First Immortal of the Sword

This new arrival was none other than Qin Jianshu!

But when he saw that only Su Yi and Fan Zhui remained standing, his heart thudded in his chest, and he inwardly cried out, This is bad!

“I recall that last time, you said that when we next met, I wouldn’t be so lucky, and that you’d scatter my ashes to the wind,” Su Yi teased.

Qin Jianshu’s expression was unsightly, and he felt deeply humiliated.

However, in the end, he turned and left without a word. He was extraordinarily speedy, too; he disappeared over the horizon in a flash.

Su Yi couldn’t help but laugh. He might be a little on the cowardly side, but there’s no denying that after suffering a few setbacks, he’s gotten considerably wiser.

When Fan Zhui saw this, his heart churned. They didn’t even fight, but he still sent a divine son like Qin Jianshu fleeing in terror? Just how badly did Qin Jianshu lose to him in the Blood Whirlpool Zone?

“Let’s go,” said Su Yi. He put his hands behind his back and shot off.

Fan Zhui followed shortly after, but his mentality had already undergone an earth-shaking transformation.

He was grateful that Su Yi had saved him from disaster, and Su Yi’s strength had astonished him, but more than that, he finally knew who Su Yi really was. He was still grateful, but his heart was full of indescribable dread.

When I see the young leader, I’ll have to ask her how she plans to treat Su Yi going forward, thought Fan Zhui.

He was from the God Domain, and he knew how the gods felt about reincarnation.

……

Enough time to burn a stick of incense later, Qing Xiao, Jin Zhuliu, Qing Wu, Qin Jianshu, and Gongyang Yu reconvened.

Them aside, there were numerous prominent experts from the Eastern Sea’s various factions. Their lineup was so immense and powerful that they could have acted with impunity in the outside world.

Yet now, the atmosphere was a bit stifled!

“So, it turns out that he was really Su Yi….” said Qing Xiao, his expression dark. No wonder I thought ‘Li Xuanjun’ seemed somehow familiar. So, he was Su Yi all along! That’s the young man who killed Bai Liu in the Kunwu Hidden Realm!

Jin Zhuliu said, “Daoist Brother Qing Xiao, seems to me that we’d best change our approach. Our current plan won’t cut it.”

On their way to the ruins of the Dragon Palace, Qing Xiao decided to capture Jing Cheng and Jing Hongyu first, then target Xi Ning and “Li Xuanjun.”

But now, it seemed obvious that this plan wasn’t feasible.

Qing Xiao frowned. He already knew what had happened earlier, and Su Yi’s terrifying strength astonished him, too.

Gongyang Yu was badly injured, and his foundations in the Grand Dao were damaged. Moreover, traces of karmic power lingered in his body.

He was so wretched that even Qing Xiao almost couldn’t bear to look at him.

“We do indeed have to change our approach.” Qing Xiao took a deep breath to calm himself down, then said, “Although Su Yi’s combat prowess is heaven-defying, he isn’t unbeatable, so don’t let him intimidate you.”

Qing Wu couldn’t help but say, “Then what do you think we should do next time we see Su Yi?”

Jin Zhuliu and Qin Jianshu looked at Qing Xiao too. All of them had clashed with Su Yi before, and they’d experienced his strength firsthand. It wasn’t exactly that they were afraid, but they were definitely cautious, and they no longer dared to underestimate him.

“There’s plenty of things we can try,” said Qing Xiao. “For one thing, we can endure for now, watch, and wait, then borrow another’s hands to kill him.”

“Another’s hands?” said Jin Zhuliu. The others looked thoughtful.

It was true. They weren’t the only ones to have entered the ruins of the Dragon Palace.

Numerous prominent figures of the Immortal Realm’s top factions were here too. How could they possibly give up on Su Yi, the only person capable of deciphering the secret glyphs of the Dragon Palace?

And that was even before factoring in the deep grudge between him and the Immortal realm’s top factions!

Them aside, the Giant Whale Spirit Race, the ones most familiar with the ruins, wouldn’t let Su Yi go either.

“But I’m afraid that they alone cannot possibly oppose Su Yi,” said Jin Zhuliu, shaking his head.

Su Yi was strong enough to kill even Great Martial Stage experts. Not even divine children like them could take him down, so who could?

These were the ruins of the Dragon Palace! Here, no matter how high your cultivation base was, you had to suppress it down to the Great Martial Stage!

This made Su Yi incomparably threatening.

“Borrowing another’s hands might not be enough to kill Su Yi, but it can at least create an opportunity for us,” said Qing Xiao. “Based on what you told me, Su Yi’s power of reincarnation can counter our divine treasures. We cannot defeat him in a direct confrontation unless we throw all caution to the wind and reveal our full strength.

“But if Su Yi runs into danger, or if something happens during the hunt for good fortune, that might well give us an opening to exploit!”

Everyone mulled that over.

Jin Zhuliu frowned. “But that’s far too passive. Isn’t there anything else we can do?”

“There is,” Qing Xiao said without missing a beat. “He swept his gaze across the group and said, “Actually, I’m sure you know the answer already. Next time we see Su Yi, we can all join forces, unleash our Great Profound Stage cultivations, and take him down in one fell swoop!”

The crowd’s expressions filled with uncertainty. It was true. This method might have seemed simplistic, but it was the most likely to be effective.

However, it came at a heavy price!

One look at Gongyang Yu, and they knew their foundations in the Grand Dao would be destroyed. Even if they somehow recovered, when the path to divinity appeared, they’d have no hope of proving their Daos and becoming gods!

Qing Xiao immediately saw through them. “What, you're afraid you won’t be able to bear the consequences? You're not wrong, but it’ll be impossible to capture him without paying the corresponding price.”

Everyone fell silent. They would never have guessed that the situation would become this troublesome!

“I’m sure Su Yi realizes that we’re subject to the threat of the Dragon Palace’s Laws and that we cannot use our full strength. That’s why he dares to act so pridefully!” Qing Wu gnashed his teeth.

Even disregarding their status as divine children from the God Domain, they were unparalleled Great Profound Stage experts in their own right. Yet now, the restriction of the Laws left them unable to defeat a mere Immortal King. Who wouldn’t have felt stifled?

“This is what it means to be a dragon trapped in a shallow pool,” sighed Jin Zhuliu.

The others felt frustrated too, but their hands were effectively tied. Without the restrictions of the Laws, they could have killed Su Yi easily. How could they have needed to be so cautious?

But Qin Jianshu laughed coldly. “Dragons in a shallow pool? Hah! Forgive me if my words are grating to the ear, but you think too highly of yourselves, and too little of Su Yi!”

The others frowned.

Qing Xiao furrowed his brow in displeasure. “Why do you say that?”

Qin Jianshu said, “How could the Heretic Reincarnator be so easily killed? If it were that easy, why haven’t the gods managed it even after all this time?”

The others were instantly at a loss for words.

Qin Jianshu laughed coldly. “In the God Domain, everyone knows that the gods forbid reincarnation. Why? Simple! Because they fear its power! Admittedly, Su Yi’s still just an Immortal King, but as you can see, he’s already strong enough to kill Great Martial Stage experts. What Immortal King of the God Domain can compare? And with the power of reincarnation, he isn’t even afraid of divine treasures? How could you look down on someone like him?”

The others exchanged glances.

Qin Jianshu concluded, “No matter how you decide to handle Su Yi, I won’t participate in any further operations targeting him in the Dragon Palace!”

With that, he turned and left.

The others were gobsmacked. Then, their expressions gradually darkened.

“I wouldn’t have thought Qin Jianshu was so spineless! A few little setbacks, that’s all, but he’s already been scared off. Truly shameless,” jeered Jin Zhuliu.

Qing Xiao shook his head and said gravely, “Everything he said earlier was true. If we want to take down Su Yi, we cannot afford to underestimate him in the slightest.

“That’s right. We have to take our expedition into the ruins slowly and steadily, and we cannot act recklessly, as doing so could lead to irreparable mistakes,” said Qing Wu. As she spoke, she glanced at Gongyang Yu, who was tending to his wounds not far away.

There was no doubt about it; she was using Gongyang Yu as a warning to the others.

Gongyang Yu silently opened his eyes and said coldly, “My foundations in the Grand Dao have been damaged, and I truly am not fated to become a god in the Immortal Realm. That makes me different from the rest of you. I have nothing left to lose!”

With that, he rose and said icily, “Worst case scenario, we don’t manage to kill Su Yi during this expedition, but there’s always later, isn’t there? We have plenty of time and opportunities left. We have to maintain a long-term vision!

Everyone fell silent. Each had their own thoughts.

……

Deep within the ruins of the Dragon Palace.

A relatively intact ancient ritual ground stood in a stretch of ruins shrouded in thunderclouds.

A battered altar stood at the center of the ritual grounds.

The altar was covered in the strange and mysterious glyphs of the Dragon Palace. The text was like twisting, coiled dragons wrapping around the altar.

The Spirit Sacrifice Altar!

During the Primeval Era, the lineage of the Dragon Palace conducted sacrifices here. It was one of the most important places in the Dragon Palace.

A group of Giant Whale Spirit Race experts had gathered on the altar.

Their ranks included Jing Cheng and Jing Hongyu!

“This blasted place really is far too terrifying…” Jing Hongyu looked up at the dome of heaven, dread written all over his face.

Blood-red clouds blotted out the sky. Everything was deathly silent, yet the atmosphere was suffocatingly oppressive.

Jing Hongyu knew that the moment someone left the altar, no matter who they were, the dense lightning clouds would attack!

Over the years, several experts of the Giant Whale Spirit Race had died like that. Not one had survived!

“But if we can discover the altar’s secrets, everything will have been worth it,” said Jing Hongyu. He looked at the altar, his gaze heating up.

The Giant Whale Spirit Race had an ancient tome that they’d passed down since the Primeval Era. It said that the Spirit Sacrifice Altar of the Dragon Palace hid enormous secrets, and that if they uncovered them, they might well find the Dragon Palace’s treasury!

Jing Cheng had been meditating this entire time, but suddenly, he opened his eyes and pulled a flashing message talisman from his sleeve.

Jing Hongyu couldn’t help but ask, “High Elder, what happened?”

Jing Cheng gnashed his teeth. “The situation has changed. Li Xuanjun is actually Su Yi!”

Su Yi? Jing Hongyu gasped, and his heart shook. How could it possibly be him?

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