Chapter 383: Tempering the Realm! So This Is All the Yang Spirit Amounts To! The Most Handsome Daoist in Beifeng Prefecture!

The gray-robed elder, once a revered figure of the Righteous Dao, a Supreme Elder of the Divine Heavens Sect, now stood with his face dark as ink.

A crisp crack sounded from his neck as it twisted under the blow, nearly snapping. His expression was a mixture of rage and disbelief as he glared at Li Yanchu, his features so cold they could drip frost.

“Damn these body-tempering, Qi-refining freaks!”

He was seething and utterly humiliated.

Then, a blinding light erupted from his body. With a piercing cry that split the air, a monstrous avian spirit with wings spanning tens of meters manifested above him. Its aura was fierce, tyrannical enough to make the heavens tremble. This was his primordial spirit manifestation, his Dharma form.

With a screech sharp enough to shatter steel, the divine bird dove down from the sky, its beak and claws gleaming with lethal spiritual light, its power enough to dim the very heavens.

He intended to devour Li Yanchu in one fell strike to replenish the spiritual energy he had spent!

“Perfect timing!” Li Yanchu threw his head back and let out a long, thunderous shout. His aura surged upward like a roaring tide as his body expanded, his power swelling higher and higher with each breath.

But this was not a manifestation of his primordial spirit. This was Heaven-Earth Titan Form, one of the two supreme secret arts of Mount Longhu, a divine technique as mighty as the manifestation of the Yang Spirit itself. Though he had not yet mastered the Longhu Golden Alchemy Method, he had thoroughly comprehended this Heaven-Earth Titan Form. This was a true art of the Dao, a technique of power, not illusion!

The

Jiaoslayer

in his hands was incomparably sharp, its manifested dharma image extending its blade to several zhang in length.

Boom!

A golden arc of saber light and a black torrent of spiritual radiance collided head-on in the heavens; it was a direct clash of raw power!

In that instant, gold and black intertwined, then erupted, shockwaves spreading like a spider’s web for dozens of zhang in every direction. This was a celestial phenomenon caused by the clash of primordial spirits and the overflow of physical energy!

***

Rumble! Rumble!

In the blink of an eye, within the span of a single thought that could flash a thousand times, the divine beast’s primordial spirit and Li Yanchu’s colossal figure crashed together again and again. The scene was terrifying beyond words!

Li Yanchu now stood as a twelve-zhang-tall Dharma manifestation, clad in spiritual armor while gripping the Jiaoslayer in his hand, battling the demonic bird with a force that made the very heavens tremble and the earth quake.

Within his body surged borrowed pure yang Divine Dao energy, blazing like a solar inferno. His eyes gleamed like cold lightning, as if a celestial general of the Celestial Court had descended upon the mortal world to cut down demons!

Daoist Spiritual Master Moyun said with an icy tone, “To think a remote shithole like Wei City would breed a youth like you... If I don’t kill you today, you’ll become a disaster later!”

His manifested divine bird was drawn from the

Classic of Mountains and Seas

, it was a divine beast with a dragon’s head and a bird’s body!

“Perfect,” Li Yanchu sneered. “Then I’ll use you to temper my realm!”

The Jiaoslayer, enhanced nine times, carried overwhelming might, so fierce that even he could barely control it. Its mysterious rhythm not only slew his enemies, but also sent violent countershock through his meridians.

That made this battle the perfect crucible, as he could hone his control over the nine-times enhanced Jiaoslayer through combat with this dragon-headed, bird-bodied divine beast.

At Li Yanchu’s taunting words, Daoist Spiritual Master Moyun’s manifested avian let out a sky-splitting cry and dove straight at him.

Boom! Boom!

Black lightning burst from its talons, and yin qi surged skyward, shrouding its body in a storm of shadow and lightning. The divine beast seemed to resurrect straight from the

Classic of Mountains and Seas

, its aura soaring higher and higher, its entire form radiating bone-chilling killing intent!

Waves of feral, violent qi rippled through the air, distorting the very void. The oppressive aura was so intense, it made onlookers tremble in their souls!

Many cultivators watching from afar turned pale and instinctively retreated, each hastily raising defensive talismans and barriers. For if even a trace of this heaven-and-earth-level power touched them, their souls would surely scatter and vanish!

A third-realm Yang Spirit, wielding the dragon-headed, bird-bodied manifestation of the

Classic of Mountains and Seas

... Among all cultivators beneath the heavens, how many could face such divine fury head-on? Li Yanchu was one of the very few who could.

Boom!

With a cold shout, Li Yanchu surged forward, divine power erupting from every pore as he charged straight into battle. Meanwhile, the dragon-headed, bird-bodied divine beast, Daoist Spiritual Master Moyun’s primordial spirit manifestation, roared and crashed toward him with unstoppable, feral might. This was a true Yang Spirit, forged from countless heavenly treasures and rare spiritual essences, refined to ultimate perfection.

Li Yanchu swung his saber, and a dazzling arc of saber light exploded forth, cleaving directly into the divine beast’s colossal form!

Their movements grew faster and faster, each clash detonating in waves of force so fierce they swept across the land like hurricanes, flattening the mountains and tearing the clouds apart!

Just then, Daoist Spiritual Master Moyun’s heart grew increasingly heavy. His body was covered in wounds, and his primordial spirit’s thoughts began to stagnate, as if trapped in a mire.

“What... what’s up with this kid!?”

Blood streamed endlessly from the dragon-headed, bird-bodied beast, each terrible wound a sight too dreadful to behold. That was a sign that his primordial spirit was on the verge of collapse!

And worst of all, the injuries caused by the Jiaoslayer could not heal. Not even a Yang Spirit could recover from those wounds!

In the distance, the watching cultivators could no longer keep quiet.

“Why do I feel like Daoist Spiritual Master Moyun’s losing to that young Daoist!?”

“I think so too. Truly, the younger generation surpasses the old!”

“Alas, he’s a grand Daoist master, a pillar of righteousness... why fall into demonic ways?”

“What’s worse, even after turning evil, he’s still being beaten down by a youth! Evil really can’t triumph over the righteous!”

“Shh! Quiet! Do you have a death wish? You’re insulting Daoist Spiritual Master Moyun!”

The spectators whispered among themselves; some shocked, some regretful, some contemptuous, some scornful. Yet, gradually, their fear began to fade.

After all, no matter how terrifying a third-realm Yang Spirit might sound, no matter how mighty the dragon-headed, bird-bodied divine manifestation from

the Classic of Mountains and Seas

might be, the reality before their eyes was plain to see.

Daoist Spiritual Master Moyun had boasted, and his strikes had stirred celestial phenomenon, but from beginning to end, he was the one being suppressed and beaten down!

Not only had he been kicked in the face, he was now being hacked apart by that young Daoist’s relentless saber!

***

As the whispers reached his ears mid-battle, Daoist Spiritual Master Moyun’s Dao heart nearly shattered.

“Damn it! When this is over, I’ll refine every last one of you into living corpses, never to reincarnate!”

Rage and humiliation twisted his heart.

Once, his tale could have been a legend: a Daoist master who turned evil, broke his shackles, and rose again to attain the Yang Spirit realm. There was still a trace of glory in that fall.

But now? If he fell here, beneath the saber of some young Daoist, if he became just another demon suppressed and forgotten, it would be an utter disgrace!

“If I don’t kill you today,” the dragon-headed, bird-bodied beast roared, “then I’ll die here myself!”

“Come, then!” Li Yanchu’s eyes blazed with battle fervor.

A vast, majestic aura erupted around him, and faintly, a towering phantom appeared behind his body.

That shadow was immense, indistinct, its outline blurred. But when Li Yanchu raised the Jiaoslayer, the phantom moved in perfect unison, as though heaven and earth themselves lent him strength!

This was the manifestation of the Spirit Officer Wang, chief of the five hundred Spirit Officers of the Celestial Court, a deity of thunder and retribution, and Daoism’s formidable protector divine general. He subdued and struck fear into demons and evil spirits!

At that moment, divine light blazed endlessly from Li Yanchu’s body, and layer upon layer of radiance enveloped him, magnifying his cultivation far beyond his actual realm.

Seeing this, Daoist Spiritual Master Moyun’s pupils contracted sharply. In his eyes, Li Yanchu’s figure seemed to rise higher and higher, so vast and boundless that everything else in the world grew small and insignificant.

In the end, heaven and earth themselves seemed to vanish, leaving only that majestic, towering divine phantom.

Huh!? Did I just say something that set this brat off? Surely... not that much, right?

Daoist Spiritual Master Moyun drew a deep breath, his gaze turning vicious, and his aura surged once more. The ferocious beast of the

Classic of Mountains and Seas

above him became even sharper, even more terrifying!

Boom!

Li Yanchu’s saber rose and fell.

With a single slash, blood light filled the sky. Daoist Spiritual Master Moyun didn’t even have time to react before he was cleaved cleanly in half by one strike!

All the preparations, all the schemes, meant nothing before that saber. They were a complete joke.

***

Silence.

A deathly, absolute silence blanketed the mountains.

A third-realm Yang Spirit... died?Just like that?

Countless cultivators stared at Li Yanchu, their eyes wide with disbelief and awe, their gazes filled with fear and reverence.

Among them, several young female cultivators were breathing rapidly, their eyes burning with unconcealed heat.

“So strong... yet he looks that good!?”

𝙧𝙚𝙚𝔀𝒆𝓫𝓷𝙤𝓿𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝙤𝓶

“I’m calling it, he’s the most handsome Daoist in Beifeng County!”

After Li Yanchu shattered the dragon-headed, bird-bodied manifestation, a crisp “

Ding

!” sounded in his ear.