Chapter 666: Famous Throughout Luotian, Wang Ping

Heavenly Marquis Ling's Sword Qi was incomparably sharp. The moment it appeared, an endless torrent of Sword Qi surged across the world's eight directions, crisscrossing amidst a thunderous roar. This Sword Qi abruptly shot out, entering the Vortex.

It pursued the Old Ancestor of the Huan Family.

The Vortex immediately collapsed the instant it was struck by the Sword Qi, and a muffled groan from the Huan Family's Old Ancestor echoed from within.

At this moment, far away in the Huan Family's ancestral home on Thousand Illusions Star, the Huan Family's Old Ancestor sat cross-legged in his secluded cultivation room. Before him was a massive Vortex, but now, this Vortex, as if solid, shattered inch by inch.

The moment it completely shattered, a white light, carrying Liu Mei, flashed out from the Vortex. After entering the secluded room, the white light immediately dispersed. After Liu Mei was thrown aside, the white light had no time to attend to her; instead, with a hint of urgency, it swiftly burrowed into the Huan Family Old Ancestor's glabella.

The Huan Family's Old Ancestor abruptly opened his eyes, a trace of horror flashing within them. Without hesitation, he quickly raised his right hand and slammed it fiercely at the Vortex from a distance, softly exclaiming, "Shatter!"

Earlier, his Primordial Spirit Leaving the Body, using a Divine Ability to cross the Star Domain, had allowed him to rescue Liu Mei. Originally, he hadn't thought much of Wang Lin; the finger strike he unleashed upon appearing was intended to take Wang Lin's life.

However, he clearly felt that after that finger strike entered the opponent's body, it was forcefully dispersed at the Primordial Spirit, only managing to injure him but failing to kill.

This made him surprised. At the same time, he immediately saw the Immortal Guard Puppet. Its Yin and Yang Void-Solid Realm greatly astonished the Huan Family's Old Ancestor. He knew deeply that he was currently in an extremely weak state, his cultivation having dropped to the Yin and Yang Void-Solid Realm. Facing this Puppet, even if he could win, it would cause his cultivation to drop further.

Moreover, the Primordial Spirit within Wang Lin's body was clearly somewhat peculiar, which made him wary. If his cultivation hadn't dropped, he would have had no reservations whatsoever and would have directly launched a massacre.

Even so, Wang Lin's cold words, upon reaching the Huan Family Old Ancestor's ears, were not taken to heart at all. He believed that even if the opponent had the Immortal Guard Puppet, he also had a trump card.

Therefore, after leaving a harsh remark, he swiftly departed with Liu Mei.

This Liu Mei was someone he had painstakingly cultivated. Besides the outwardly grand words, she naturally had a great, unspeakable purpose, and he absolutely would not allow her to be killed by others before reaching the second step.

But the Huan Family Old Ancestor never expected that the opponent would unleash a Sword Qi at this moment. When this Sword Qi approached, he hadn't paid it much mind, but it instantly caused the Vortex where his Primordial Spirit resided to collapse, which shocked him and made him gasp.

If only the Vortex had collapsed, it would have been fine, but this Sword Qi was completely unharmed, piercing through and heading straight for his Primordial Spirit. The power of that Sword Qi, at this moment, reached a level that made the Huan Family Old Ancestor's scalp tingle.

Feeling its might, he vaguely detected a terrifying aura belonging to the Nirvana Cleansing Stage on this Sword Qi, which further horrified him. He dared not resist and fled in a panic.

He almost unleashed the fastest speed his Primordial Spirit could achieve, rushing out of the Vortex with Liu Mei and returning to the Huan Family's secret chamber. He immediately re-entered his body with his Primordial Spirit and used a Divine Ability to try and completely disperse this Vortex channel, intending to trap the Sword Qi in the void so it couldn't emerge.

At this instant, the Vortex completely collapsed, transforming into specks of crystal light and dissipating. The Huan Family Old Ancestor had just breathed a sigh of relief, but his expression immediately changed drastically. He inwardly groaned, suddenly stood up, grabbed Liu Mei, and swiftly retreated.

Just as the Vortex dissipated, a golden light suddenly shot out the moment it collapsed.

The moment it appeared, thousands upon thousands of Sword Qi erupted within the entire secret chamber, and a thunderous roar that shook the entire Thousand Illusions Star instantly reverberated.

The Huan Family's secret chamber was struck by the Sword Qi and exploded, forming a circular giant wave that collapsed with a crash, stirring up countless dust. In the gray mist, the Huan Family Old Ancestor instantly rushed out, looking disheveled and shocked, grabbing Liu Mei and fleeing as a long rainbow.

"Damn it, how could that junior who knows Liu Mei possess such Sword Qi?! Which Nirvana Cleansing Stage Senior is so crazy as to give Sword Qi to a junior in the first step? Isn't this bullying?!" The Huan Family Old Ancestor cursed wildly in his heart. It wasn't that he couldn't withstand this Sword Qi, but his body was weak and his cultivation had dropped. Once he endured this Sword Qi, he worried that his cultivation would become even more unstable.

The secret chamber collapsed, and the Sword Qi burst out from within, heading straight for the Huan Family Old Ancestor. This Sword Qi contained Heavenly Marquis Ling's domineering Concept. At this moment, it was as if the heavens and earth were filled with a domineering aura.

The Sword Qi was supremely powerful, almost reaching its peak. The moment it shot out, the heavens and earth paused!

This pause was as if time had stopped flowing, the winds and clouds changed color, rolling back, forming a rare scene like a sea of clouds and tides. All the great Divine Ability Cultivators of the entire Thousand Illusions Star perceived this Sword Qi, and the sky darkened!

When the Sword Light appeared, the entire world was filled with Sword Qi! The density of this Sword Qi and the domineering Concept it carried were so immense that, under its Concept, it seemed all Divine Abilities between heaven and earth had to yield to it, unable to contend with its momentum!

This domineering power was heavenly might!

With a rich, dazzling golden light, the Sword Qi whistled away, forming the sharpest peak in the world, directly chasing the Huan Family Old Ancestor.

This Sword Qi was too fast, but you could dodge, you could flee. However, the Heavenly Marquis Ling's Concept contained within this Sword Qi would only grow stronger. The more you showed weakness, the stronger the domineering Concept would become.

The Huan Family Old Ancestor's face was grim. He flung Liu Mei backward, and as his hands clasped together, white light flashed. His lifelong Dao Concept was the Myriad Illusions Formless Dao. This Dao Concept could also delude everything, but in his hands, it possessed even greater Divine Ability.

His fingers flashed with bright white light, his Dao Concept surged wildly, and the Huan Family Old Ancestor circulated all his primordial energy, directly fusing it into his finger. He let out a loud shout and pointed forward fiercely.

White light burst forth, rushing directly forward and colliding with Heavenly Marquis Ling's Sword Qi, which was whistling from the front. A thunderous, earth-shattering roar echoed across Thousand Illusions Star. The white light dissipated, but the Sword Qi in the golden light, like lightning, followed the Huan Family Old Ancestor's finger and directly entered his body.

The Huan Family Old Ancestor's body swayed, his face immediately turned pale, and the horror in his eyes grew even stronger. What he thought of at this moment was a sentence that junior had said earlier.

"If you save her, the Huan Family will be annihilated!"

These seven words, which he had completely disregarded before, now exploded in his ears like seven bolts of thunder. Possessing such Sword Qi, he had no doubt that this person had the qualification to annihilate his Huan Family.

What made him feel even more terrifying was, how many such Sword Qi did this person possess?

"If this person has more than six of these Sword Qi, this Old Ancestor will surely die unless I can recover my Nirvana Scrying cultivation! This isn't even the most terrifying part; the truly terrifying thing is the owner of this Sword Qi… To be able to entrust such Sword Qi to this junior, their relationship must be extremely close, perhaps even a direct descendant…" The Huan Family Old Ancestor's scalp tingled. Even with his composure, he couldn't help but feel a sense of lingering fear at this moment.

Although he was the Huan Family Old Ancestor and his cultivation had reached Nirvana Scrying, the more so, the more he understood the terror of the Nirvana Cleansing Stage. The second step of cultivation was completely different from the first step.

In the first step, if one possessed some Heaven-Defying Magic Treasure or powerful Divine Abilities, challenging those in higher Realms, though uncommon, was not impossible. Sometimes, with good coordination of Magic Treasures and Divine Abilities, one could even instantly kill.

But in the second step of cultivation, it was simply impossible to challenge someone beyond one's Realm. Each stage was a difference of heaven and earth.

Not to mention the gap between Nirvana Scrying and Nirvana Cleansing, even the difference between the Early Stage and Middle Stage of Nirvana Scrying was an insurmountable chasm. The fact that a single Sword Qi from a Nirvana Cleansing Stage Cultivator made him so wary was a clear indication.

The best choice at this moment was to hand over Liu Mei. The Huan Family Old Ancestor's gaze fell upon Liu Mei, who was looking disheartened in the distance. Then, he gritted his teeth and abandoned this idea.

"This person knows Liu Mei, so they must be from the Alliance Star Domain. Even if their Master is strong, without Luotian Stones, they cannot enter here, unless they also have their own Teleportation Formation there. But even if they do, by the time their Master arrives, this will no longer be a matter between the two of us, but a war between two Star Domains, and the experts of the Thunder Immortal Palace will naturally step forward.

Moreover, once this Old Ancestor's plan for Liu Mei succeeds, by then, this Old Ancestor's cultivation might even reach Nirvana Cleansing. Even if it doesn't, Nirvana Scrying Great Perfection should be fine!"

Having made up his mind, the Huan Family Old Ancestor immediately spread his Divine Sense, covering the entire Thousand Illusions Star.

"Old friends of the Qian Family, brothers of the Xu Family, I, Huan, have an urgent matter to request…"

On Ranyun Star, Wang Lin stared at the collapsed Vortex, then withdrew his gaze, letting it fall upon the black mist surrounded by Immortal Guard Puppets. Within the black mist, continuous bursts of childish, sharp cries emanated.

Each sound was like a sharp sword, piercing into Wang Lin's heart.

A trace of pain flashed in Wang Lin's eyes as he stared blankly at the black mist, especially at the pair of turbid eyes within it, which, upon meeting Wang Lin's gaze, emitted a strong sense of resentment.

"Is this… my child? My… direct descendant in this world…"

Wang Lin slowly walked into the black mist surrounded by Immortal Guard Puppets, a trace of gentleness appearing in his eyes. He hesitated, then raised his right hand and extended it into the mist.

The resentful infant within the mist bit Wang Lin's finger without hesitation. Its sharp teeth broke Wang Lin's skin, and a chilling surge of resentful Qi immediately rushed into Wang Lin's body through the wound.

Wang Lin did not withdraw his hand, his eyes remaining gentle as he quietly watched the child within the mist, continuously sucking his blood.

"It will be alright. Is your name Li'er…? The character 'Li' isn't good. Let's change it to… Ping. From now on, your name will be Wang Ping… I hope you live a life of peace and safety, unlike me…"

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