Chapter 306: Supreme Sword of Tai Jue
A new day arrived, and the Clear Sky Sect was shaken. Yuan Li’s name was being discussed among the disciples of every peak.
The Free Spirit Hall posted notices across the various peaks, announcing Yuan Li’s merits. Yuan Li had slain a Demon King and resolved the sect’s demonic calamity.
Once the matter spread, Yuan Li’s prestige rapidly soared to its peak.
During this period, demon creatures from all across the land had brought immense pressure upon the Clear Sky Sect. The tragedy of Zhongtian Immortal City had struck fear into the disciples’ hearts. That someone had been able to resolve this disaster was undoubtedly a good thing.
As for why it was Yuan Li, the sect’s disciples did not question it.
What truly sparked widespread discussion, however, was the relationship between Yuan Li and the Zhongtian City Lord.
With that layer of connection alone, it was enough to set the disciples’ imaginations running wild.
It felt as though the Clear Sky Sect was celebrating the New Year in advance. Every peak was filled with jubilation. Disciples ran about spreading the news, sweeping away the tense atmosphere that had gripped the sect.
Inside a cave dwelling.
Li Qingqiu sat cross-legged upon a stone bed. He opened his eyes, and a sharp glint flashed within them.
After a night of cultivation, Li Qingqiu had confirmed one thing—his cultivation aptitude had surged dramatically. The results of a single night surpassed several previous days combined. The feeling was indescribably exhilarating.
His mood was light and joyful. From now on, his cultivation speed would only grow faster. The Tongtian Sunlight Realm was no longer a distant dream.
He summoned the Dao Lineage Panel and activated the Great Destiny Physique Search Opportunity.
[Beginning search for Great Destiny Physique]
As the prompt appeared, Li Qingqiu waited patiently.
He could not help but wonder what kind of Great Destiny Physique he would discover. Anticipation filled his heart.
The feeling of nurturing a genius was wonderful—especially when that genius fulfilled their innate potential. That sense of achievement was beyond words.
[No Great Destiny Physique discovered at this time]
Seeing the result, Li Qingqiu froze.
None?
He hurriedly reopened the Dao Lineage Panel to check. Seeing that the number of Great Destiny Physique Search Opportunities remained at one, he finally relaxed.
Fortunately, the opportunity had not been wasted.
It seemed that geniuses like Yuan Li were indeed rare.
Yet Li Qingqiu was not disappointed. On the contrary, his anticipation only deepened.
If he searched from time to time in the future, he would surely find one eventually.
Soon after, Li Qingqiu took out a piece of green jade. This green jade, which contained the inheritance of the Supreme Sword Sect, had become a tool he frequently used to test his strength.
Now that he had fused with the Undying Overlord Body, he should be able to defeat the Sword Champion!
With that thought, his consciousness was drawn into the inheritance’s illusory realm.
As before, he stood upon rolling hills. Opening his eyes, he looked toward the Sword Champion standing atop the opposite peak.
The Sword Champion held his sword and stared at Li Qingqiu.
“You have grown stronger.”
As his voice fell, the Sword Champion raised his hand. A vast sword pressure descended from the heavens. Immediately after, a streak of sword light fell into his grasp.
Li Qingqiu narrowed his eyes. He could clearly sense that the Sword Champion was stronger than before.
What did this mean?
Had the difficulty been temporarily adjusted?
Li Qingqiu’s impression of the Sword Champion instantly worsened. He inwardly cursed, wondering whether this inheritance was sincere about passing itself on.
But even if the Sword Champion had grown stronger, he felt no fear.
“Feel the power of the Undying Overlord Body!”
Li Qingqiu thought to himself, his gaze locked tightly onto the Sword Champion.
After receiving the sword, the Sword Champion suddenly leapt forward, charging at Li Qingqiu at a speed faster than ever before.
Almost simultaneously, Li Qingqiu raised his fist and struck.
There were no intricate techniques—only pure physical power. As his fist shot forward, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth surged with it.
Because the Sword Champion was too fast, by the time Li Qingqiu threw his punch, the distance between them was less than three zhang. The Sword Champion only felt a momentum like raging tidal waves crashing toward him, causing his expression to change drastically.
One punch shattered mountains!
Rumble—
Li Qingqiu’s fist struck like a dragon. The violent force crushed the peak before him, and the vast power caused even the mountain beneath his feet to tremble.
As the unstoppable force surged onward, even the distant Sea of Clouds was torn apart.
The Sword Champion reappeared upon a cliff to the west. Fixing his gaze forward, he saw that the force of Li Qingqiu’s single punch had extended dozens of miles, causing his eyelids to twitch.
What kind of power was this?
For an instant, he suspected that Li Qingqiu had been replaced.
Turning his head to look again, he was stunned to find Li Qingqiu already before him, body slightly angled, right fist raised high.
The scene mirrored his earlier charge—except their positions of offense and defense had reversed.
Boom!
Li Qingqiu smashed down with another punch, blasting apart yet another mountain peak. He quickly executed the Extreme Movement Technique and once more shifted before the Sword Champion.
Before the Sword Champion had even landed, Li Qingqiu had already closed in again. Enraged, he swung his divine sword. Terrifying sword energy erupted forth like a mountain torrent bursting from its banks, unstoppable in momentum.
Li Qingqiu’s fist collided with the surging sword energy. Two tyrannical forces clashed, and the entire world trembled.
“Exhilarating!”
Li Qingqiu was thrilled. The feeling of fighting without restraint was utterly satisfying.
He himself was also a body cultivator, having cultivated the Heavenly Gang Golden Body Art.
The Undying Overlord Body, combined with the Hundred-Refinement Demonic Body and the Heavenly Gang Golden Body Art, made his physical strength terrifying—far beyond even Yuan Li.
He had already forgotten about the Supreme Sword Sect’s inheritance. All he wanted was to fight to his heart’s content.
First, he suppressed the Sword Champion purely through physical dominance. Then he unleashed the spells and Divine Arts he had learned.
His strength was beyond human, and his Vital Energy surged just as fiercely. From high above, it seemed as though the land and mountains were being bombarded—peaks collapsing one after another, forests kicking up clouds of dust, trees hurled skyward.
Sword energy continued to spill forth, sword light flashing brilliantly. Li Qingqiu did not defend at all. He allowed the sword energy to strike his body, his flesh regenerating rapidly.
Even when cut in half at the waist, even when beheaded, he did not die. As long as he reattached his head and body, he would recover. If remnants were destroyed, they simply regrew. The entire process was swift, fully displaying the traits of the Undying Overlord Body.
“You are actually the legendary Undying Overlord Body. I did not expect to have misjudged you.”
For the first time, shock appeared on the Sword Champion’s face.
The change in his expression greatly pleased Li Qingqiu. Even this old fellow knew fear now.
Without responding, Li Qingqiu pressed the attack.
The two collided once more. The Sword Champion relied on the divine sword in his hand to withstand the blows. His sword energy could actually block Li Qingqiu’s force—but he himself struggled to endure it.
Li Qingqiu suddenly raised his hand toward the heavens and pulled downward.
In an instant, countless fist shadows descended from the sky like falling meteors, grand and overwhelming. The Sword Champion’s face changed drastically.
At that moment, the Sword Champion hurled his divine sword forward. A dazzling sword light illuminated heaven and earth, shining upon all the descending fist shadows.
…
On a forest path, Yuan Li strolled forward. He had just learned a secret technique from Wei Tianxiong and was preparing to return to his cave dwelling to cultivate properly.
Along the way, disciples who saw him all stopped and stared.
He appeared exceedingly cold—white hair, expression indifferent, strong physique. No one dared approach him.
“Senior Brother Yuan Li!”
A delighted voice called out from ahead. Yuan Li raised his eyes and saw Ji Ya approaching with five disciples.
At the sight of them, Yuan Li revealed a smile. That familiar smile caused Ji Ya to beam as well, and the pressure on Yang Lin and the other four eased considerably.
They had previously been puzzled about how Yuan Li had managed to reverse the calamity. But seeing him today, they felt he had undergone complete transformation—perhaps he truly could achieve such feats.
The two sides quickly met.
Ji Ya was brimming with excitement, asking about his battle with the demon creatures. Yuan Li described it only briefly, yet the danger was still evident.
“When the Third Grand Dao Tournament begins, I fear no one will be able to stop you, Senior Brother,” Ji Ya sighed.
He could sense an extremely terrifying power hidden within Yuan Li’s body—something he had never felt before.
He even suspected that Yuan Li was already the strongest in the Clear Sky Sect, perhaps surpassing even their Master.
Though he did not know how Yuan Li had achieved it, their Master had long said that Yuan Li still possessed untapped potential.
“I may not participate,” Yuan Li said with a faint smile.
“Why?”
“I’ve already taken part twice. To join again would be somewhat shameless. And personal strength does not necessarily need the Grand Dao Tournament to prove it.”
His tone was light and indifferent, earning the admiration of Ji Ya and the others.
After truly becoming stronger, Yuan Li felt relieved. In the past, he had always sought to prove his efforts through the Grand Dao Tournament. Now he felt there was no need. He only needed to use his power to contribute to the sect.
The seven chatted for a while before parting ways.
Yang Lin turned back for a final look at Yuan Li’s retreating figure and softly sighed. “Senior Brother Yuan Li has changed so much.”
Ji Ya said calmly, “The feeling of losing a loved one—others may not understand it, but we do.”
At those words, Yang Lin and the others fell silent, memories of their childhood families surfacing in their minds.
Having rendered great service, Yuan Li’s prestige shook the sect. Naturally, the influential figures within the sect went to visit him.
As more and more people met him, news of his transformation spread rapidly.
The pain of losing his brother had turned his hair white.
While everyone sympathized with Yuan Li, they were also curious just how strong he had become.
Many geniuses wished to challenge him, but with Yuan Qi’s death so recent, no one dared offend him.
…
Inside the cave dwelling.
Li Qingqiu opened his eyes and looked once more at the green jade in his hand. He saw that it had begun to turn red.
It turned red because it had absorbed his blood.
He had defeated the Sword Champion and passed the trial. In return, he had received a portion of inheritance memory.
The inheritance was actually about a sword.
The Supreme Sword of Tai Jue!
It turned out that the Sword Champion would adjust himself according to the trial-taker’s cultivation realm, matching their level before battling them.
The Undying Overlord Body was too tyrannical. It had already granted Li Qingqiu strength beyond the Spirit Perception Realm. The Sword Champion could not directly suppress him with the Tongtian Sunlight Realm, and thus had been defeated.
After defeating the Sword Champion, Li Qingqiu became the master of the Supreme Sword of Tai Jue.
The Sword Champion instructed him to go to the Supreme Sword Divine Palace and retrieve the Supreme Sword of Tai Jue, allowing the divine sword to see the light of day once more.
Wei Tianxiong had once mentioned that the Supreme Sword Sect possessed an ultimate divine sword—it must be this very blade.
Obtaining the Supreme Sword of Tai Jue would certainly cause Li Qingqiu’s strength to surge dramatically. In the trial illusion, he had already experienced its power.
Its sword energy had been able to rival his physical force. He even suspected that it concealed even greater power.
However, the sect had just endured calamity. It would not be appropriate for him to immediately seek out the sword. He planned to go after the New Year.
Only after the green jade completely transformed into blood jade did Li Qingqiu toss it into his Storage Pouch. He then rose to his feet, preparing to visit the various halls to comfort the people’s hearts.
Thanks to Jin Yiwei Blood God for the reward of 5,188 Qidian Coins, and to Muran Huishou Dian for the reward of 500 Qidian Coins~