Chapter 145 Mo Kills Cong Yun

High in the sky, crimson fire clouds suddenly appeared, stretching endlessly and enveloping the entire Congyun Sea.

All living beings who witnessed this strange sight naturally had a passage surface in their minds.

"Immortal Venerable Chiyan Zhang Haobo cultivated for sixteen years. He achieved his Dao Foundation with the wondrous item [Heavenly Fiend Sword Intent] and reached Golden Core with the [Water Wind Sword Art]."

"He sacrificed the [Crimson Flame Spirit] to unify with the Dao."

"Fortunately, Heaven's Punishment descended, and his Dao dissipated, returning to the heavens!"

However, the Cultivators on Wanxian Island had no time to look at this shocking scene.

Because… true terror had already arrived.

As that ink-black figure appeared behind Zhang Haobo and killed him,

The white-robed Soul Transformation, Immortal Lord Hongxi, let out a fierce shout: "Run!"

In an instant, the Upside-Down Mountain, the Lancang River water, purple starlight, dazzling silver light, and black fire chains all smashed towards the ink-colored figure,

attempting to delay it for a moment.

With the arrival of the unfamiliar heaven and earth spirit, the five Immortal Lords unanimously chose to flee the Congyun Sea.

This was because the aura emanating from the ink-colored figure filled them with an innate fear.

But it was too late.

Ink Kill gently waved his right hand upwards, and a black line shot into the sky, piercing into the great sun above.

A muffled groan came from within it.

In the golden sun, a black spot suddenly appeared.

It was so conspicuous, then, like a celestial dog devouring the sun, it rapidly expanded outwards.

Light slowly vanished.

Darkness descended upon the Congyun Sea.

At the same time, Ink Kill split into five, appearing in different directions in an instant.

Five thin black lines arrived in a flash, piercing through the bodies of the five Immortal Lords.

The river water dried up, Immortal Lord Lancang, dead!

The black fire suddenly extinguished, Immortal Lord Tian Yang, dead!

The mountain collapsed, Immortal Lord Hongxi, dead!

A stalactite hidden in the sky shattered into pieces.

Immortal Lord Haoxuan, dead!

In the brilliant galaxy, countless stars exploded one after another.

The starry sky suddenly became incomparably dim.

The torn firmament gradually restored itself.

Only a single meteor streaked across the sky.

Immortal Lord Ziyun, severely wounded, escaped!

In an instant, of the five Immortal Lords, four were dead and one was injured.

Immediately after, Ink Kill, from five, became ten thousand.

In a flash, he passed through the hundreds of thousands of white Array Crowns.

Like thick ink dripping into clear water, all the white squares instantly turned ink-black.

Zhang Zhiliang, who had been hiding in the sky by relying on the Array Crowns, could no longer conceal himself.

A drop of ink casually pierced through Zhang Zhiliang's chest.

At the wound, black ink appeared.

His flesh and blood turned into countless tiny black particles, instantly engulfing Zhang Zhiliang.

Congyun Sea's Formation Master number one, Zhang Zhiliang, dead!

Above the firmament, hundreds of thousands of ink drops wriggled and merged into one.

One Combined Dao Immortal, four Soul Transformation Immortal Lords, and one Nascent Soul True Monarch.

All fell simultaneously.

Above the Congyun Sea's firmament, numerous strange phenomena merged together.

However, they were stained black by the black particles flying everywhere, forming a bizarre, ominous ink-wash painting.

The heaven and earth spirit: Ink Kill, stood beneath the ink painting, looking down upon all living beings in the Congyun Sea.

Looking up at the sky, several pieces of information, like a hymn from Hell, resonated and echoed in the minds of all living beings.

"Immortal Lord Lancang…"

"…Immortal Lord Yang…"

"…Immortal Lord…"

…"Cultivated for one thousand six hundred and fifty-three years…"

"…one thousand four hundred and thirty-six years…"

"…years…"

…"Achieved Dao Foundation with the wondrous item White Dragon Flower…"

"…achieved Dao Foundation…"

"…Dao Foundation"

…"Fortunately, Heaven's Punishment descended, and his Dao dissipated, returning to the heavens!"

"Fortunately, Heaven's Punishment descended, and his Dao dissipated, returning to the heavens!"

"His Dao dissipated, returning to the heavens!"

"His Dao dissipated, returning to the heavens!"

"His Dao dissipated, returning to the heavens!"

…Ink Kill remained silent, and the heavens and earth sang his will.

This was a silent threat, a wordless warning.

This was the heavens and earth, demonstrating their true power before the Cultivators.

The Cultivators on Wanxian Island watched helplessly as the once high and mighty, infinitely powerful Soul Transformation Immortal Lords were slaughtered as easily as chickens and dogs.

This terrifying scene instilled a deep chill in all Cultivators.

Some trembled all over, collapsing to the ground, their eyes vacant.

Some acted like lunatics, scurrying around senselessly.

Others had bloodshot eyes, disregarding the disparity in their strength, and launched attacks towards Ink Kill… Ink Kill's head turned slightly, glancing at Wanxian Island below, then withdrew his gaze, sweeping across the Congyun Sea.

In an instant, his body disintegrated, transforming back into tens of thousands of tiny black particles.

Afterwards, ten thousand became a hundred million, a hundred million became a trillion, and a trillion became a quintillion.

Innumerable black particles spread out.

Finally, they formed an ink-colored curtain, enveloping the entire Congyun Sea.

The black particles wriggled and proliferated downwards.

On Wanxian Island, multicolored light flowed, struggling to resist them.

But countless tiny gnawing sounds arose, and the light quickly dimmed.

Outside Wanxian Island, these black particles met no resistance.

The waves surged, as if trying to resist with their lives.

But the seawater, swept into the air, was the first to be devoured and transformed.

The black curtain pressed down from the sky.

Devouring islands and oceans.

Soil, rocks, life, seawater… everything was gnawed away and transformed into black particles.

Islands annihilated.

The sea level continuously dropped.

In less than half a day, the blue sea in sight had completely vanished.

Wanxian Island was completely surrounded by black particles.

Endless darkness enveloped the Immortals on the island, with nowhere to escape.

This was a true doomsday.

This was a disaster countless times more terrifying than Crimson Flame Burning Sea.

On Wanxian Island, the multicolored light shield could no longer hold on, shattering like glass and collapsing.

The lofty Immortal Venerable of Dharma Transmission statue became the first target of the black particles' attack.

The Ten Thousand Immortals Grand Formation continuously spewed protective white light, but falling into this black ocean, it only became nourishment for the black particles.

The Immortal Venerable stone statue began to dissolve piece by piece, starting from its high crown.

Soon, only half of its body remained.

At the same time, the other black particles swarmed in, turning into thin lines.

Like deadly vipers, they hunted the Cultivators fleeing everywhere.

Countless Cultivators often couldn't even let out a scream before being dissolved and assimilated into constantly wriggling black particles.

And under the black curtain that blotted out the sky, even the abnormal phenomena of Cultivators falling could no longer be seen.

The Cultivators on the island, like stray dogs, fled in panic.

Amidst the chaos and despair, only two people remained calm.

One was Li Fan's Clone.

He looked at the endless ink-colored expanse, his expression serene.

The initial shock and terror of seeing Ink Kill slowly receded, and the Clone, in the last moments of his life, slowly pondered.

"As heaven and earth spirits, the destructive power of Ink Kill and Chiyan is simply immeasurable."

After a while, he realized something.

"heaven and earth spirits, when they descend into the world, have their inherent duties."

"Azure Wind Trapped Sword, Crimson Flame Burning Sea."

"And Ink Kill, is…"

"Extinction!"

Under Ink Kill's rampage, it was truly the extinction of everything.

Not even soil and rocks would remain.

Presumably, after this catastrophe, the area that was once the Congyun Sea.

Will become a void abyss, empty of everything.

The scene of the dry Congyun Sea transforming into the vibrant Congyun Mountain Range a decade or so later in the previous life, will probably never appear in this life.

This method of extinguishing everything was too terrifying and extreme.

This heaven and earth would not have used it from the beginning.

But in this life, after the heaven and earth spirit Chiyan was refined,

It triggered a violent reaction from the heavens and earth.

Ink Kill then descended into the world.

This terrifying existence that destroys everything, displayed the heavens and earth's incredibly resolute will.

That is:

Congyun Sea,

must die!

However, seeing the Cultivators die miserably without resistance,

Li Fan felt truly displeased.

So, he gave the heavens a middle finger.

Besides Li Fan's Clone, in this apocalyptic scene, there was another person who showed no fear on his face.

This person was Jiao Xiuyuan of Thousand Mile Hall.

Not only did he show no fear or panic, but he was filled with excitement instead.

Holding a colorful recording stone, he flew at a low altitude over Wanxian Island.

Recording and capturing all the apocalyptic scenes around him.

Black lines brushed past him, and he could die at any moment, but Jiao Xiuyuan didn't care at all.

He just kept muttering excitedly.

"I've hit the jackpot, I've really hit the jackpot this time."

"Combined Dao expert Immortal Venerable Jin Ri, and five Immortal Lords including Immortal Lord Hongxi, plus Zhang Zhiliang's [Infinite Law] laid out with one hundred thousand Array Crowns."

"They set up a net to hunt the heaven and earth spirit Chiyan."

"This is already huge news."

"Even more explosive is that a Golden Core boy actually snatched the Combined Dao Opportunity!"

"If I didn't have recordings as proof, no one would believe it if I told them!"

"Golden Core slaying a Combined Dao!"

"Even if written as a fantasy novel, people would criticize it! It's truly outrageous!"

"Even more, even more, even more unexpectedly, this person, who should be the second youngest Combined Dao Immortal Venerable in history, was killed by another heaven and earth spirit before he even had time to celebrate!"

"This heaven and earth spirit named Ink Kill not only killed this newly promoted Combined Dao Immortal Venerable."

"He also wants to carry out an act of world destruction, to completely annihilate the entire Congyun Sea!"

"Good! Good killing!"

"You're all dead, so this is my exclusive news!"

"Let me think, how many contribution points should I sell this footage for?"

"Two thousand? No, no, no, that's too little."

"At least five thousand! I, Jiao Xiuyuan, never do business at a loss!"

"That's right, never do business at a loss."

Jiao Xiuyuan muttered incessantly, his face beaming with excitement as he recorded the final scenes of Wanxian Island.

At this moment, he saw a unique individual among the Cultivators desperately struggling to survive.

His face showed no fear, and he raised his middle finger towards Ink Kill, the world-destroying entity in the sky.

"Good!"

Jiao Xiuyuan couldn't help but exclaim in admiration.

His heart was even more delighted: "Facing the might of heaven and earth's destruction, we Cultivators are unafraid. We rise up in resistance; even if we die, it is glorious!"

"Wonderful! It both elevates the theme and raises the tone."

"With this brilliant scene, I can sell this exclusive footage for at least two thousand more points!"

On the ground, Li Fan looked in the direction of the voice and also saw Jiao Xiuyuan's figure.

He wasn't surprised, just smiled and nodded at him.

Jiao Xiuyuan was slightly taken aback at the sight.

“So it’s an old customer after all…”

Jiao Xiuyuan tilted his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he muttered under his breath.

As the two faced each other, the black curtain of the sky completely descended.

Wanxian Island was reduced to ashes.

After today, there will be no more Congyun Sea in this world… As the phenomena of the Cultivators of Congyun Sea falling, like fireworks, continuously bloomed.

In an unknown space.

Five statues with indistinct faces stood in a circle.

The statues looked down, gazing at the center.

There, a large glowing cloud floated in the air.

Within the cloud, miniature landscapes of land, mountains, and flowing water were faintly visible.

The cloud was divided into large and small isolated regions, and in each region, a tiny speck of light floated.

Suddenly, at the edge of this glowing cloud, in a small blue region.

The speck of light floating there suddenly turned red, flashing continuously.

And with the flashing red light, an invisible wave spread out from it, reverberating in this unknown space.

Four of the five statues were awakened by it.

The red speck of light projected an image upwards.

The scene, playing on a loop at hundreds of times the speed, was exactly what had happened in the Congyun Sea earlier.

Four immense Divine Thoughts communicated with each other.

“It actually alarmed Ink Kill…”

“Congyun Sea ambushing the heaven and earth spirit? What were the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance thinking?”

“The old fellow doesn’t care about worldly affairs, so it’s normal for the people below him not to know.”

“Moreover, those who died were two local Soul Transformation Cultivators from Congyun Sea. The other three were also brought in from who knows where. None of them are direct descendants of the Ten Thousand Immortals Alliance.”

“Even so, five Soul Transformation Cultivators, plus Cultivators of several other Realms. Too many died at once.”

“No matter, they are all just consumables.”

“We must control the overall number of Cultivators. Not too many, and not too few.”

“The old fellow is nowhere to be seen all day, so this matter still needs us to handle.”

“Then let’s loosen the restrictions on Cultivation Technique exchanges.”

“I will give instructions for this matter. However, the Congyun Sea has already become a dead zone. We will have to trouble Wuyou Celestial Venerable.”

A moment later, a wave of Divine Thought emanated from the statue that had remained motionless.

“I understand.”

There was no further news after that.

The other few seemed to be accustomed to it.

They exchanged a few more words, then gradually fell silent one after another.

In the light cluster at the center of the five statues, the blue region at the edge slowly faded, then gradually became transparent and disappeared… Yuandao Province.

The moment Wanxian Island was completely destroyed by Ink Kill, Li Fan felt something in his heart and looked into the distance.

“Master, what’s wrong?”

Su Xiaomei noticed Li Fan’s abnormality and asked curiously.

Li Fan shook his head, not answering.

At this time, after several days of travel, they had arrived near Mingyue Lake.

This area was truly as Fei Nan had described: resource-poor, remote, and rarely visited by Cultivators.

It was also far from Source Dao Heavenly City, which brought many inconveniences.

Although it was not suitable for ordinary Cultivators as an Immortal Cave, for Li Fan, it was a good choice.

Firstly, because Li Fan was about to use the cang hai pearl to establish his Dao Foundation.

The eight hundred li Mingyue Lake was vast and misty, and the concentration of water-attribute Spiritual Qi was not much weaker than that of Congyun Sea.

It was perfect for Li Fan.

Secondly, precisely because few Cultivators usually came here, their ancient Dao Origin artifacts would be safer, and they wouldn’t have to worry about them being easily discovered by others.

However, establishing an Immortal Cave was a serious matter.

He still needed to personally investigate whether there was anything strange in this lake.

Otherwise, if he built his lair in someone else’s home, it would truly be a joke.

Li Fan flew to the surface of the lake, preparing to explore its depths.

His figure, however, suddenly stopped.

Between heaven and earth, a large mass of blue water light, mysteriously appeared.

It returned to the cang hai pearl.

At the same time, countless images appeared in Li Fan’s mind.

“It couldn’t be done, so it finally came back.”

The originally extremely weak cang hai pearl slowly absorbed this sudden blue water light, finally transforming into the deep blue appearance it had when he first saw it in his previous life.

Moreover, due to the premature destruction of the Congyun Sea.

The cang hai pearl also accelerated its Formation speed.

Li Fan estimated that this Heaven and Earth Oddity, still in its gestation, would be fully formed before long.

And with the return of the portion of power that the cang hai pearl had split off.

Li Fan was also able to learn about what had happened to Zhang Haobo.

When he first used the Cloud Water Illusion Dream Skill to create Zhang Haobo, this Rebirth person.

Li Fan had not considered using the cang hai pearl on him.

Because this item was for his Foundation Establishment in this life.

But… this world was not an unchanging game, and things would not always develop in the direction he expected.

After Zhang Haobo’s “Rebirth,” his Luck flowed, and his fate changed drastically.

It attracted the attention of the Congyun Sea’s consciousness.

And after some contact, the Congyun Sea’s consciousness discovered a shocking secret.

This person of extraordinary Luck seemed to be able to know future events.

Crimson Flame descended, scorching the Congyun Sea.

And the vague premonition, as well as past experiences, made the Congyun Sea confirm the reliability of this information.

In more than ten years, he would indeed be scorched and dried up.

Thus, the Congyun Sea made a different choice from the previous life.

In the previous life, Crimson Flame boiled the sea, first quietly.

By the time it noticed, it was powerless to resist.

But, it was not reconciled.

So, though the vast sea perished, another vast sea was born.

In this life, when Heaven desired to burn the sea, the sea decided to fight back, to make a desperate struggle.

But it would ultimately leave a way out for itself.

Thus, it divided its power into two parts.

One part continued to transform into the cang hai pearl.

The other part gathered on the “Rebirth person” Zhang Haobo.

Because, although it possessed immense and boundless power, it could not act on its own.

Even when Heaven desired to burn the sea, it still had to manifest as the heaven and earth spirit.

If it wanted to fight back, it naturally had to find a spokesperson.

And Zhang Haobo was naturally the best candidate.

Everything proceeded very smoothly.

With its help, Zhang Haobo’s cultivation progress was incredibly fast.

In just a few short years, he broke through to the Late Qi Refining Stage.

And under its guidance and protection, Zhang Haobo was also able to observe the struggle between Qing Feng and the sword hilt, successfully establishing his Foundation with it.

Afterward, at the False Core Realm, he controlled Qing Feng, overlooking Wanxian Island.

He met the Soul Transformation Immortal Lord of Wanxian Island.

Although he was skeptical of Zhang Haobo’s claim that he could foresee future events.

But under the temptation of the Dao Unification Realm and after detailed inquiries about how long the Crimson Flame Burning Sea generally took, he still made a decision.

To ambush the Crimson Flame that was about to descend.

For this, Baiyi Hongxi contacted another Soul Transformation Cultivator from Wanxian Island, Immortal Lord Ziyun.

He also invited Immortal Lord Tian Yang, with whom he had once fought, to come over.

The three once again inquired about the Crimson Flame’s performance in Zhang Haobo’s prophecy.

After conspiring, they felt it was still not safe enough.

So, Hongxi traveled hundreds of thousands of li to Feiling Province, inviting the Combined Dao Immortal, Immortal Venerable Jin Ri, to oversee the situation.

During this time, it just so happened that two more Soul Transformation Cultivators.

Immortal Lord Lancang and Immortal Lord Haoxuan, were fighting fiercely in the Congyun Sea.

So Immortal Lord Ziyun activated his starlight teleportation technique, inviting these two to Wanxian Island as guests.

Inviting them to join forces to kill Crimson Flame.

The temptation of the Dao Unification Realm was truly irresistible to Soul Transformation Cultivators.

So the two readily agreed.

One Combined Dao Immortal overseeing, five Soul Transformation Cultivators besieging, plus a Nascent Soul Array Great Master who had prepared hundreds of thousands of Array Crowns.

With careful planning against an unsuspecting foe, to slay a heaven and earth spirit that took nearly ten years to burn the sea.

The odds of victory were undeniably high.

And indeed, that was the case.

With the Star-Sun Cage, a joint effort by Immortal Venerable Jin Ri and Immortal Lord Ziyun, cutting off Crimson Flame’s connection to the Origin power of heaven and earth.

Crimson Flame’s defeat seemed to be only a matter of time.

But Zhang Haobo, who was observing the battle, and the Congyun Sea.

Felt a faint unease in their hearts.

Thus, they decided to act themselves.

Intervening in a battle between Combined Dao and Soul Transformation Realms with a mere Golden Core Realm seemed like a fantasy.

But it was not entirely impossible.

Because, it was not Zhang Haobo who struck, but the Congyun Sea.

The Congyun Sea, having accumulated an unknown number of years of power, was infinitely close to the Dao Unification Realm.

A Golden Core cultivator’s body simply could not bear it.

Thus, Zhang Haobo resolutely shattered his Golden Core, using a Law body to accept the power of the Congyun Sea.

If successful, Zhang Haobo would ascend to heaven in one step, transforming from Golden Core to Combined Dao!

The resentment of being destroyed in the future, the anger of being unwilling to accept one’s fate, combined with the Heavenly Fiend Sword Intent comprehended by Zhang Haobo.

Finally, the Congyun Twenty-Eight Swords were unleashed.

This was a sword of defiance, a sword of revenge, a sword of slaughter.

It succeeded, and yet it didn’t.

Although Crimson Flame died, Ink Kill arrived.

The moment Zhang Haobo died, the Congyun Sea knew that it was impossible, and finally, with its power, returned to the cang hai pearl… Although the Congyun Sea might not have as clear an intellect as humans, its vague and indistinct consciousness allowed it to drive Zhang Haobo according to its instincts, to fight against that Crimson Flame.

“Extraordinary Luck is not Heaven’s Luck.”

“It’s merely a tool in the game between two parties.”

Li Fan sighed and shook his head.

“However…”

“Congyun Twenty-Eight Swords.”

“It is indeed a good sword technique.”

In his mind, the scene and insights from when Zhang Haobo unleashed this sword immediately surged forth.

Mobilizing the power contained within the cang hai pearl, Li Fan unleashed a sword strike.

The blue Sword Qi, unstoppable.

Sliced across the lake surface.

The lake water was split open by the Sword Qi, revealing the mud at the bottom of the lake.

The eight hundred li Mingyue Lake was divided into two by a single sword.

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What’s puzzling is that no one mentioned the great sun in the sky, which was clearly a Combined Dao Realm Cultivator coming to assist?