Chapter 258: Grand Duke of Metal Virtue, Tai Bai Tai Hao Star Lord

Li Yaxian was deeply shaken. Sёarᴄh the NôvelFire(.)net website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

Qi Yuan’s instant killing of Yang Kang had taken her completely by surprise.

She had never expected that Qi Yuan’s strength could be this formidable. Wasn’t he supposed to be a Nascent Soul cultivator?

Could it be that he had been hiding his true strength?

But at this moment, none of that mattered.

What mattered was that Qi Yuan had killed someone!

In the Seeking Dao Palace, he had killed one of their stewards!

This was a monumental event!

Even a Yin God wouldn’t dare to kill so casually in the Seeking Dao Palace.

Li Yaxian’s mind was in turmoil, filled with worry and fear.

The young woman in the yellow dress was equally stunned; the scene before her had far exceeded her expectations.

“Let’s run!” Li Yaxian’s mind was filled with only one thought—escape.

Even though she knew that escaping might be impossible.

But just as she had this thought, powerful auras began to emanate from all around them.

“Who dares to cause trouble in the Seeking Dao Palace!”

“Bold fiend! To kill someone in our Seeking Dao Palace is to court death!”

In an instant, more than ten powerful auras surged toward them, surrounding Qi Yuan, Li Yaxian, and the others.

Each of these individuals was a Purple Mansion cultivator, their auras overwhelmingly terrifying.

Surrounded by more than ten Purple Mansion cultivators, Li Yaxian’s face turned deathly pale. She had never been this close to death before.

The young woman in the yellow dress clenched her teeth, her face as white as a sheet.

But Qi Yuan remained calm, speaking nonchalantly, “I am a seeker of the Dao, having come here with devotion to challenge the Daoists of the Seeking Dao Palace. If I win, I ask that each of you grants me your cultivation techniques. If I lose, I will grant you all the opportunity to become gods.”

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The Purple Mansion cultivators were taken aback, struggling to process his words.

Li Yaxian and the young woman in the yellow dress were also stunned—Qi Yuan’s thought process was moving so quickly that they couldn’t keep up.

“Don’t change the subject! How do you explain killing Daoist Yang Kang?” an elderly cultivator demanded, glaring at Qi Yuan.

As time passed, more and more Purple Mansion cultivators gathered around, some watching from a distance.

“I came to see Elder Fu Lu, but this man asked me to sleep with him, so I killed him on the spot,” Qi Yuan said calmly.

He remained utterly unflustered, even when faced with so many powerful cultivators.

This left Li Yaxian feeling both admiration and helplessness toward him.

"Those are just your words!"

"Even if he insulted you, you should have let us judge him. What right did you have to kill him?"

"When you come to the Seeking Dao Palace, you must follow our rules!"

The Purple Mansion cultivators were furious.

After all, killing a steward within the Seeking Dao Palace was a direct affront to them.

"I’m not part of the Seeking Dao Palace. Why should I follow your rules?" Qi Yuan replied with a natural, matter-of-fact tone.

His words immediately sparked even greater anger among the Purple Mansion cultivators.

How could this man be so arrogant?

Did he not realize where he was? This was the Seeking Dao Palace!

How could he be so brazenly fearless?

But at that moment, a distant, ethereal voice echoed in everyone’s mind.

“Blood-Robed Sword God, as a Great Sovereign, why bother toying with these juniors?”

A figure clad in blood-red armor, tall and imposing, stepped forward.

His entire body was shrouded in this blood armor, exuding an aura of immense power.

Though he stood close, he seemed at once both near and far.

Seeing this figure, all the Purple Mansion cultivators present were visibly shaken.

The newcomer was none other than the true power behind the Seeking Dao Palace.

Great Sovereign Wu Jun!

Great Sovereign Wu Jun was a reclusive figure, rarely seen even by the Purple Mansion cultivators of the Seeking Dao Palace, with only a fraction of them having ever met him.

Today, he had appeared in person.

And what he said...

Blood-Robed Sword God...

Could it be...

All the Purple Mansion cultivators were astounded.

The person they had surrounded and intended to subdue was none other than the Blood-Robed Sword God!

They had nearly attacked a Great Sovereign!

Li Yaxian was stunned, looking at Qi Yuan in disbelief.

The young woman in the yellow dress covered her mouth, her eyes wide as she stared at Qi Yuan.

She could hardly believe it—the man standing before her was actually her idol, the Blood-Robed Sword God.

Qi Yuan met Great Sovereign Wu Jun’s gaze, his expression calm. "I wasn’t toying with them. They are all Purple Mansion cultivators, much older than me. They are my seniors. I came to the Seeking Dao Palace to challenge these senior Daoists. I meant what I said earlier. If they lose, they will give me their cultivation techniques. If they win, I will grant them the chance to become gods."

Qi Yuan’s words left the gathered Purple Mansion cultivators staring at each other in shock.

Who were they to be challenged by a Great Sovereign who had traveled all this way?

A Great Sovereign!

Even if all the Purple Mansion cultivators of the Seeking Dao Palace were to band together, they wouldn’t stand a chance against an Yin God Sovereign.

And in the entire Canglan Realm, no combination of Yin God Sovereigns could stand against a Great Sovereign.

A Great Sovereign challenging them... Should they feel honored, or was this just too absurd?

As for Yang Kang's death, no one was concerned about that anymore.

If someone had died at the hands of an Yin God Sovereign, that Sovereign might have to offer an apology, given the power of Great Sovereign Wu Jun.

But a Great Sovereign? That was an entirely different matter.

Offending a Great Sovereign? That was a death sentence.

Great Sovereign Wu Jun looked at Qi Yuan, his expression complicated. "You... really mean it?"

He had heard rumors that the Blood-Robed Sword God was a madman.

The recent meeting between the Blood-Robed Sword God and Great Sovereign Moli had also led Great Sovereign Wu Jun to believe that the Blood-Robed Sword God was no ordinary person.

"I never lie. I’m serious. I’m a young man challenging a group of old monsters from your Seeking Dao Palace. It’s only fair, respecting the elderly and all that, don’t you think?" Qi Yuan said, as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

The Purple Mansion cultivators were speechless.

They wanted to say that the Blood-Robed Sword God had some nerve.

Since when had a Great Sovereign challenged Purple Mansion cultivators? Such a thing had never happened in the history of the Canglan Realm.

And now he was saying he was doing them a favor.

This was beyond shameless.

"Sigh, facing so many renowned old monsters, I’m actually a bit scared. But I’m still gathering my courage to challenge them! Even if this battle leaves me battered and bruised, I won’t regret it, even if it costs me my life! This battle will shake the heavens and the earth, a battle to echo through time!" Qi Yuan declared, full of heroic fervor.

As if he were a weakling challenging the strong, making an impassioned speech.

"What is your true purpose?" Great Sovereign Wu Jun squinted, trying to see through Qi Yuan.

"I… want all of the Seeking Dao Palace’s techniques. And I want the Seeking Dao Palace to help me with something!"

Qi Yuan quickly shifted from his earlier impassioned state and explained his plan for the Origin God Sharing Society to Great Sovereign Wu Jun.

Great Sovereign Wu Jun frowned as he listened.

"Your demands... are quite excessive."

Cultivation techniques are the foundation of a cultivator’s power.

The Seeking Dao Palace had accumulated over 100,000 years of knowledge. How could they easily hand it over to someone, even if that person was a Great Sovereign?

Great Sovereign Wu Jun was a peak-level cultivator in the Fourth Step of Heaven Ascension, so he did not fear Qi Yuan.

After all, Qi Yuan was a Great Sovereign from the Waning Moon Continent and could only exert the power of a weak Fourth Step cultivator in the Canglan Realm.

"If I challenge you and then challenge all the Purple Mansion cultivators of the Seeking Dao Palace, and I defeat all of you, will I be able to take all the techniques?" Qi Yuan asked quietly.

His words shocked everyone present.

A battle between Great Sovereigns!

This was a divine battle!

The Blood-Robed Sword God was challenging Great Sovereign Wu Jun!

This was beyond anyone’s expectations.

Great Sovereign Wu Jun was equally surprised.

Where did Qi Yuan get the courage to challenge him?

"Your courage is impressive, but where does your confidence come from?" Great Sovereign Wu Jun, clad in his blood-red armor, radiated a terrifying aura.

He understood now.

The Blood-Robed Sword God had come to the Seeking Dao Palace to stir up trouble, intending to subdue the palace through force.

Everything else was just a pretext.

"If I didn’t have courage, how could I challenge so many old monsters by myself?"

As Qi Yuan spoke, he surveyed the group of Purple Mansion cultivators, his expression serious.

The Purple Mansion cultivators flushed with embarrassment under Qi Yuan’s gaze, wishing they could find a hole to crawl into.

Great Sovereign Wu Jun looked at Qi Yuan, his eyes gleaming with divine light. "Even if you didn’t come to challenge me, I would have sought you out for a fight!

Blood-Robed Sword God, if you win, you can take a copy of the Seeking Dao Palace’s techniques. But if you lose, you must promise to stay away from Great Sovereign Jasmine and never touch the Mythical Treasure!"

Great Sovereign Wu Jun's voice echoed powerfully, heard by everyone present, but the part about the "Mythical Treasure" was conveyed only to Qi Yuan through a private transmission.

Qi Yuan raised an eyebrow.

That was a condition he couldn’t easily accept.

Not getting involved with Great Sovereign Jasmine? What about the Mythical Treasure?

But then he thought of something—he wasn’t going to lose, so he smiled.

"Agreed," he said.

The Purple Mansion cultivators were astonished.

A battle between Great Sovereigns... It was really happening!

How many years had it been since Feng Tianyu witnessed a battle between Yin Gods?

And now, two Great Sovereigns were about to clash.

"If that's the case, then let’s fight in seven days!" Great Sovereign Wu Jun's eyes shone with divine light.

If he wanted to obtain the Mythical Treasure, he had to defeat Qi Yuan.

Even though he knew that Great Sovereign Jasmine was laying a trap, he had no choice but to step into it.

That was the only way he could have a chance at the Mythical Treasure.

And for an Yin God, the value of the Mythical Treasure was beyond measure.

As for Great Sovereign Jasmine, Wu Jun wasn’t truly infatuated with her, despite her being the most beautiful woman in Feng Tianyu.

"Why wait seven days? Let’s do it now. I want to defeat you quickly so I can challenge all the Purple Mansion cultivators here. Let’s not waste time," Qi Yuan said.

The Purple Mansion cultivators were overwhelmed.

They wanted to tell the Blood-Robed Sword God to stop including them in his plans and just forget about them.

Great Sovereign Wu Jun was taken aback. He hadn’t expected Qi Yuan to be so eager.

"Are you sure you want to fight now?"

"Absolutely," Qi Yuan replied lazily.

"If that’s what you want, then let’s fight!" Great Sovereign Wu Jun didn’t hesitate.

He figured that the Blood-Robed Sword God didn’t want an audience for their battle, which was why he was so eager.

His fighting spirit surged.

With a wave of his hand, a divine force enveloped Qi Yuan.

In an instant, both Qi Yuan and Great Sovereign Wu Jun vanished, entering a virtual realm.

In the Canglan Realm, any battle involving Yin Gods would automatically be transferred to the virtual realm.

Back at the Seeking Dao Palace, the Purple Mansion cultivators breathed a sigh of relief as Qi Yuan left.

"The Blood-Robed Sword God is audacious to challenge Great Sovereign Wu Jun!"

"Where does he get his confidence?"

"In the Moon Watching Continent, the Blood-Robed Sword God may be powerful, but in the Canglan Realm, he’s nothing!"

Creatures that devour a world’s Heavenly Dao gain power within that world, but when they travel to other worlds, they are suppressed by that world’s Heavenly Dao, unable to exert their full strength.

They can only exert the strength of a weak Great Sovereign—this is common knowledge.

Information about the Blood-Robed Sword God and his connection to the Moon Watching Continent had initially been kept secret, but eventually, the truth had leaked out.

The Purple Mansion cultivators of the Seeking Dao Palace were generally aware of the Blood-Robed Sword God’s background.

Not far away, the young woman in the yellow dress blinked. "Grandmother, is he really the Blood-Robed Sword God?"

Li Yaxian took a deep breath at her granddaughter's question. "He must be."

She couldn’t believe that the lazy man who had sunbathed with her on the flying ship, complaining about being poor, was actually a Great Sovereign.

The young woman in the yellow dress felt even more conflicted.

She had actually tried to play matchmaker between the Blood-Robed Sword God and her grandmother!

And she had even thought that the Blood-Robed Sword God wasn’t good enough for her grandmother.

Luckily, she hadn’t said anything about it; otherwise, if the Blood-Robed Sword God found out...

"Do you think the Blood-Robed Sword God will win?" the young woman in the yellow dress asked Li Yaxian.

The Blood-Robed Sword God was her idol, and she even knew him personally. On their journey, she had often joked around with him and occasionally made fun of him. Now that she thought about it, it felt like a dream.

So, she hoped that the Blood-Robed Sword God would win.

"It's going to be difficult," Li Yaxian replied.

At this moment, in the virtual realm, there was nothing but empty space.

Qi Yuan and Great Sovereign Wu Jun hovered in the air, facing each other.

The battle had been arranged hastily, so there were no spectators.

Even if other Yin Gods knew about the battle, they wouldn’t know where it was taking place.

Great Sovereign Wu Jun looked at Qi Yuan, his body radiating a terrifying aura.

Upon entering the virtual realm, he no longer restrained his power.

A terrifying aura swept through the space, as if it could tear it apart.

He looked at Qi Yuan, his fighting spirit soaring. "Let me see where your confidence comes from!"

He couldn’t understand why the Blood-Robed Sword God dared to challenge him!

The gap between Yin Gods and Great Sovereigns is vast.

Clearly, the Blood-Robed Sword God’s battle record involved killing a few Yin God Sovereigns.

In the Canglan Realm, where he was suppressed by the Heaven's Way, his strength was more than enough to overwhelm an Yin God Sovereign, but against a Great Sovereign, he was just asking for death.

"When I became a Golden Core cultivator, I dared to challenge Yin Gods.

Now, having formed my Nascent Soul, why shouldn’t I dare to challenge a Great Sovereign?"

"Madness! Playing tricks!" Great Sovereign Wu Jun shouted.

With his shout, a powerful divine domain was unleashed.

Battles between Great Sovereigns are simple: it’s all about the collision of divine domains.

Great Sovereign Wu Jun unleashed his divine domain, clearly intending to end the fight quickly.

"My divine domain is called 'Breaking Gold!'"

In Great Sovereign Wu Jun's divine domain, the strongest power was that of metal, representing the ultimate offense.

As the divine domain unfolded, Qi Yuan saw endless metal energy forming countless swords, spears, and artifacts, all attacking him.

Faced with this assault, Qi Yuan chuckled softly, "Your divine domain... is still too small."

The divine domain before him seemed tiny to Qi Yuan, with not much metal energy present.

"Hmph!" Great Sovereign Wu Jun snorted coldly.

His divine domain was not small, and its energy level was high, ranking him among the stronger Great Sovereigns.

Great Sovereign Wu Jun said coldly, "Let me see how large your divine domain is!"

The metal energy surged forward like a storm of blades.

Qi Yuan remained calm, his voice solemn.

"Radiant and mighty, the Nascent Soul emerges from the divine treasury, heed my command, brilliance of Metal Virtue!"

Qi Yuan chanted softly.

With his voice, a Nascent Soul appeared, radiating an ancient, vast aura.

The space seemed to freeze at that moment.

An old, ethereal voice echoed as if it had traversed the river of time.

“Grand Duke of Metal Virtue, Tai Bai Tai Hao Star Lord, at your command!”

As the voice resonated, Great Sovereign Wu Jun's expression turned to shock.

What had he just seen?

His lips trembled involuntarily, his body shook uncontrollably, and his once-proud divine domain wavered, on the brink of collapse.

It was clearly a Nascent Soul, yet he saw it as if a divine domain as vast as a star had unfolded before him.

That star seemed even larger than the Canglan Realm.

A divine domain, bigger than the Canglan Realm itself!

Was this even a divine domain?

How could there be such a divine domain!

He trembled, his body quivering, utterly bewildered.

The infinite metal energy, so pure and potent, seemed as though even a wisp could shatter his divine domain.

How could he possibly fight against this?