Chapter 504: Stop Now

Chapter 504: Stop Now

The sky over the snowy region seemed to crumble, overtaken by brilliant radiance for thousands of zhang.

Countless beams of light encircled Fengya Mountain from all directions, sealing it off completely. The disciples of the Dark King Sect who had not entered the hidden realm in time were killed on the spot.

Most of the Dark King Sect's members had already followed their sect leader into the hidden realm. The sect leader had even used a divine ability to seal the entrance of the hidden realm, blocking the light curtain with a black barrier.

The righteous cultivators bombarded the barrier frenziedly with their divine skills and enchanted tools, but all that did was cause ripples to break out across the barrier.

This barrier, which an eighth-realm Eminent One had conjured, seemed indestructible. But was that really the case?

A vicious and shrill screech echoed in the sky. "Caaaw!"

A giant three-legged bird shrouded in flames spiraled upward, spreading its wings to form a blazing sun! It heated up the vast snowfield instantly, melting the large swaths of ice and snow below.

Meanwhile, a glowing crescent-shaped treasure rose high into the sky, radiating bright rays of moonlight.

The sun and moon were both in the sky!

The Yu Dynasty had powerful cultivators under its command, but that was not the only reason the Yu Dynasty held a steady position as the ruling power. It was also because the Yu Dynasty had legendary artifacts for guarding the empire. The top ten artifacts in the Catalog of the Mortal World's Ten Thousand Treasures were in the hands of the Divine Nine and the Dark King Sect, but the imperial court controlled the three artifacts ranked after the top ten.

The Panyang Ancient Jade was ranked eleventh and an important treasure of the Xia Family. They had used it to establish their empire, and it was not to be used lightly. The Immortals' Talisman of Lunar Radiance and the Golden Crow's Soul Essence were ranked twelfth and thirteenth respectively. Both treasures were enshrined in the Imperial Supervisory Bureau.

The two legendary artifacts soaring into the sky now were the two that the Imperial Supervisory Bureau possessed.

The Immortals' Talisman of Lunar Radiance contained power that was as cold as ice. It could release endless beams of moonlight as swords, turning one sword into a myriad. This was equivalent to magnifying the range of a single sword countless times. When wielded by a master of the Dao of the Sword, the talisman could be used to instantly slash across thousands of li.

One of the three eighth-realm swordsmen in the mortal realm was in the Imperial Supervisory Bureau... and he might even be the best of the three. That person was the Imperial Supervisory Commissioner, Qi Yingxuan.

He was the one wielding the Immortals' Talisman of Lunar Radiance. Once the crescent moon rose to the sky, there would be nothing across the four seas and the nine provinces that he could not cut down. He would become a truly terrifying force.

The Golden Crow's Soul Essence was said to be refined from the souls of nine Golden Crows that had been shot down in ancient times. When the Golden Crow's Soul Essence was used, the power of the ancient Golden Crow would be reactivated for a brief period to conjure a sun to rise in the sky, burning with divine flames!

When these two treasures rose to the sky, they swept away the dense demonic qi on Fengya Mountain!

In the next second, two beams of light shot out simultaneously from the sun and the moon, striking the black barrier.

Boom!

The seemingly indestructible black barrier did not even shatter; it just melted away like the surrounding ice and snow, vanishing into nothingness.

...

Just before that attack, Chu Liang saw a familiar figure behind the black barrier. The person was a stunning woman in red. She was very clearly Enchantress Yi, whom Chu Liang had encountered in the past.

Back when Chu Liang's cultivation power was still weak, he had tricked her with a small ploy. The problem was that Chu Liang was currently dressed the same way as back then. He got caught red-handed.

Yet, the Dark King Sect's leader did not recognize the man standing before him.

When the Dark King Sect raided the Mount Shu Sect, the world saw the sword strike that protected Baize as Chu Liang's doing. However, the dark King Sect's leader knew that the true source of the power behind that strike had been the Whale-Riding Immortal.

The failed raid had been Lu Chengchou's problem, so the Dark King Sect's leader hadn't bothered looking into the matter. But now, this person was once again trying to sabotage his plans. The Dark King Sect's leader would not tolerate it this time.

He formed a hand seal; he was ready to summon the True Form of Ksitigarbha at any moment. The Dark King Sect's leader intended to unleash the power of a Heavenly Origin Terminator, delivering a thunderous strike onto the person before him. He planned to leave swiftly before the righteous immortal sect members entered the hidden realm.

The Whale-Riding Immortal noticed the movements of the Dark King Sect's leader, but he remained unafraid.

He just put on a small smile and replied, "You don't know who I am, but I know who you are. Not only do I know your name, but I also know that you are an incomplete person who cannot find yourself..."

"Nonsense!" the Dark King Sect's leader shouted.

Yin qi surged wildly around him!

Just as a fight was about to erupt between the two masters of the Heavenly Origin, a voice rang out from the distance. "Amitabha..."

This Buddhist chant caused the sect leader of the Dark King Sect to halt abruptly.

Granny Meng and the bald monk accompanying her arrived at the cave. The monk was carrying a little girl in a bright red coat in his arms. This combination made for a rather peculiar sight.

If it wasn't for his monk's robe, they might have looked like grandparents taking their granddaughter shopping for Chinese New Year's goods.

"Lin Poyun, do you recognize him?" Granny Meng yelled, looking at the sect leader of the Dark King Sect.

Lin Poyun, the sect leader of the Dark King Sect, glanced at the kind-looking monk beside Granny Meng. He took a couple of steps back and then asked quietly, "Who is he?"

"Amitabha," the monk said unhurriedly. "I am but a humble monk, Wu'e—a disciple of the Noble Dharma."

"You intend to use him to disturb my Dao heart?" Lin Poyun sneered at Granny Meng. "I have treated you well all these years, yet you're betraying me like this. How am I supposed to tolerate you?"

"You can't even tolerate yourself, so how could you tolerate me?" Granny Meng replied with a cold sneer.

As she spoke, the cold wind atop the peak suddenly grew fierce. It lifted the hood of Lin Poyun's black robe and revealed his young face.

Lin Poyun appeared to be less than thirty years old. He had long hair that was flying about in the wind and delicate brows that made him look rather feminine. Additionally, there was some malevolent qi around him.

This was likely the first time that Lin Poyun—the Dark King Sect's leader whose name shook the world—was revealing his appearance to the outside world.

Strangely, Lin Poyun and Monk Wu'e looked quite alike. One was a young man with smooth, delicate skin and long flowing hair, while the other was a middle-aged man with rough skin and a gleaming bald head. Yet, their facial features were strikingly similar.

Anyone observing them up close would be able to see that there was at least an eighty percent resemblance between them. They looked almost like the same person, just separated by twenty years.

"Sect Leader Lin, listen to my humble advice," Monk Wu'e said with a sigh. "Stop now. Forces from righteous sects have gathered outside."