Chapter 1740 - I’m Just Here to Flatten This Place

Celestial Palace Mountain’s steep slopes pierced through layers of clouds.

Night was imminent, and the mountain was thoroughly lamplit.

The layers upon layers of mysterious and terrifying formations were in full view, and their firelight spread throughout the surrounding area. Everything within one hundred thousand feet was illuminated.

High Chief Libationer Wei Xun stood at the mountaintop, leading a group of almost twenty Immortal Kings and Queens. He was like a monarch standing beneath the dome of heaven, his imposing majesty filling the skies!

Over three hundred Immortal Lords stood solemnly on the slopes, holding thirty-foot formation flags. Together, they were an impressive sight. Their auras were fully linked, as if they’d become a cohesive whole.

There were two massive spatial tunnels, one at each side of the mountain. Countless yao cultivators were charging out of them.

Some took on the form of vicious birds with wings so enormous as to blot out the sun.

Others were like mountains in their own right, enormous and swathed in monstrous yao qi.

Still others transformed into towering trees shrouded in blood-colored light and wrapped in electricity.

They came in all shapes, from vegetation to birds and beasts, and they'd gathered into a grand army. When they stood in formation to protect Celestial Palace Mountain, they blanketed heaven and earth. All of them seethed with murderous intent.

They numbered in the tens of thousands!

Boom!

Lightning rumbled and boomed, and baleful winds ran rampant. Beneath a night sky as dark as ink, an austere, tense atmosphere enveloped Celestial Palace Mountain and everything around it.

From afar, it was like a sea of yao cultivators!

“High Chief Libationer, are we overdoing it?” whispered an Immortal King.

They’d practically brought out all the power their sect had to offer.

“We’re up against a group of Immortal Kings. We have nothing to fear, but we can’t get complacent, either,” Wei Xun said with dignity.

The others nodded. Celestial Palace Mountain was their home base, yet now, enemies were fighting and killing their way right to their door. This was a declaration of war!

“I just wonder who those Immortal Kings are, and who gave them the courage to openly cause such an enormous storm,” someone else said, his eyes glinting with murderous intent.

As they conversed, three figures suddenly shot over from beneath the distant skies.

“Just three people?” exclaimed some of the Immortal Kings.

They didn’t know who their assailants were, but they’d gotten here at lightning speed, crushing all thirteen bases in their path. Thus, the Church of All Spirits figured they had to be a group of Immortal Kings. But now, it seemed that something wasn’t quite right here...

“That’s Kong Ye of the Jadelight Pure Lands and his disciple, Ying Xiu. She’s just a Void Realm True Immortal. As for that young man in blue... Hm. I don’t recognize him.”

Someone recognized Kong Ye and Ying Xiu at a glance, but this only made the crowd all the more astonished.

They were naturally familiar with Kong Ye. He was an Immortal King long afflicted by a divine tribulation. His vitality was badly damaged; he wasn’t even worth considering.

But this only made them all the more confused. With Kong Ye’s cultivation base and state of health, he couldn’t possibly have fought his way all the way to Celestial Palace Mountain. Yet here he was, so... how?

“Let’s ask them why they’re here. I suspect... that they aren’t the killers,” Wei Xun said with a frown.

“Got it.” A golden-robed, sharp-featured Immortal King nodded. He then sternly asked, “Kong Ye, what are you doing at Celestial Palace Mountain this late at night?”

Su Yi and the others were approaching from afar.

When Kong Ye heard this question, his gaze grew a bit strange. There was no doubt about it. The Church of All Spirits still had no idea who’d destroyed their thirteen bases!

The situation seemed ridiculous, but Kong Ye understood their confusion. They’d crushed everything in their path since leaving the Jadelight Pure Lands, flattening one base after another with such speed that the Church of All Spirits had no time to investigate!

But when Kong Ye saw the lineup they’d prepared on Celestial Palace Mountain, his heart shook, and his expression filled with incomparable solemnity. It was just too terrifying!

Tens of thousands of yao cultivators, hundreds of Immortal Lords, and almost twenty Immortal Kings were waiting for them, and it seemed like they were all ready to fight. There was no doubt about it—sensing that the situation didn’t bode well, the Church of All Spirits had made ample preparations!

“Kong Ye, have you gone deaf? Why aren’t you answering me?” bellowed the golden-robed Immortal King.

The others all sensed that something was amiss, too.

They’d long since placed an inescapable net over Celestial Palace Mountain, yet Kong Ye and his companions weren’t the least bit afraid. No, they were still walking over!

They might have seemed like moths to the flames, but Wei Xun and the others increasingly felt that something wasn’t right here.

What was going on with Kong Ye?

Could it be that he... really was the one who’d flattened thirteen of their bases?

It was then that Su Yi stopped in place and said, “You two can watch the battle from here. No matter what happens, don’t get any closer.”

Kong Ye and Ying Xiu nodded. Both of them were inwardly nervous and tense, but all they could do now was have faith that the Sovereign could handle this!

Meanwhile, Su Yi was already continuing ahead on his own.

Off in the distance, the lamps shone, and the power of the formations churned. The church’s combined killing intent soared into the heavens. The sheer scale of their lineup was enough to make some Immortal Kings give in to fright.

But it was as if Su Yi didn’t even notice. He just continued ahead and said flatly, “I’m the Su Yi you’ve been looking for. You could call me Shen Mu if you like, too.”

His words were light and airy, but they went off like a thunderclap, slamming into the gathered experts’ hearts.

Uproar ensued.

“Shen Mu!!! Wait, didn’t you die in the Abyss of Dark Fog?”

“No wonder ol’ Kong Ye is acting so strange. He’s got Shen Mu backing him up!”

“Does that mean... that Shen Mu single-handedly crushed thirteen of our bases!?”

...The entire Church of All Spirits boiled over with a clamor of voices, like a pot blowing off its lid. Wei Xun and the other Immortal Kings couldn’t help but feel startled and bewildered too.

Shen Mu!

Or rather, Su Yi!

How could they

not

know what kind of person this young man was? Over the past few months, no one had attracted more attention throughout the Immortal Realm than him. There wasn’t even a close second!

Tales of his accomplishments had long since spread throughout the Immortal Realm, causing widespread uproar.

But Wei Xun and the others would never have guessed that months after disappearing into the Abyss of Dark Fog, long after everyone took him for dead, Su Yi would fight his way to their door. It was just too sudden!

It was shocking, but more than that, it told them that they’d guessed wrong. There was no group of Immortal Kings. Their enemy was just one person: Su Yi!

“Hah! I wouldn’t have thought you were still alive.” An Immortal King laughed coldly, his eyes flashing with murderous intent. “From the look of things, it seems you’re here to... seek revenge against the Church of All Spirits?”

Su Yi approached the mountain unhurriedly, drawing closer before answering. “Don’t flatter yourself. I’m not here for revenge; I’m just here to flatten the place.”

He swept his gaze across the crowd. “Tonight, the Church of All Spirits shall cease to exist.”

His tone was calm, but he left no room for argument.

He was just one person, and he was up against an army of tens of thousands, yet he spoke with unassailable, invincible valiance.

The crowd was in uproar. They almost thought they were hearing things.

He’s just one person, but he wants to flatten the Church of All Spirits? Is he insane!?

A moment later, High Chief Libationer couldn’t help but laugh. “Nothing but shameless boasting! But there’s something I don’t understand, and I’d like answers before we fight. Are you... truly the reincarnation of the Eternal Night Immortal Sovereign?”

Silence fell over the entire area. Everyone’s expression shifted.

“Want to know?” asked Su Yi.

“I do.”

“Defeat me, and I’ll tell you.”

Wei Xun’s eyes narrowed. “Then can I ask if you’ll flee like you did when the forces of those immortal factions pursued you?”

Su Yi laughed dryly. “Well, if I do, go ahead and pursue me. Let's see how that works for you.”

With that, he flipped his palm.

Clang!

The Sword of the Human Realm appeared before him. The blue-gray blade silently rippled with rings of mysterious light.

Su Yi’s qi rumbled and boomed, and his clothing fluttered around him as his aura shifted. He was like a long-buried, unparalleled sword revealing its sharpness to the world!

Heaven and earth shook. The sky wailed as if in submission.

Su Yi walked through the sky, approaching Celestial Palace Mountain, sword in hand.

His sheer domineeringness made countless hearts shake.

Su Yi really is as fearless as the rumors say! It wouldn’t even be an exaggeration to call him insane! Who else in this day and age would dare to attack the Church of All Spirits alone? It’s no different from suicide!

Su Yi’s sheer domineeringness completely enraged the church’s Immortal Kings.

“Get him!” Wei Xun said with cold indifference.

Boom!

The countless yao cultivators on the slopes of Celestial Palace Immortal Mountain worked together to power a massive combat formation. Throughout the surrounding hundred thousand feet, countless arcs of stinging red light whooshed into the air like natural barriers, sealing heaven and earth off completely.

The Vast Emptiness Heaven-Sealing Formation!

Twenty-three thousand yao cultivators worked together to power it, and it could seal off an entire area on all sides, trapping even Immortal Kings!

“Get him!” The tens of thousands of yao cultivators bellowed and attacked with everything they had. The air was instantly full of lightning spears manifested of dazzling red light. There were so many of them that they blotted out the sun, but all of them were targeted at Su Yi.

At the same time, the three-hundred-plus Immortal Lords waved their bronze formation flags.

Nine unparalleled killing formations arose on Celestial Palace Mountain. Each burst forth with shocking waves of destructive power. They could easily destroy the vast majority of Immortal Kings!

And the nine formations produced a unique resonance with each other, becoming a cohesive whole. Combined, a terrifying atmosphere instantly descended upon the mountain.

The Nine Extremes Heaven-Executing Formation!!

This was the Church of All Spirits’ sect-protecting grand formation. They said it could kill any Immortal King of the present day, and that if it was activated in full force, it could even trap Great Realm experts!

As the Vast Emptiness Heaven-Sealing Formation and the Nine Extremes Heaven-Executing Formation activated together, everything within ten thousand miles was plunged into upheaval, and heaven and earth dimmed. It was like the descent of the apocalypse.

It was such a terrifying scene that Kong Ye and Ying Xiu couldn’t help but tremble. They felt as if they’d been plunged into an icy abyss.

It was just too terrifying! Just seeing it was enough to fill one’s heart with despair. And Su Yi was right in the thick of it, sandwiched between two terrifying formations. There was nowhere to run and nowhere to hide.

Meanwhile, Wei Xun and the other Immortal Kings couldn’t help but laugh coldly.

Su Yi really is just throwing his life away!

They found this surprising, but more than anything, they found it delightful.

The way they saw it, Su Yi had effectively flung himself into their net!