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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 6: [Battle for the True Inheritance]
Chapter 24 (565): [Triumphant Return, Vice Sentinel Lord's Personal Welcome]
(24th of Volume 6)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Having withstood Xie Wumian's strike, Li Weiyi sustained only minor injuries and quickly recovered.
This was because he had correctly anticipated that Xie Wumian's arm, which held the Jade Ruyi, had not fully healed and could not unleash its full power.
After plummeting a hundred meters, Li Weiyi swiftly stabilized his descent.
His gaze remained fixed on the silver figure rapidly approaching the sea surface.
He immediately shook the Evil Camel Bell, channeling a continuous stream of fiery Spiritual Qi into it.
"Clang! Clang!"
The bell's sonic waves surged across the sea surface at speeds far exceeding ordinary sound.
Instantly, the consciousness of all marine life in the area became chaotic and frenzied.
The moment Xie Wumian burst from the water, the Evil Camel Bell's sonic waves caught up to him.
His entire body trembled, his mind erupted in a deafening roar, as if his skull had been shattered.
Agonizing pain tore through him, and a tidal wave of chaotic thoughts flooded his mind.
It felt as if a thousand armies were tearing apart his Soul Spirit.
"Aow!"
"Boom!"
The four Snow Dragon Jiao, having already pulled the Jade Carriage out of the sea, lunged at the staggering Xie Wumian, engaging him in a fierce battle.
After only a few exchanges, Xie Wumian was completely overwhelmed, forced into a purely defensive position.
He was tossed back and forth by the Flood Dragons' claws, his injuries mounting with each blow.
"Splash!"
Li Weiyi burst from the water like a pillar of light, landing steadily on the surface.
His eyes were icy, and a radiant Spiritual Light blazed from the center of his brow.
He wielded a spear in one hand while continuously shaking the Evil Camel Bell with the other, resembling a young, handsome, and mysteriously malevolent sorcerer.
If Xie Wumian possessed the Great Immortal or any other transcendent power, now was the time to unleash it.
As for ordinary transcendent Spiritual Qi, it would be utterly ineffective in a clash of this magnitude.
Confirming the absence of immediate danger, Li Weiyi stowed the Evil Camel Bell and raised the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear above his head.
He drew down the sun's radiant light from the heavens, channeling it into a Sun, Moon, and Stars Combined Attack Formation with the five Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors.
With a single leap, he surged forward, covering a hundred zhang in an instant.
"Boom!"
The formation's luminous disc collided violently with the massive circular shield imprint that had materialized from Xie Wumian's shield.
Xie Wumian braced himself with both arms, but the newly regenerated limb instantly cracked under the strain.
His left leg trembled, blood gushing like a waterfall.
The wound on his neck, now exposing bone, bled even more profusely.
Xie Wumian's critically injured body couldn't withstand the attack.
He staggered backward, roaring in fury, his words laced with provocation: "You only dare to fight me because you have so many allies! Have the courage to face me one-on-one!"
"Why not use your allies? Does the Tai Yin Sect have some rule against that?"
Li Weiyi channeled the power of the Combined Attack Formation, wielding the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear like a whip, sending Xie Wumian flying dozens of meters into the midst of the four Snow Dragon Jiao.
As the Flood Dragons tore at him, Xie Wumian screamed, "I'm a Sentinel Spirit Army spy infiltrating the Tai Yin Sect!"
"Thwack!"
Li Weiyi lunged forward, his spear piercing Xie Wumian's throat.
"I'm... Sentinel Spirit Army..."
Xie Wumian's lips moved, his voice fading as blood filled his throat.
"Thwack!"
The spear's edge sliced through, severing his head.
"You call yourself Sentinel Spirit Army? As if you're worthy. Still, you're clever to come up with this stalling tactic at death's door."
Li Weiyi didn't believe him for a moment.
If Xie Wumian were truly a Sentinel Spirit Army infiltrator, why had he insisted on beheading An Zhiruo in the Nether Realm of the Dead when it wasn't necessary?
His actions spoke volumes about his true nature.
Besides, why had he tried to flee earlier?
"Whoosh!"
A ball of Spiritual Light materialized in Li Weiyi's palm.
He imprinted it onto a spiritual paper scroll.
The imprint captured Xie Wumian's final words: "I'm a Sentinel Spirit Army spy infiltrating the Tai Yin Sect."
Li Weiyi possessed a keen ability to seize opportunities, sensing that this Spiritual Light Imprint might hold some value.
For instance, it could lead Chu Yutian to make a misjudgment.
Throughout the entire encounter, he never used the All-Secret Incantation Immobilization Talisman runes he had drawn in his brow center spirit realm, nor the ten Heavenly Sword Talismans.
Ultimately, Xie Wumian was not at his peak condition and was single-mindedly focused on escaping, severely diminishing his combat prowess.
Had he possessed the same essence, qi, and spirit as Tang Wanzhou when she killed Qin Zhengyang, and fought Li Weiyi to the death, that would have been a truly troublesome situation.
He stored Xie Wumian's corpse and severed head in the Blood Mud Space.
Then, using the Wind-Thunder Banner, he summoned hurricanes and lightning to cleanse the surrounding sea area of lingering Vital Energy.
As for the demonic beast spies in the water, their consciousness had already been severely damaged by the Evil Camel Bell, so there was no need to fear exposure.
Li Weiyi retracted the Jade Carriage, gathered his five Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, and rode the Nianli Spiritual Light back to the shore.
The Fifth Phoenix and Sixth Phoenix had already returned.
The Silver-Eyed Corpse Hound lay crushed beneath the Fifth Phoenixs' feet, reduced to a truly dead dog.
Yu'er, who had plunged the Prefectural Governor's Official Seal into the seabed, had it retrieved by the Sixth Phoenix.
Tang Wanzhou, wearing a veil and with her long hair cascading down her back, stood ramrod straight and asked, "How did it go?"
"Five Snow Dragon Jiao, five Strange Insects - with such overwhelming support, if I couldn't defeat Xie Wumian, it would be utterly humiliating. Still, we lost one Snow Dragon Jiao."
The Snow Dragon Jiao were not the Heavenly Emperor's Dragon Soul from the Governor's Official Robe.
With a Martial-Mystic Cultivator's cultivation at the Dao Seed Realm, one could only summon a wisp of Dragon Soul soul mist.
"No need for further words. We've made a huge profit this time! As for the Jiao Soul, we can capture a stronger one later," Tang Wanzhou said.
After erasing all traces, Li Weiyi steered the Jade Boat southward at full speed.
Several miles away along the coast, a slender white figure emerged from behind black reefs, watching the Jade Boat's luminous trail fade into the distance.
....
The following evening, Li Weiyi and Tang Wanzhou arrived at the northern cliff outpost of Moon Dragon Island.
After two days and a night of recuperation, Tang Wanzhou's Spiritual Qi had fully recovered.
She changed into fresh clothes, donned her mask, and concealed herself completely.
As they walked along the forest path leading to the outpost, she said to Li Weiyi, "The Rice Palace's True Disciple wouldn't reveal our identities! If he intended to expose us, he would have killed us then and there to silence us."
Li Weiyi, who had already spoken with Er Feng and appeared deeply troubled, nodded slowly.
Tang Wanzhou continued, "Truthfully, from the moment we joined the Sentinel Spirit Army, we should have been mentally prepared for our identities to be exposed sooner or later, and for facing retaliation from the Tai Yin Sect and the Nether Realm of the Dead. Are you afraid?"
"If everyone feared retaliation, this world would have no hope left," Li Weiyi replied.
"My only concern is that the Tai Yin Sect might target the Jiu Li Tribe instead of me. Aren't you worried they'll target the Snow Sword Tang Court?"
A deep, resonant voice echoed through the forest: "Stop dwelling on hypotheticals! Since the Cave Void (Dongxu) Camp selected you to deal with Chu Yutian and the Tai Yin Envoy, they won't leave you with any lingering concerns."
Li Weiyi and Tang Wanzhou exchanged glances before rushing out of the dense forest into the clearing outside the outpost.
They bowed in unison to Liu Tianchen, "Greetings, Deputy Sentinel Lord!"
Liu Tianchen stood at the center of the clearing, Elder Qin and Tuoba Tao behind him.
Liu Tianchen gazed at the two young men before him, his eyes filled with undisguised admiration, before his expression quickly turned solemn.
"Li Weiyi, you're right. Every power in the world, to varying degrees, fears the Tai Yin Sect, including the ancient sects of the Imperial Court. But if everyone compromises, the Tai Yin Sect will dictate the laws of the world, and all will become slaves of the Nether Realm of the Dead. If they command us to die, we must die; if they command us to kneel, we must kneel."
"Across all the camps in Southern Yingzhou, at least several hundred Sentinel Spirit Army members have been exposed to the Tai Yin Sect, representing hundreds of factions, large and small. This includes myself and the Liu Clan I lead."
"Their desire to destroy the Liu Clan far surpasses their hatred for the Jiu Li Tribe and the Snow Sword Tang Court. Yet, nearly all their plots have been crushed by the Sentinel Spirit Army, forcing them to pay a heavy price."
"Of course, maintaining secrecy remains the ideal."
Li Weiyi asked, "Deputy Sentinel Lord, were you already here, watching us being hunted?"
"Do you think news travels that quickly from Dragon Island?" Tuoba Tao retorted angrily.
"Who could have predicted you two would dare to assassinate Qin Zhengyang alone?"
He was furious, fearing Tang Wanzhou's death in the East Sea would leave him unable to answer to the Lion-Camel Tamer King.
Elder Qin's expression relaxed considerably, and he smiled.
"You've achieved a great feat! The Deputy Sentinel Lord himself has come to the outpost to welcome you, setting an example for all the new Sentinel Spirits and Sentinels. I've risked my life for centuries and never received such treatment. Come, come! All the Sentinel Spirits and Sentinels are waiting outside the Teleportation Hall!"
Before entering the Space Teleportation Formation, Li Weiyi retrieved the two corpses from their Boundary Pouches to prevent the pouches from bursting during transit.
"Why is there another one?" Elder Qin asked, surprised.
"This is the Chou Envoy Xie Wumian," Li Weiyi replied, "I can barely claim the kill."
"Ah?"
Elder Qin's eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets with delight.
He repeatedly clapped Li Weiyi on the shoulder.
"Aiya! You've brought us so much honor, you rascal... Are you serious?"
"Don't look at me," Tang Wanzhou interjected, "If it weren't for him, I might not have made it back alive. The feat of killing Xie Wumian was his doing. Your generation's rigid thinking needs to evolve. The Twelve Tai Yin Envoys are powerful, but they're not invincible."
Liu Tianchen and Tuoba Tao exchanged astonished glances.
They had initially believed that Tang Wanzhou and Li Weiyi's escape from the Tai Yin Sect was the pinnacle of courage and strategy, enough to make the Shaoyang Division famous worldwide.
They never imagined that during their escape, they would also manage to kill a Tai Yin Envoy.
Their reaction was understandable.
The Cave Void (Dongxu) Camp desperately needed such a major victory to boost morale.
...
On the plaza outside the Teleportation Hall of Cave Void (Dongxu) Camp, the new generation of Sentinel Spirits and Sentinels, including the Spiritual Master Guard, stood in perfect formation, clad in standard-issue armor and masked.
Thirty-four coffins lay arranged before them.
Six veteran Sentinel Spirits - Instructors Tu Nanfeng, Xue Yan, Yuan Jingsan, and three others - stood on the stone steps above.
Tu Nanfeng raised his voice: "In recent months, Cave Void (Dongxu) Camp has clashed with Chu Yutian, the True Disciple of the Tai Yin Sect, three times - and suffered three crushing defeats. Every Sentinel Spirit and Sentinel we sent was annihilated, including two Great Immortal experts."
"The Life Realm Lord calls us trash, a pack of pigs. He's right. We can't even handle the Tai Yin Sect - how can we possibly face the Nether Realm of the Dead?"
"But what a disgrace! Countless lives sacrificed, only to end like this. Even our veteran Great Immortal experts were outmaneuvered by a junior and met their deaths."
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The ten Shaoyang Guards of the Shaoyang Division stood in the Teleportation Hall, clad in specially tailored martial garments and wearing white masks. They listened to Tu Nanfeng's narration from outside, knowing today was the day to bury the thirty-four deceased.
Yuan Zhen had yet to report to the Shaoyang Division, remaining in seclusion to cultivate his Immortal Body.
"This is infuriating! If I had intervened, I could have killed at least one Tai Yin Envoy," Chi Haohan muttered.
The scholar replied, "If Tai Yin Envoys were so easily killed, how could the Cave Void (Dongxu) Camp have lost three elite teams?"
"You think you'd be facing a Tai Yin Envoy alone? In reality, Chu Yutian might be lurking behind you, with an Army of the Dead hidden in the shadows and the Corpse Marquis Ghost Lord lurking beneath the earth. Otherwise, how did the two Great Immortal masters die? This isn't a simple arena fight where the strongest fist wins. It's far more complex," the Daoist said.
Changyu Jian declared, "If the heavens had granted me thirty more years, I would have challenged Chu Yutian to a decisive battle above the East Sea, atop Dragon City's peak."
"Empty threats are easy to make," Qing Zijin said coldly.
Changyu Jian forced a bitter smile and fell silent.
"Whoosh!"
Deep within the palace, the radiant glow of a Formation shimmered into existence.
Liu Tianchen stepped out of the Space Teleportation Formation first.
Elder Qin followed close behind, his chest puffed out with pride.
He waved at Yu He, who sat nearby.
"A'He, arrange for some men to carry the bodies of the two Tai Yin Envoys. My juniors have truly exceeded expectations - they actually managed to kill the Chou Envoy! Can you believe it? You even tried to stop him from joining the Cave Void (Dongxu) Camp back then!"
Yu He had already noticed the two corpses within the Teleportation Formation.
Though inwardly astonished, she ignored Elder Qin's boasting and instructed four Shaoyang Guards from the Shaoyang Division to retrieve the bodies.
She then ordered Qing Zijin and Nangong to deliver two sets of Spiritual Artifact Martial Garments, specially forged for the Shaoyang Division, to Li Weiyi and Tang Wanzhou.
The ten members of the Shaoyang Division, unaware that Li Weiyi and Tang Wanzhou had been on Dragon Island for the past few days, stared in astonishment as the pair emerged from the Teleportation Formation.
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