The Qilin God Realm was bound to the life force of the Qilin God. Once it died, the Qilin God Realm would automatically crumble within six hours.
When the Qilin God Realm was destroyed, the barrier blocking its entrance collapsed as well. The moment the barrier fell, the Abyssal Monarch in the Pure Land sensed it immediately.
The Qilin God was already approaching the end of its lifespan, so the Abyssal Monarch did not suspect anything. However, to be certain, he transmitted a message to the high priest, instructing him to send someone to inspect the Abyssal Qilin Realm.
Obeying his order, the high priest dispatched three abyssal knights to the Abyssal Qilin Realm.
Since it was the Abyssal Monarch's specific order, the knights sent were among the top three hundred. The weakest of them was at the 5th level of the Divine Extinction Realm, while the strongest had reached the 7th level of the Divine Extinction Realm.
They departed from the Pure Land immediately and, within a matter of days, reached the Abyssal Qilin Realm. They headed directly to the site of the Qilin God Realm, which had now ceased to exist. After searching the area thoroughly, they found nothing suspicious.
On the way back, one of them suggested they should check the Boulder Profound Sect, the strongest force in the region, to see if anything unusual had appeared before reporting back to the high priest.
What had originally been a casual suggestion turned out to be significant. The Sect Master and elders informed them that there was indeed someone of suspicious origin in the Abyssal Qilin Realm, coinciding precisely with the destruction of the Qilin God Realm.
Although the Sect Master only mentioned his existence and did not directly accuse him, the implicit meaning was that this man was indeed suspicious. The three knights decided to meet him and judge for themselves whether he had any connection to the destruction of the Qilin God Realm, though they believed the possibility to be infinitely slim.
After all, the barrier at the entrance of the Qilin God Realm had been set by the Abyssal Monarch himself. No one, not even a True God, could breach it without immediately alerting him.
Even so, since this was a mission personally assigned by the Abyssal Monarch, they had to proceed with their utmost effort.
"You are Yun Wuji?" That was how they ended up confronting him.
"Last I checked, yeah." Yun Wuji nodded casually, his gaze glossed over the two knights before settling on the one in the middle, the strongest of them.
He had known these people were coming before he even stepped out of his room and had been waiting for them. The advantage of knowing the trajectory of your fate and peeking into the future was undeniable. Now, the lie he had used to justify his meta-knowledge was no longer a lie.
"We are under the order of His Majesty the Abyssal Monarch. We have come to inspect the destroyed Qilin God Realm." The leading knight, Wei Jun, stared coldly at Yun Wuji. He did not care if Yun Wuji's origins or background were ten times greater than theirs, because no one was greater than the Abyssal Monarch himself, and Wei Jun was his proud servant.
"Oh, the Qilin God Realm is destroyed? How disappointing. The only interesting thing in this place is gone." Yun Wuji's expression did not change. He shrugged casually, commenting as if this matter had nothing to do with him.
"Your appearance in the Abyssal Qilin Realm coincides with it. I have every right to suspect that you are involved in this matter." The knight ignored Yun Wuji's words and continued to speak with authority. "You have to come with us to prove your innocence."
At that moment, people from the Helian Dynasty emerged, staring at the scene from the ground. They didn't dare to fly or get closer, for fear of provoking them. Helian Lingzhu's eyes were fixed on Yun Wuji's back as she muttered, "Yun Wuji."
Just when she was feeling that they were getting closer, something like this happened.
"Hmm, this seems like a really important matter." Yun Wuji held his chin and nodded in a very solemn manner, as if he really cared. His serious expression turned the next moment into a smirk. "And what if I refuse to come with you?"
There was no way Yun Wuji would go with this bunch of weaklings.
"Daring to resist the will of the abyssal knights?!" Wei Jun's frosty expression became colder as he added, "We will take you by force then."
The knights are the servants of the Abyssal Monarch. They represent the dignity of their Monarch and the Pure Land. Publicly, they aren't afraid of anyone, not even the Divine Regents of the Six Kingdoms of Gods. Though that's only publicly. In private, there are many ways to silence them.
"How awe-inspiring! Go ahead, do it. Show me!" Yun Wuji clapped his hands, saying this with a very interested look on his face. He looked as if he wasn't facing knights. He looked like an adult entertaining mischievous kids.
"Courting death!" The knight on the left, Chen Hao's expression had already turned dark. He couldn't tolerate this audacious person anymore. He thrust his palm toward Yun Wuji, trying to apprehend him directly.
He couldn't sense Yun Wuji's cultivation, which was obviously abnormal, but he attributed it to him using some artifact to hide his aura. At the same time, he was confident in his own strength and their leader Wei Jun, who was at the 7th level Divine Extinction Realm.
All people who are at the Late Stage Divine Extinction Realm are well known, and obviously, this man wasn't one of them. That's why he had no qualms about attacking him.
Thin lines of cracked space spread in the sky, like the dome of heaven was broken. A gigantic flaming red palm appeared. It was so large, much larger than the whole city below, casting a gigantic and frightening shadow onto the living beings below.
"Are they trying to destroy us?" Helian Jue's legs trembled when he saw the palm heading their way. He was so frightened that his legs nearly gave out.
He wasn't the only one, though. Most of the citizens had already fallen on their butts from the sheer pressure and fear.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Yun Wuji stood still, facing the attack. Even his smile hadn't faded. He aimed his index finger, shooting two sword rays.
The sword rays were extremely fast, so fast that no one was able to see more than a radiant flash of light.
Bang!
The gigantic palm was sliced into countless tiny, evenly sliced cubes. They exploded in the air and turned into weak, powerless wisps of profound energy.
"How weak... maybe if you added 'junior' first, your attack might become stronger?" Yun Wuji chuckled with a smirk. These people were the strongest people he had ever faced in his life, but they were far too weak.
"You!" Chen Hao widened his eyes as his body froze stiff in an instant. He had tried to overestimate Yun Wuji's power, but didn't expect him to be this strong! The attack just now was even stronger than their leader's Wei Jun, and the most frightening thing was the fact that Yun Wuji hadn't even released his aura in the whole process!
"Chen Hao, step down." Wei Jun stepped forward, speaking sternly. The way he looked at Yun Wuji changed from cold indifference to grave seriousness. "Who are you?!"
"I am the Great Yun Wuji... hmm, I just thought of a new title for myself, the Limitless Sword Demon. You can call me that as well. It sounds cool, right?" Yun Wuji tapped the air with his finger, and countless sword rays shot out from it.
Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!
These sword rays were very thin like needles, but they were impossibly fast, so fast that no one could even catch them with their eyes, and were equally sharp.
"Agh!!" The countless silver swords attacked at the next second. They were as densely packed as bees. They pierced deep into Chen Hao's body and exited out from all directions.
Blood sprayed from the holes in his body like a human-shaped sieve. Droplets of blood fell into the air like a shower, and one of them fell on Mo Beichen's face, but he didn't seem to notice. His eyes were shaking as he stared at the person he considered his life goal, being pierced from all directions.
Chen Hao swayed in the air and nearly fell. If it wasn't for his friend Li Ming holding him, "Chen Hao!"
"Do you know what you are doing?! Attacking a knight on a mission is the same as rebelling against the Pure Land!" Wei Jun's face became darker than your future. At this moment, he knew that he had hit a wall, but there was no way he would back down, not when all these people were watching.
'Boulder Profound Sect! You dare to set me up. I will fucking Yun Che you all later!' He gritted his teeth when he recalled the reason why they came to this place. If they hadn't listened to these people's words and returned, none of this would have happened!
"Hey, don't use the Pure Land to pressure me. You guys are acting beyond the bounds of your authority. Since you attacked me, it is only right for me to do the same." Yun Wuji stretched his hand and shook his finger at him like a teacher educating a rebellious kid. "Now, please take my attack as well."
"Be careful. I am very strong, so please don't die, okay?"
A new wave of sword rays shot down at the three of them this time, like rain descending endlessly.
"Damn it!" Wei Jun gritted his teeth. With a roar, he spread his arms, and a thick wall of profound energy appeared before him. He poured all his strength, soul, and will into it!
Puchi! Puchi! Puchi!
However, under his shocked and despairing eyes, the sword rays penetrated the barrier as if it were nothing. Not only that, they pierced through his body as well, and exited from the back before flying far away until they left everyone's vision.
Puff
Blood spurted from him like a fountain. He suffered the same fate as Chen Hao, but unlike the other, he remained steady in his spot. But this didn't make him the slightest bit happy. He was at the 7th level Divine Extinction Realm. Even if he faced someone at the 9th level Divine Extinction Realm, he would not have suffered such a crushing defeat, losing in one single exchange!
This meant that the person before him was very likely someone at the Divine Limit Realm!
"Well, that should be enough of a lesson for you guys. Next time, be more careful about who you are talking to. Not everyone is as reasonable as I, you know?" Yun Wuji clapped his hands, saying this with an admonishing tone.
Without waiting for the three knights to speak, he waved his hand, and a powerful force tossed the three far away in the air.
The three flew like Team Rocket, fading in the sky.
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