phenomena Realm Vice Sect Leaders, along with numerous protectors and helmsmen, panic-stricken, fled far from Dragon Tiger Mountain.

“Slice.”

Lin Yuan’s mind stirred slightly.

The Taiji Yin Yang Diagram suddenly expanded, and he swiftly drew the True Martial Sword, making a light cut.

Schlack.

When the sword light first emerged, it was only three feet in size, but it grew larger and larger, heavier and sharper to the extreme.

With just one sword strike, seven of the nine Vice Sect Leaders were cleaved in two, with hundreds in the Demon Crowd meeting their demise.

Lin Yuan struck several more times.

Thousands of demon corpses lay strewn, the ground almost dyed red with blood.