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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 6: [Battle for the True Inheritance]
Chapter 53 (594): [Love Blossoms by the Riverbank]
(53rd of Volume 6)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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Li Weiyi's vertically descending sword strike embodied both the unwavering resolve and domineering power of "Tai Yi Opens the Sea," while also resonating with the profound Laws of Heaven and Earth.
Its destructive force surged exponentially.
Even with Qingzao's profound cultivation, she sensed an overwhelming killing intent in that moment.
Forced to switch from offense to defense, she channeled all his Spiritual Qi, her feet gliding on flowing light as she sought to evade Li Weiyi's lethal blade.
Yet an even greater killing intent erupted from behind Li Weiyi.
The supreme Sword Intent of "Immortal Slaying All Beings" struck Qingzao's Soul Consciousness even before Tang Wanzhou's sword qi could reach her.
Qingzao's composure shattered.
Before her, she no longer saw a single vertical and horizontal strike, but rather an inescapable web of intersecting blades.
'Then I won't evade.'
She would meet offense with offense.
"Ten Thousand Miles of Morning Glow!"
"Whoosh!"
Activating the Fifth Layer of her Great Technique, Qingzao retreated swiftly.
As she moved, her Spiritual Qi ignited like the dawn, engulfing the surrounding sky and earth in a radiant glow.
Amidst the surging sword energy, Qingzao's lithe and resilient body, fused with her blade, transformed into a crimson sun rising through the morning glow.
Li Weiyi's vertical sword strike pierced through the radiant dawn.
Tang Wanzhou's horizontal slash descended upon the crimson sun.
"Boom!"
Qingzao was sent tumbling backward, a wretched figure. The color drained from her face as half her body was encased in frost, the bone-chilling cold piercing through her.
Tang Wanzhou rarely used her ultimate technique, "Immortal Slaying All Beings."
Once unleashed, no one at her cultivation level could withstand it.
Even Wenren Tinghai, the Demon Kingdom's New Top Scholar who had once surpassed Qingzao in strength, had his protective defenses shattered by this strike.
"Clang!"
Tang Wanzhou gave Qingzao no chance to recover.
Her eyes gleaming with lethal intent, she charged forward, unleashing a second, third, and subsequent sword strikes with overwhelming force, determined to crush her opponent.
Li Weiyi gasped for breath, having been so relentlessly battered by Qingzao that he couldn't even breathe properly. His nerves felt like they were about to snap, and his heart pounded at several times its normal rate, threatening to burst.
Raising the Myriad Manifestations Staff-Spear, he channeled a steady stream of four-colored Spiritual Light from his brow into the weapon.
"Whoosh!"
Stellar Orbit Patterns and the Formation Plate of the Sun, Moon, and Stars Combined Formation materialized around him, enveloping the seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors that were swooping down.
The Formation Plate, now over thirty meters in diameter, transformed into a rapidly spinning millstone, hurtling toward the battlefield between Tang Wanzhou and Qingzao.
With a thunderous crash, the Formation Plate struck Qingzao, whose momentum was already faltering, and attempted to drag her into the formation.
Unexpectedly, Qingzao's body cultivation technique had reached an astonishingly profound level.
Even in this dangerous situation, she moved through the air like a fish, splitting into a dozen afterimages that scattered like celestial maidens scattering flowers, escaping to a hundred meters above.
Tang Wanzhou shot skyward, clinging to Qingzao once more, determined not to let her escape.
Li Weiyi retrieved the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal and suspended it above the Sun, Moon, and Stars Formation Plate.
He then channeled the Spiritual Qi from seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors, combining it with his own to activate the seal with eight streams of power.
Though the Spiritual Qi was less potent than that of the four battle corpse puppets, it still unleashed a significant portion of the Myriad-Inscriptions Artifact's inherent power.
"Crackling!"
Several bolts of purple lightning surged skyward, coiling like serpents.
The heavens and earth flickered between light and darkness.
One bolt struck Qingzao, piercing through the protective Scripture woven into her robe, instantly reducing the fabric at the point of impact to ash.
She let out a low, pained groan as her body plummeted toward the ground.
Had Tang Wanzhou not been restraining her, Qingzao could have easily evaded the attack and retreated beyond the Thunder Seal's range.
Tang Wanzhou pursued relentlessly, seizing this opportunity to eliminate the Taiyin Sect's third-ranked young prodigy.
Before Qingzao could crash to the ground, a cloud of Spiritual Qi erupted from the Ancestral Field, neutralizing her descent.
She tilted her head back, watching the Divine Snow Sword descend like a shooting star.
From her Cosmic Pouch, she hurled three ancient, hemp-colored burial shrouds, stained with the blood of Transcendents and bearing a formidable aura.
"Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!"
The three paper-thin shrouds ignited from within, their forms expanding as they were inflated by the bodies of three Ghost Spirits.
The Ghost Spirits formed a protective circle around the gravely wounded Qingzao, each unleashing a stream of Duling Cold Fire.
The three pillars of fire intertwined, repelling the Divine Snow Sword.
From afar, Huo Tianming roared, "You dare to harm the Chen Envoy? You're courting death!"
A Fifth-Grade Thousand-Inscriptions Artifact - a ring-shaped spiritual artifact - transformed into a Heavenly Wheel Scripture dozens of meters in diameter.
It shot forth, hurtling through the air toward Tang Wanzhou, who was rapidly closing in on Qingzao.
But the Blood Mountain Marquis moved even faster than Huo Tianming.
Tang Wanzhou glanced at the mountain-sized crimson Ghost Shadow looming before her.
With a single palm strike, she sent the Heavenly Wheel flying. Landing, she sheathed the Divine Snow Sword and sprinted toward Li Weiyi. "Let's go!"
Li Weiyi, realizing they had lost their chance to kill Qingzao, recalled his seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors.
Together, he and Tang Wanzhou activated the Governor's Robe's Spatial Evasion ability, vanishing into thin air.
"Ugh!"
Protected by her three Ghost Spirit servants, Qingzao tried to suppress her injuries and pursue them.
Suddenly, her chest heaved, and she coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Half of her body was charred black by the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, while the other half was frostbitten by the Divine Snow Sword Qi.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, she had suffered a humiliating defeat at the hands of two Martial-Mystic Cultivators of lower cultivation realms, leaving her both physically and mentally devastated.
Huo Tianming retracted his ring-shaped spiritual artifact and approached Qingzao, his eyes wide with disbelief.
"Their cultivation and combat prowess... have they truly reached such heights?"
Qingzao channeled her Spiritual Qi to heal her wounds, casting him a cold glance.
"What are you waiting for? Go after them!"
Huo Tianming immediately pursued the Blood Mountain Marquis, heading in the direction Li Weiyi and Tang Wanzhou had fled.
A piercing cry, imbued with Willpower-based attacks, descended upon Li Weiyi and Tang Wanzhou.
A Six-Colored Peacock soared through the Sky, while a Flood Dragon Python slithered across the ground, both moving even faster than the Blood Mountain Marquis in pursuit.
Each creature spat out a spiritual artifact from its mouth.
The two artifacts traversed dozens of miles, hurtling toward the fleeing pair.
Li Weiyi and Tang Wanzhou fought and fled, dodging left and right, covering three thousand miles before finally shaking off their Demon Race and Dead Spirit pursuers.
Changing direction again, they sprinted another thousand miles before plunging into a great river, submerging themselves to wash away their scent and conceal their tracks.
Only when their Spiritual Qi was completely exhausted did they emerge from the water, supporting each other as they stumbled ashore through dense reeds, utterly drained.
Exhausted and utterly disregarding their appearances, the two collapsed to the ground in a tangled heap.
Pitch darkness surrounded them, broken only by the gentle murmur of flowing water and their ragged breaths.
In that moment, they had lost all sense of direction, caring only to savor the rare tranquility and the comfort of surviving a near-death experience.
It was as if they had been completely cut off from the outside world, isolated from all its conflicts and grudges.
Noticing Tang Wanzhou's breathing growing shallow, Li Weiyi quickly sat up and patted her head.
"No matter how exhausted we are, we can't fall asleep. If the enemy catches up, we're done for."
Tang Wanzhou lay on her back, her large eyes wide and luminous in the darkness, like pearls radiating a mystical glow from the depths of the sea.
"The heavens and earth are vast, and we occupy only a tiny fraction of their boundless expanse. We've exhausted every means to escape and conceal ourselves. If the enemy still manages to track us down, we might as well draw our swords and behead ourselves. We're not facing mere Immortal Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators, but the Martial-Mystic Dao Young Heavenly Emperor - a god among men."
"You're right!" Li Weiyi agreed, lying back down.
He could feel Tang Wanzhou's damp hair against his neck, and he longed to drift off into an eternal slumber.
But reason prevailed.
They had to stay awake, their eyes remaining wide open.
Suddenly, Tang Wanzhou said in a light tone, "Congratulations! Your Ancestral Field hasn't been destroyed, and you've achieved Breakthrough to Immortal Realm. This single piece of news is enough to ignite a frenzy of discussion among the young generation across southern Yingzhou, truly catapulting you to fame. It will undoubtedly thrill and excite countless people who care about you and have been worried about you."
Li Weiyi chuckled bitterly: "What's there to congratulate? Didn't you see how Qingzao beat me so badly I couldn't tell east from west? I still have a long way to go."
Tang Wanzhou twisted her slender, graceful body to lie sideways facing him, her captivating starry eyes gazing intently at Li Weiyi's sharply defined features.
She said earnestly, "Why are you being so self-deprecating? I don't know how strong Qin Zhengyang was at his peak, but Qingzao now is likely no weaker than him at his prime. Even with my cultivation at the peak of the Second Immortal Realm, I'm still a step behind her."
"The fact that you can now withstand several of her attacks is enough to make the world's jaws drop. If you prepare thoroughly and make good use of your seven Phoenix-Winged Moth Emperors and battle corpse puppets, you could become virtually invincible. What an astonishing feat!"
"You've earned the sincere admiration of even a proud and arrogant Young Lord of the Northern Territory like me. Also, you're lying on my hair!"
Li Weiyi tilted his head slightly, his gaze meeting hers.
A tremor ran through him, as if an invisible force were pulling him closer, urging him to seize that flawless jade-like face, so near, and cradle it in his hands, kissing it.
He quickly banished these distracting thoughts, suppressing the impulse.
In his mind, he began to replay the earlier battle, analyzing it: "The key lies in thorough preparation. In a clash between top-tier experts, seizing the initiative is paramount, every instant crucial. Knowing I possess rare insects and command battle corpse puppets, how could she possibly allow me time to prepare? Unless she's hiding in the shadows, setting traps, waiting in ambush, and striking unexpectedly."
Li Weiyi then informed Tang Wanzhou about Qingzao's methods for disrupting Spatial Evasion, warning her to be cautious.
The tenderness that had softened Tang Wanzhou's eyes gradually sharpened as she refocused on the pitch-black Sky.
"At the peak of the Second Immortal Realm, I might still be able to defeat her despite the cultivation gap. The reason I'm currently a step behind is because I broke through to the Immortal Realm too quickly, relying too heavily on treasures like Dragon Soul Source Light. This has left my foundation less solid than hers, and my mastery of Dao Techniques far inferior."
"But all of this can be remedied."
"Through the recent life-and-death battles, I've clearly felt my Spiritual Qi and Immortal Scripture becoming more refined, and my strength has improved again. My Immortal Slaughtering Divine Snow Fourteen Swords can only reach their full potential by constantly fighting powerful opponents and honing them between life and death. Only then can I grasp the wondrous Sword Dao Laws that truly resonate with them, making them even more formidable."
Li Weiyi nodded in deep agreement.
The reason he had been completely suppressed by Qingzao from the moment he sensed her presence, unable to even catch his breath, lay in Qingzao's far superior mastery of Spiritual Qi, Scripture, spiritual artifacts, and Willpower.
Her body cultivation techniques and Dao Techniques were also astonishingly refined, her speed so overwhelming that Li Weiyi struggled to parry her attacks.
A long silence hung in the air.
Tang Wanzhou suddenly asked, "So many days have passed. Why are you still lingering in the Heavenly Capital River Nether Domain? Don't you know it's an extremely dangerous place?"
Li Weiyi didn't answer directly, instead asking, "And you? Why are you also in the Heavenly Capital River Nether Domain?"
"I predicted you would hide there after escaping. But when I blew the Sentinel's Whistle, no one came to meet me, so I had to bury myself in the mud to heal my injuries," Tang Wanzhou said tersely.
The two understood each other's lighthearted intentions.
In the Void Ruins Ancient Kingdom, it would be nearly impossible to find a third person who could share such deep trust.
"Look, there are stars in the sky," Tang Wanzhou suddenly said.
Li Weiyi gazed intently and indeed spotted one star, then two, then three... faint, but undeniably real.
His heart trembled: "Does this mean the darkness within the Void Ruins Ancient Kingdom is receding? Just like how reeds are growing along this riverbank - life is returning to places beyond the Nether Domain."
"That's none of our concern!"
Tang Wanzhou took a deep breath and abruptly flipped over, her long, smooth jade legs moving gracefully as she knelt astride Li Weiyi's waist.
Leaning down, she cradled his face in her hands and pressed her crimson lips against his, kissing him fiercely, no longer suppressing her emotions, but letting them pour forth unrestrained.
Li Weiyi had never expected such a sudden and overwhelming attack.
Her kiss was clumsy, clearly an imitation, a desperate attempt by someone who didn't understand but insisted on forcing the issue.
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