Zhang Fei - The Abandoned Son

Chapter 1041: Climax

’In the path of cultivation, divine qi is a power that surpasses mortal realms, which is associated with the heavenly law. Yet to tread the road of immortality, one must refine this divine qi into the celestial qi, which is aligned with the heavenly dao.’ Zhang Xiaolong [3] spoke to himself in his mind. ’Does immortality really exist? If immortality exists, why did Feng Yao choose to reincarnate over and over again? Why did the ten-tailed fox choose to sacrifice itself?’

Zhang Xiaolong [3] ignored that and read on. ’To transform the Divine Qi into the Celestial Qi, a cultivator must first learn the Celestial Tempering Cycle method to achieve harmony with the laws of heaven. Utilize the technique to direct the divine qi into the dantian, where it slowly rotates along precise meridian pathways. Use the soul and mind power to temper and purify the divine qi through countless cycles, shedding its divine power and adopting the rhythm of the heavenly dao. Over time, the divine qi transforms completely into celestial qi—purer, gentler, and perfectly suitable for nourishing one’s immortal foundation. This process must be undertaken with utmost care, for forcing the transformation risks fracturing the meridians or breaking the cultivation core and soul.’

Zhang Xiaolong [3] let out a sigh in his heart and began to learn the Celestial Tempering Cycle method, as did some of his clones in the training space and also Feltia [2], who was still on her way to the Paradise Realm with Han Ling.

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In the pavilion, Tang Ying sat cross-legged while watching Zhang Fei [5], who was studying the method. ’What exactly is he doing? Why does he suddenly want to stop dual-soul cultivating with me?

As Tang Ying thought that, she suddenly felt a change within Zhang Fei [5]’s body, and all the divine qi within his body slowly moved towards his dantian. Additionally, she could feel that the divine qi in his dantian was starting to rotate within it, as well as all the divine qi moving there.

Tang Ying raised her eyebrows slightly, especially when she realized that Zhang Fei [5] was using his soul and mental power to do something to the divine qi in his body. ’What kind of cultivation method is this? What was his purpose in doing this?’

Sometime later, Tang Ying could feel that Zhang Fei [5]’s divine qi was increasingly gathering inside his dantian, and its circulation gradually became faster and faster. She carefully used her senses to observe his body, and she started to notice the subtle change in his divine qi.

’Oh? He intentionally employed his soul and mental power to temper and purify his divine qi, didn’t he? Could it be a method to transform the divine qi into the celestial qi? How could he do it with the absence of the celestial qi in the three mortal realms?’ Tang Ying immediately used her technique, and the white eye appeared above her head. ’I see! He used the celestial qi of the cultivators from the Paradise Realm to understand the concept, but I think it’s a big mistake if he did that. There’s no celestial qi here, and he won’t be able to cultivate if he transforms his divine qi into it. I hope he’s not that stupid, or else his cultivation will slow down, and his desire to go to that realm will be delayed even longer.’

Since Zhang Fei [5] was still focused on himself, Tang Ying decided to leave him and go to the Celestial Spring Pool. She immediately took off her dress and soaked in it, but the effect of the ancient formation in the pool surprised her. ’Yin and Yang Essences, huh? It’s no wonder he and all his women’s cultivation could improve that quickly, especially since he had so many valuable items in his possession, including the pavilion and this pool. Who exactly are those two little girls? One killed him and gave him the system and Mei, and the other used the time ability to resurrect him.’

Tang Ying shook her head, then sat cross-legged in the pool, leaning against the wall as she began to absorb the Yin essence within it.

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After a few hours passed, the battle in the Sovereign Heaven Realm was becoming more intense, causing Serpentera, who was observing the conflict between the two sides, to shake her head. He saw that the members of the Shangguan Clan had successfully stopped all the enemies attacking their clan, especially with the help of Jia Yuyan.

Moreover, their enemies were helpless in the face of so many domain masters, and Shangguan Yan’s domain trapped most of them in illusions, allowing her clansmen to kill their enemies without much difficulty.

After the enemy stopped attacking, Shangguan Yan went straight to the Lin Clan, especially since Lin Zuxin and her clansmen were quite overwhelmed by the attacks from the three clans. She forbade Shangguan Han and Shangguan Miyuan from following her, and she asked them to stay on guard in case other enemies attacked their clan.

Meanwhile, Jia Yuyan went to the Duanmu Clan to help Duanmu Luolan wipe out all their enemies, and she ordered some people from the natural races to help the Leng Clan and the other clans.

Since the other natural races seemed hesitant to move, Ju Tan directly led his family to leave the eastern forest. He went to the Leng Clan to help Leng Xueyan and the others, and his family members spread out to several clans that were targeted by the enemy, such as the Yuan, Ren, Ruan, Beihuang, and Nalan clans. The presence of the six giants swiftly altered the battle dynamics within the six clans, making it easier for them to eliminate their adversaries.

The situation in the Lin and Chi clans was also changing rapidly, especially for the Chi Clan. Jia Yuyan demonstrated her superiority by using her wood element to stop the attackers, and she utilized her light element to heal the members of the Chi clan.

On the other hand, the situation in the Qing and Shi clans was quite dire, especially after the people from the Cao, Bao, and Sima clans managed to destroy their clan barriers.

However, Gu Changsheng forbade people from the Gu Clan who had mixed into the three clans’ forces from attacking them, especially since Zhang Xiaolong [3] wanted to use them to weaken the Qing and Shi clans first.

Unlike the Qing and Shi clans, the Tian Clan’s barrier was still intact, and the members of the clan mostly used ranged attacks to kill the attackers, except for Tian Jiantang and a few elders who fought among the crowd of enemies using their swords.

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”Gah!” Cao Ren screamed in pain as Ju Xing’s iron mace slammed into his chest, causing him to spurt blood and break several bones. ’Fuck! The strength of the giant race can’t be underestimated.’

”Without Gu Changsheng’s help, you are not my opponent, Cao Yunbai!” Jumping high toward Cao Yunbai, who was trying to stabilize himself after his previous attack, Ju Xin laughed. ”Hahaha! Fight seriously or die!”

”Shit!” Cao Yunbai hurriedly flew away as Ju Xing swung his iron mace at him, causing it to slam into his previous spot.

Boom

Ju Xing’s attacks left quite a big hole there, but the giant immediately dashed toward Cao Yunbai again. Cao Ren tried to stop him, but his strong attack sent him flying backwards.

Ju Xing paid little attention to Cao Ren and focused on Cao Yunbai, especially since he was the one who almost killed him in the past.

Cao Ren immediately stabilized himself and searched for the whereabouts of his two allies, but unfortunately, he still did not realize that Qi Lai and Xereth were no longer in the realm. ’Damn it! Where are the two of them? That senior has promised to help me destroy these people, but he and that male demon are nowhere to be seen!’

Seeing his ancestor pressed by Ju Xing’s attack, Cao Ren dragged his reaching body to help Cao Yunbai. However, the giant always has the upper hand due to his superiority in raw strength, physique, and stamina.

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Tian Jingxuan, who was fighting Gu Changsheng, was confused by his opponent’s attitude. He knew that the Gu ancestor’s main weapon was his Gu insects, but the old man had yet to use them since the beginning of the fight, and he felt that he was deliberately toying with him.

Leng Hua, who was fighting with Tian Jingxuan, also fought half-heartedly, and he never used a fatal attack on Gu Changsheng. ’Did I miss something? Could these two people be working together? Old Leng is Zhang Xiaolong [3]’s slave, so it shouldn’t be possible, unless that bastard already enslaved this old man as well.’ ”Hey! Old Leng! We have to defeat this old man quickly!”

”Didn’t you see me trying to defeat him earlier?” Leng Hua asked with a frown. ”Didn’t you always feel stronger than me? Since you are stronger than me, you can defeat him yourself.”

After he said that, Leng Hua immediately landed on the trunk of a big tree and sat there, irritating Tian Jingxuan because of his behavior.

”You-Gah!” Tian Jingxuan suddenly screamed after something pierced through his body, but he didn’t see any wounds on his body. He then looked at Gu Changsheng, who cynically smiled at himself as he stared at him. ”Tch!”

Tian Jingxuan immediately ignored Leng Hua and flew into the sky, where he used his strongest sword technique. After a huge sword Qi shot out from his sword, he immediately slashed it towards Gu Changsheng.

”Haha! Your attacks are just child’s play in front of me!” Gu Changsheng immediately shot something at Tian Jingxuan, which directly penetrated his chest and disrupted his Qi circulation. ”Can you feel it? If I wanted to kill you, I could have done it a long time ago. However, I don’t want you to die so quickly, and I will torture you slowly.”

’Shit! Tian Jingxuan immediately fled from the battle and returned to his clan, especially since he was sure that Gu Changsheng would not be able to break through the barrier. As he expected, the old man did not attack him; instead, he looked at Tian Junfeng, who was fighting Bao Yundong in the distance.

Gu Changsheng seriously watched the course of the fight between the two, and he could clearly see that Tian Junfeng’s attacks were continuously cornering Bao Yundong. He then turned to Leng Hua and spoke to him via voice transmission. ’You should go there and help that Tian guy.’

’Hmm?’ Leng Hua raised his eyebrows for a moment before looking at the two people, and he immediately flew to their side to help Tian Junfeng, driving Bao Yundong even further into a corner.

Tian Jingxuan, who was watching from within his clan, was completely confused by Leng Hua and Gu Changsheng’s actions. ’Damn it! This old man must have fallen into the hands of that little bastard, and I never realized that before!’

With Leng Hua’s help, Tian Junfeng finally managed to defeat Bao Yundong.

’Old Tian! Don’t kill him!’ Leng Hua shouted just as Tian Junfeng was about to kill Bao Yundong. ’Zhang Xiaolong ordered me to capture him.’

Tian Junfeng raised his eyebrows for a moment, but he immediately gave up his intention to kill Bai Yundong. Instead, he sealed his cultivation and handed him over to Leng Hua, who immediately took him away.

Tian Junfeng then looked at Gu Changsheng. ”Hehe! Instead of looking at me like that, you should move to save your woman; otherwise, she will fall into the hands of Cao Feihong and Sima Huiqing, and she will become the contract beast of one of them.”

”You are his, right?” Gu Changsheng did not respond to him, and Tian Junfeng immediately moved to help Shangguan Lizhi. ’That kid is too scary! He already had many powerful people by his side, and he now has Old Gu as his slave.’

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When he arrived at Shangguan Lizhi’s location, Tian Junfeng saw him and his clone fighting fiercely with Cao Feihong and Sima Huiqing. He immediately joined his lover, making the two women panic.

’Shit! Bao Yundong has been defeated by him!’ Cao Feihong cursed in his heart as he moved away from them.

Sima Huiqing also did not dare to move to attack them, especially since Tian Junfeng was stronger than the two of them. She then took out the bottle given by Gu Changsheng, but she did not immediately release the Gu insects inside. ’Will they work on the two of them?’

Tian Junfeng did not directly attack Cao Feihong and Sima Huiqing; instead, he approached Shangguan Lizhi and checked her condition. ”Are you okay?”

”Yeah.” Shangguan Lizhi nodded as she swallowed a recovery pill. ”With my domain, I could fight both equally, but it kept draining my qi. If you come any later, I might lose to them.”

Tian Junfeng nodded slightly and looked at the two women. ”Bao Yundong and Gu Changsheng have already lost, and Old Ju will soon defeat Cao Yunbai, so this fight is already in vain.”

’Damn it! Where are the two people brought by Ren’er? Why don’t they show up and help us?’ Cao Feihong gripped her weapon tightly.

”You may have beaten them, but we won’t give up that easily.” Sima Huiqing showed the bottle in her hand. ”With the things in this bottle, we will defeat both of you, and Shangguan Lizhi will become my contract beast.”

Tian Junfeng and Shangguan Lizhi immediately moved to seize the bottle, but Sima Huiqing hurriedly opened the lid and released the Gu insects inside. However, the result was different from their expectations.

The Gu insects did not attack Tian Junfeng and Shangguan Lizhi; instead, they entered Cao Feihong and Sima Huiqing’s bodies, and their eyes became dull instantly.

”Hahaha!” Gu Changsheng laughed as he appeared in front of them. ”Sima Huiqing was overconfident that my Gu insects would help her, but she didn’t realize that I had purposely prepared my insects for them.”

”Did Zhang Xiaolong order you to do this to them?”

”He is my master, so I should help him, right? Since he wants these two women, I will control them for now.” Then, Gu Changsheng ordered the members of the Gu Clan who had been mingling with the people from the three clans to move. They immediately attacked the people from the Cao, Bao, and Sima clans from behind. ”This way, we just need to wait for Ju Xing to defeat Cao Yunbai and Cao Ren, and this war should be ended once they are dead.”

Shangguan Lizhi and Tian Junfeng exchanged glances for a moment, and both of them immediately moved towards the fighting location of Ju Xing and the two men from the Cao Clan.

Upon arrival, Shangguan Lizhi and Tian Junfeng immediately moved and killed Cao Ren, who had been seriously injured by Ji Xing’s attack.

Shangguan Lizhi and Tian Junfeng did not interfere with the fight between Ju Xing and Cao Yunbai, who were already struggling to block the giant’s attack.

”Hah... Hah....” Cao Yunbai gasped heavily as blood poured out from the injuries on his body.

Ju Xing walked in front of Cao Yunbai, carrying his iron mace on one shoulder. ”Your allies have fallen, and many of your clan are dead, including your patriarch.”

”Hahaha.” Cao Yunbai laughed hysterically as he glared at him. ”We had planned everything well for hundreds of years, but the appearance of two mysterious variables thwarted all our plans. If they had not destroyed our chimeras, and if I had not trusted those two cultivators from the Paradise Realm too much, we would never have had this day, and we would have definitely ruled this realm.”

”You made a mistake by being overly concerned and ignoring the shifts in this realm’s circumstances, oblivious to the two mysterious variables right before your eyes.” Ju Xing then raised his iron mace. ”Actually, I don’t want to kill you because the death of you and the others will weaken this realm, but I have to do it anyway. Therefore, goodbye, Old Cao.”

Cao Yunbai closed his eyes as Ju Xing’s iron mace approached him, but Serpentera suddenly appeared in their midst and stopped the giant, and he sealed the Cao ancestor’s cultivation directly, shocking him. ”That kid still needs him.”

- To Be Continued –