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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 5: [Seeking Immortality in the Eastern Sea]
Volume 5 (Pinyin): [Dong Hai xun xian]
Chapter 60 (497): [Confronting Sheng Wulian]
(60th of Volume 5)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Li Weiyi channeled his Spiritual Qi through all 120 Meridian Veins, drawing the bowstring to its limit.
The Seven-Clawed Heavenly Dragon Flame Arrow materialized on the string, radiating a brilliance that outshone even Immortal itself.
"Thwang!"
The arrow shot forth, its force shattering the surrounding Mirage Scene into mist.
"Bang! Bang!"
In an instant, Sheng Wulian and Prince Mingjiao clashed palms seven times, one employing a grappling technique, the other a claw-like strike.
Prince Mingjiao, already weakened from enduring Princess Dengfeng's Flying Sword and the Prefectural Governor's Official Seal, was struck in the chest by Sheng Wulian's finger.
Ripples spread across his chest as his Seventh-Grade Thousand-Character Artifact Armor clanged metallically. Prince Mingjiao was sent flying backward, crashing through miles of Mirage Scene structures before finally stabilizing himself.
"Boom!"
Immortal Herb was struck by a flame arrow, its radiant glow shattering.
The arrow exploded.
Three petals flew in different directions.
Sheng Wulian, on the verge of claiming Immortal Herb and becoming a True Disciple, watched helplessly as the arrow streaked past him.
He could clearly see the seven claws on the dragon-shaped arrow, but its speed was too great to intercept.
Princess Dengfeng, positioned nearby, swiftly retrieved the blue heart-shaped petal flying toward her and immediately pursued the red heart-shaped petal.
Prince Mingjiao, Zhu Qishier Chongtian, Tang Zhan, and the others also charged forward.
Li Weiyi retrieved a dazzling crimson silk sash, activating it to lash out at the golden petal soaring a hundred zhang to his right.
"Stop him! We can't let him claim Immortal Herb. If his power grows any further, we'll all die in the East Sea."
Fu Wenyan knew Li Weiyi's ruthlessness all too well.
The Twin Rice Sect had been nearly wiped out; why would he be spared?
He brandished his Ninth-Rank Thousand-Inscriptions Artifact, the Bronze Brush.
The brush's white, transcendent bristles transformed into a cascading river, entwining with the crimson silk sash.
The Bronze Brush far surpassed the sash in both rank and power. It was a spiritual artifact coveted even by those in the Great Immortal Realm, containing strands of transcendent energy within.
"Then kill him."
Ye Cang sprinted across the Mirage Pavilion's rooftop, three Spiritual Artifact Sub-Blades spinning out along the crimson sash to strike Li Weiyi first.
Meng Hualong and Fu Bawu unleashed their Dao Heart Manifestations - the "Seventy-Two Sages" and the "Thousand-Character Classic," respectively - suppressing Li Weiyi from a hundred zhang away.
The two advanced with the majesty of dragons and the ferocity of tigers.
Zuoqiu Hongting flashed forward, positioning herself before Li Weiyi and raising her Peachwood Staff horizontally.
Instantly, an Eight Trigrams Formation shield materialized, its surface densely covered with formation glyphs, blocking the three flying daggers before colliding with the Dao Heart Manifestations of Meng Hualong and Fu Bawu.
"Boom!"
The shield held.
In terms of Formation mastery, Zuoqiu Hongting far surpassed Li Weiyi, who had never seriously studied such formation techniques.
Li Weiyi raised a finger to the sky, summoning the Seventy-Two Thunder Annihilation Formation above Fu Wenyan's head.
Seventy-two bolts of thunder and lightning cascaded down like a waterfall, engulfing him in a cataclysmic display of power.
Seizing the opportunity, Hong Ling surged like a raging river, violently shaking free from the Bronze Brush's entanglement before Li Weiyi recalled her to his side.
After retrieving the golden petal from Hong Ling, Li Weiyi remembered Zuoqiu Hongting's warning against direct consumption and stored it in his Wind Mansion.
"Let's go!"
Li Weiyi sensed numerous powerful figures approaching, shouting for Zuoqiu Hongting to retreat.
Suddenly, an overwhelmingly terrifying aura descended, vast and boundless.
A blinding white light engulfed Li Weiyi and Zuoqiu Hongting's vision, rendering them unable to see anything.
They could only feel Sheng Wulian's presence - like a divine being or a sacred mountain - rushing toward them with overwhelming grandeur.
Meng Hualong and Fu Bawu, overwhelmed by Sheng Wulian's aura, hastily dodged to either side.
Almost the instant the two dodged aside, Sheng Wulian surged forward like a white beam of light from between them, shattering the Eight Trigrams Formation with a single palm strike, scattering peach blossoms across the sky.
Li Weiyi, his Heavenly Eye blazing between his brows, instantly countered the "Annihilating Gaze of Heavenly Light" and charged forward without hesitation, unleashing his most powerful palm strike.
Martial-Mystic Dao and Psychic Power converged.
Activating the perfected Third Layer of Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique, Li Weiyi channeled Spiritual Qi and Psychic Power into a single strike, condensing them into a Heavenly Dragon and Golden Crow that collided with Sheng Wulian's palm imprint.
This palm strike surpassed even the power of a Third Layer Imperial Technique.
"Boom!"
Li Weiyi's long hair whipped wildly as the Mirage Scene behind him shattered completely.
A flicker of astonishment crossed Sheng Wulian's eyes.
Though this palm strike wasn't a particularly advanced Dao Technique, it was certainly beyond the capabilities of anyone below the Young Celestial Emperors.
From Zuoqiu Hongting's brow erupted a Psychic Radiance as brilliant as the sun, blazing like spiritual light flames.
With a sweeping motion of his Peachwood Staff, he unleashed a triple Eight Trigrams Formation Seal, sending Sheng Wulian staggering back dozens of meters from his palm clash with Li Weiyi.
"Well done!"
"Li Weiyi, Liu Fengshu, today marks your end."
In the next instant, Sheng Wulian mobilized the Primordial Chaos Spiritual Qi within his body. With ninety-nine percent of his Immortal Body activated, his Blood Qi surged like a raging river.
He unleashed both palms simultaneously, striking with the Primordial Chaos Palm and the Ji Emperor's Seal.
Zuoqiu Hongting planted her Peachwood Staff before her.
Fueled by her surging Psychic Power, it rapidly transformed into a towering Peach Tree.
The tree's branches were adorned with petal-shaped runes.
Li Weiyi didn't have time to cast Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique again.
He immediately unleashed the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal.
The Pan Peach Tree intercepted the Primordial Chaos Palm, while the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal clashed with the Ji Emperor's Seal.
"Boom!"
The combined force of their attacks leveled the Mirage Scene within a several-mile radius, sending tidal waves surging in all directions.
"Whoosh!"
Liu Ye sprinted forward, leaping over Li Weiyi and Zuoqiu Hongting's heads. His halberd descended like a mountain cleaving strike, crashing down on Sheng Wulian's head.
A brilliant white light erupted from Sheng Wulian's crown, blocking the halberd, but the force drove him deep into the seabed.
Three miles away, Si Wuyan transformed into a black cloud mist, streaking across the sky in pursuit of Princess Dengfeng.
Wu Hongling and the Purple-Clad Woman arrived from opposite directions. The former moved with mystical footwork, while the latter soared through the air on an Azure Boat.
The Purple-Clad Woman stood on the Azure Boat, cradling her zither.
A thousand-zhang-long zither string sliced through the void with an ear-piercing shriek, its sharpness like a sword, its movements unfathomable.
"A large force from the Rice Palace is approaching. We need to leave now!"
Li Weiyi and his companions activated their Divine Speed Talismans and raced back toward Phoenix Stone Reef.
Sheng Wulian, Wu Hongling, and the Purple-Clad Woman pursued them to the reef, where they witnessed over a thousand Martial-Mystic Cultivators from the Lingxiao Realm raising hundreds of spiritual artifacts. Five battle formations rapidly advanced to encircle them, each unleashing powerful armaments.
The five battle formations represented the Zhu Sect, Thundercloud Sect, Zuoqiu Sect, Snow Sword Tang Court, and Jiu Li Clan.
Seeing such a formidable formation, Sheng Wulian and his companions immediately retreated, turning back toward Mirage Dragon City to confront Prince Mingjiao, who had stolen the crimson petal.
"The Jiao Clan holds immense power in the East Sea. We must not let Prince Mingjiao escape back to his reef."
Sheng Wulian turned to glare at Li Weiyi and his companions, who had already boarded their ship. A gnawing sense of defeat told him that his confidence in being invincible within his realm would be forever tainted if he failed to eliminate these three.
On the Jiu Li Clan's warship, every Martial-Mystic Cultivator's eyes burned with fiery intensity as they watched Li Weiyi, roaring, "The Divine Hidden One is mighty!"
The Hidden Ones of the Jiu Li Hidden Sect, in particular, swelled with pride, their heads held high.
To clash head-on with Sheng Wulian, the True Disciple of the Rice Palace, had shattered all preconceived notions.
At the Commander's Banquet, Zhu Qishier Chongtian and Sheng Wulian clashed palms, resulting in Zhu vomiting blood and staggering backward.
"Have the others returned?" Li Weiyi asked, concerned about the Lingxiao Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators facing retaliation from the Rice Palace.
Tang Zhan, carrying his twin swords, landed gracefully on the Jiu Li Clan warship.
"Except for a few old fools clinging to their last breaths, everyone else has retreated!"
Zhu Qishier Chongtian stepped onto the deck, his voice seething with frustration.
"Prince Mingjiao of the Jiao Clan stole the Crimson Petal! Mirage Dragon City is closest to us. I propose we mobilize our forces and crush them all."
With only the Zhu Sect's three hundred axe-wielding soldiers, Zhu Qishier Chongtian lacked confidence in simultaneously confronting the Rice Palace and the Jiao Clan's overwhelming forces.
Li Weiyi gazed at the distant, majestic Mirage Dragon City. He saw colossal black shadows surging from the depths into the city, while the sky above swarmed with Demon Clouds, blotting out the sun.
The Jiao Clan's Demon Beast army was steadily converging, their numbers far surpassing the Lingxiao Realm Human Race Martial-Mystic Cultivators.
Li Weiyi said, "Our battle formation is powerful, but its slow movement speed means it can only be used to cover our retreat and for defensive counterattacks."
Zhu Qishier Chongtian sighed deeply, knowing that going back now would mean a full-scale war with the Demon Race.
In a war against the Eastern Sea Monster Clan in the East Sea, defeat was inevitable.
Li Weiyi comforted him, "There can't be only one Immortal herb. We'll have another chance."
Zhu Qishier Chongtian nodded solemnly, then burst into hearty laughter.
"Regardless, the appearance of Immortal proves that excavating the Ancient Immortal Dragon Remains truly offers a chance to cultivate the Immortal Body!"
"We've only just started digging!" Zhu Yibai exclaimed.
"Exactly, exactly!" Zhu Qishier Chongtian agreed repeatedly.
Across the towering waves, the Water Beaver Immortal raced toward them, his feet treading on crimson mist.
"Brother!" he shouted urgently, "Your Highness the Princess is being pursued by Si Wuyan, Gai Canghai, and Gai Lingyun! She couldn't return to Phoenix Tail Reef and fled south!"
'One blade shatters the sea, twin blades battle the clouds.'
Gai Canghai and Gai Lingyun's combat prowess far surpassed even Huoxin and Zhenxin's.
Li Weiyi glanced down from the warship and smiled: "Don't worry. Your Highness the Princess undoubtedly carries escape treasures. She'll be fine."
"No, it's serious... really serious! The Rice Palace cultivators also have Escape Talismans!"
The Water Beaver Immortal paced anxiously, his words tumbling over each other.
"If Your Highness the Princess could handle it, she would have returned to the reef by now. This can only mean the enemy is too powerful, leaving her no chance to escape. My cousin and the others have already rushed there, but the Demon Race lacks the Human Race's mastery of battle formations. They can only rely on their lives to overwhelm the enemy."
Li Weiyi frowned, finding some truth in the Water Otter Immortal's words.
"Brother, don't hesitate. Lend us your strength."
"In terms of top-tier experts, the Lingxiao Human Clan is far inferior to the Rice Palace and the Calamity Crossing Temple - a difference of a hundred and eight thousand miles. As for the number of troops and demons, they pale in comparison to the Eastern Sea Monster Clan. You can't rely solely on the Calamity Crossing Temple; you need more allies. Your Highness the Princess mentioned she possesses Essence Herb that's five thousand years old," the Water Beaver Immortal said.
Superior Chief and Top Chief Disciples are nearly impossible to cultivate after birth, requiring extraordinary opportunities.
However, ordinary Chief Disciples are easily nurtured by Ancient Sects.
For example, the ten geniuses rewarded at the Hidden Dragon Lantern Festival can visit the Calamity Crossing Temple to reshape their Meridian Veins, Wind Mansion, and Ancestral Field, forging a stronger foundation for cultivation.
Even at the Five Seas Realm, where establishing a foundation becomes significantly more challenging, they could still manage it.
In the Spring Surge Realm, the Ancient Sect possessed numerous methods for nurturing Martial-Mystic Cultivators with Hundred Silver Veins, allowing them to select the most promising talents from multiple Life Realms.
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