A Blind Swordsman's Sword Coffin

Puff! Puff! Puff!

Three headless corpses fell from the sky, three severed heads floating behind Li Guanqi. The sight stunned everyone.

For a moment, the remaining Illusory Refinement Realm cultivators stood rooted behind Liu Peiyuan, not daring to move. Moments ago, Li Guanqi had dragged three of them into his domain, sealed them with crushing suppressive force, and, enhanced by fearsome sword force and surging sword intent, dismembered them like nothing.

Gasps rippled through the crowd.

“So that’s... the revered Yanluo Sword? He’s that strong?”

“Is he really only at the mid Illusory Refinement Realm...?”

“The world’s heroes truly cannot be underestimated!”

Liu Yunxuan watched Li Guanqi with keen interest. When he had secretly ventured into the secular world, he’d heard of Li Guanqi’s reputation. After all, earning a revered title at the Illusory Refinement Realm was an extraordinary feat in any era. Many cultivators at the Combined Body Realm couldn’t even manage that.

He had seen plenty of so-called heavenly geniuses, yet in his eyes, they were all worthless. But the man before him was different. He was truly powerful.

He licked his lips, but before he could speak, Li Guanqi looked down at everyone, his blood-red eyes fixed on Liu Yunxuan.

His hoarse voice sent chills down every spine. “Where... is my sister?”

Heaven and earth fell silent. No one answered. An eerie stillness filled the entire domain.

Even Liu Peiyuan felt conflicted. He looked at Li Guanqi and spoke calmly. “Bring the woman here.”

Liu Yunxuan’s pupils dilated. Why is the ancestor doing this?

They all knew Li Guanqi had to die. After everything that had happened, there was no way he’d let them go.

Liu Yunxuan stepped forward slowly, staring coldly at Li Guanqi. “Ancestor, in my opinion, there’s no need—”

Liu Peiyuan glanced at him. That one look drained all the color from Liu Yunxuan’s face, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead.

Whoosh!

With a flick of his hand, Liu Peiyuan dragged Yu Sui’an into midair.

Buzz!

The moment Li Guanqi saw her, clad in nothing but a thin garment, tears burst from his eyes.

Though Yu Sui’an had been treated, her exposed wrists and ankles were still covered in scars, dark and clearly old. Whatever restraint he had managed collapsed entirely. The crushing weight in his chest made it impossible to breathe.

Why is her fate even crueler than mine? How can the heavens be so unjust?

He had always treated Yu Sui’an as his little sister. On Heavenly Lightning Peak, she had been everyone’s darling. The seniors treasured her, the peak master cherished her as a granddaughter, and the elders all doted on her.

“Sui’an...”

At that hoarse murmur, tears spilled from Yu Sui’an’s tightly shut eyes. She trembled uncontrollably.

Liu Peiyuan sighed softly, then raised his head toward Li Guanqi. “The Liu family has no intention of becoming your enemy. If you name your terms, no matter the compensation, we will agree.”

The moment those words fell, earth-shattering killing intent erupted.

Boom!

Icy murderous intent and raging lightning pierced the sky.

A deafening dragon roar resounded across heaven and earth. A colossal dragon nearly eighty zhang long materialized beneath Li Guanqi’s feet. After devouring the Crimson Lightning Suanni, Nine Heavens’ strength had surged further, its aura now nearly matching the peak of the late Illusory Refinement Realm.

A snow-white radish more than a zhang tall appeared beside them—Peng Luo.

Li Guanqi stood atop Nine Heavens’ head and glared at everyone, bloodshot eyes blazing. He raised his sword and slashed downward, the terrifying force blasting through a hundred-zhang boundary wall.

He roared hoarsely, “Compensation?

“Fine. Then I want your entire Liu family buried with her!”

Boom!

As his voice fell, horrifying pressure flooded the void. Countless bolts of annihilating lightning crashed down like divine punishment, and the entire Liu family domain became a sea of lightning.

Lightning pierced through countless cultivators, who exploded into clouds of blood. At the same time, a snow-white hand tore through the void, reaching toward Yu Sui’an. Yet the instant Peng Luo touched her, a cold flash streaked past. Its arm was severed, spinning high into the air.

The battle erupted. Nine Heavens roared as Li Guanqi vanished through the void, reappearing beside Yu Sui’an.

Just as he reached for her, Liu Yunxuan stepped forward with a three-chi-long green blade. He sneered coldly and said, “How dare you touch my toy?”

Before the last word even left his mouth, cyan gale winds enveloped his sword as he slashed toward Li Guanqi.

Li Guanqi raised his blade and countered with a horizontal slash.

“Heaven-Opening, Sword Unsheathing Technique!”

He poured every ounce of killing intent into the strike.

Boom!

Liu Peiyuan’s pupils dilated. He raised his hand, about to intervene, then stopped. Liu Yunxuan’s earlier words flashed through his mind, and he forcibly suppressed his vital force.

Sword light erupted. Boundless lightning formed a sword domain spanning three thousand zhang, and myriad lightning bolts surged as spell sigils formed and fell one after another. The power shook the entire Liu family domain, countless cracks spreading across it like a heavenly catastrophe.

Liu Yunxuan retreated while attacking, teleporting back several hundred zhang before slashing again.

“Twin Dragons Subjugation!”

Boom!

Two azure sword lights twisted like twin dragons, surging forward.

More than twenty figures charged at Li Guanqi simultaneously, blades and swords interweaving into a storm meant to grind him to dust. Several white-haired elders reached toward Yu Sui’an. Terrifying power detonated in the sky.

Li Guanqi’s battle robes were instantly shredded by the shockwaves. Violent energy tore at his flesh, yet he still struggled forward, reaching out toward Yu Sui’an.

“Sui’an, wait for me! I’m coming to save you!”

Just as the barrage was about to strike, three figures appeared beside him in a triangular formation.

Spear shadows filled the sky, a blood-red long spear spinning into an impenetrable wall. Ghost qi surged, and a single sword strike blasted the enemies away. Blue flames blazed with annihilating force, fists smashing apart the incoming blades and sword lights.