Chapter 166.2: With My Words, I Forge the Laws of Heaven and Earth

At the Blood-Clothed Alliance

Meishan sat on a chair, worry etched across his face.

Dozens of Violet Palace cultivators filled the hall, looking grim. This meeting was meant to address the Water Cloud Palace, along with the conflict between Blood-Clothed Sword God and Venerable Ye Qiong. However, two-thirds of the Violet Palace had arrived. The implication of this was obvious.

"I never expected Venerable Yunju to block Water Cloud Palace," Meishan said. "We owe him that favor."

Water Cloud Palace was a formidable, established force with Yin Spirit foundations. The fledgling Blood-Clothed Alliance didn't stand a chance against them.

"It's only temporary. Venerable Yunju can’t stop them forever." Sighed an elder. "Once the duel between Venerable Ye Qiong and our Alliance Leader is decided..."

Everyone fell silent. Disaster struck right after they had finally found an alliance leader to stand against the Great Calamity.

"It’s my fault. I should've persuaded the Alliance Leader not to provoke Venerable Ye Qiong," the Cloud Court Master lamented. "Now that Venerable Ye Qiong and Venerable Youqing have joined forces, his fate is uncertain."

"Those two old bastards are bullying us!" an old man cursed. "They're severing the Cuiyun Continent’s roots!"

"This isn't the time for blame," Meishan said gravely, turning to Xu Yeli. "Old Xu, what do you think?"

Xu Yeli raised an eyebrow. "Who knows who will emerge as victor. I believe the Blood-Clothed Sword God will win."

The hall erupted in shock. An ambush on the Blood-Clothed Sword God could only have been the result of meticulous preparation by the two Yin Spirits.

Just then, a Nascent Soul cultivator burst in, panicked. "Bad news! A Yin Spirit has arrived!"

Meishan froze. "Which one?"

"Venerable Hu Xiao!"

Meishan's heart plummeted. "Has he come to kill us?"

Venerable Hu Xiao was the father of the Water Cloud Palace's mistress. He had obviously come here to slaughter them! Still, Meishan was puzzled because Hu Xiao hadn't attacked immediately.

"Where is he?" Meishan asked bitterly, knowing there was no way to run.

"He's waiting outside the hall. He also asked me to report his arrival," the Nascent Soul stammered. Having never encountered a Yin Spirit before, he was so terrified that his wits scattered.

Meishan froze on the spot.

A Yin Spirit is waiting outside the main hall? How could something this absurd even happen?

He hurried out. "Go see what's going on!”

The Violet Palace cultivators inside quickly followed. That was a Yin Spirit, after all. If they made him wait too long and he lost his temper, what if he massacred them all?

Dozens of Violet Palace cultivators rushed toward the hall entrance. There, they immediately saw a white-haired man with a youthful face, standing respectfully outside the hall. If not for the terrifying aura radiating from him, no one would have believed he was a Yin Spirit.

The group stepped forward at once, faces filled with reverence. "Greetings, Venerable Hu Xiao!”

They had all heard rumors that Venerable Hu Xiao had a notoriously foul temper.

"No need, no need. We are all fellow cultivators. I cannot bear such courtesy." Venerable Hu Xiao said with a warm chuckle, his smile kind and benevolent.

Meishan and the others were stunned.

What is Venerable Hu Xiao plotting? His attitude is far too strange.

Then, a look of grief was reflected in Venerable Hu Xiao's face. "A child's failings are the father's fault. Ling Jiao was arrogant and unruly. She offended Senior Blood-Clothed Sword God and was rightfully slain. Good riddance!"

𝚏𝐫𝚎𝗲𝕨𝐞𝐛𝕟𝚘𝐯𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝗺

With a casual wave of his hand, two late-stage Violet Palace cultivators crashed onto the ground. One was a man, the other a woman. Both were bound in ropes and covered in ghastly wounds, appearing miserable beyond words.

Meishan's pupils shrank. They were the Palace Master and Palace Mistress of Water Cloud Palace! Yet now, they had been tied up and dragged here by Venerable Hu Xiao himself. What on earth happened?!

"I have remained in seclusion for three hundred years and remained ignorant of worldly affairs, I never expected the moment I emerged, I would hear about these two colluding with Venerable Ye Qiong to scheme against Senior Blood-Clothed Sword God," Venerable Hu Xiao said calmly. "I have already crippled their cultivation. Their fate is now for Senior Blood-Clothed Sword God to decide."

Then, Venerable Hu Xiao whipped the Water Cloud Palace Master. A terrifying blood mark bloomed instantly. It was a strike that targeted the soul, which would render any ordinary cultivator helpless. Yet the Palace Master made no sound at all, limp as a dead pig. After all, facing a Yin Spirit, not even a late-stage Violet Palace cultivator had control over life or death.

Meishan fell silent, his thoughts churning wildly.

What in the world happened? Could it be that Alliance Leader had defeated Venerable Ye Qiong? Even if that were true, why would an old, established Yin Spirit like Hu Xiao bow his head?

As doubts swirled, the spiritual qi in the surroundings suddenly surged. Every Violet Palace cultivator felt the air itself roiled, as though a powerful individual was descending.

They looked up. In the sky, one terrifying figure after another appeared.

"Venerable Qing Mei requests an audience with Senior Blood-Clothed Sword God!"

"Venerable Lei Chen requests an audience with Senior Blood-Clothed Sword God!"

"Venerable Yunju requests an audience with Senior Blood-Clothed Sword God!"

"So many Yin Spirits..."

"My goodness, what on earth is happening?!"

Every Violet Palace cultivator stood frozen in shock. These legendary figures had all gathered at the Blood-Clothed Alliance, humbly requesting an audience.

***

Shocking! Four Yin Spirits Gather at the Blood-Clothed Alliance!

Just moments ago, four Yin Spirits appeared together at the Blood-Clothed Alliance. The reason remains unknown. For details, stay tuned!

└???

└Four Yin Spirits at once, what happened? Tell us already!

└Damn it, why did you stop there?!

└If I find out where you live, I'll eradicate you with my spell.

That single post caused an uproar. Four Yin Spirits gathering in one place was a huge event, especially when they never revealed themselves. Ninety-nine percent of cultivators would go their entire lives without ever seeing one. Yin Spirits were akin to creatures of myth—rare, elusive, and scarcely believed to exist.

In the Divine Flower Society, even a Nascent Soul cultivator’s post could elicit endless flattery. The news of four Yin Spirits gatherings attracted speculation among the members, especially given the recent conflict between Water Cloud Palace and the Blood-Clothed Alliance. Rumors had it that Venerables Ye Qiong and Youqing had attacked the Blood-Clothed Sword God. Did the situation reverse?

Cultivators everywhere were restless as ants on a hot pan. No one felt like cultivating anymore, they refreshed the forum nonstop.

Theories flooded in. Some claimed the Blood-Clothed Alliance possessed a terrifying Yin Spirit artifact, drawing the Venerables into conflict. Others swore they had personally seen Venerable Hu Xiao hanging his son-in-law outside the gate of the Blood-Clothed Alliance.

Truth was mixed with nonsense, resulting in news that contradicted each other.

***

Meanwhile, in the Four Divine Flower Emperors group chat.

Rogue Immortal was frantic.

Rogue Immortal: Sister Iceberg Empress, do you know what's going on? Is Qiyuann Sovereign okay? He should be fine, right?

Ever since Water Cloud Palace declared war on the Blood-Clothed Alliance, he'd been anxious. Too weak to help, all he could do was worry.

Iceberg Empress: Do you remember Qiyuann Sovereign claiming he was a Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment?

Rogue Immortal: Isn't it normal for someone that strong to have a Heavenly Dao class?

Iceberg Empress: What I mean is that his Heavenly Dao class is literally the Heavenly Dao.

Rogue Immortal: What?

Rogue Immortal was completely lost. Wasn't the Heavenly Dao merely a class? Why would there be a real Heavenly Dao?

Iceberg Empress: He swallowed the Heavenly Dao of an entire world and used it to form his foundation.

Rogue Immortal: What? He ate the heavens? He ate the Heavenly Dao? Is he even still human?

He couldn't imagine it. A Heavenly Dao Foundation Establishment cultivator was already unattainable to him. Swallowing a whole world's Heavenly Dao? That was ridiculous!

Rogue Immortal: Qiyuann Sovereign doesn't eat people, right?

Rogue Immortal trembled.

If he could eat Heavenly Dao, eating a person probably wouldn't be a big deal...

Iceberg Empress: Do you remember what realm Qiyuann Sovereign claimed he was in?

Rogue Immortal: Core Formation!

Qiyuann Sovereign had pretended to be a Core Formation nobody and even met him in person. Then, without warning, he revealed himself as a Violet Palace powerhouse. That alone had been terrifying.

Later came news of the Blood-Clothed Sword God annihilating the Bright Palace. By then, Rogue Immortal was already numb. Blood-Clothed Sword God obviously had Yin Spirit level power. And now, he supposedly devoured Heavenly Dao?

He trusted Iceberg Empress completely.

Iceberg Empress: Do you remember what kind of Golden Core he said he formed?

Rogue Immortal: He mentioned it on the forum once. Something like a Star Golden Core.

Iceberg Empress: Then do you think his Golden Core might actually be the sun in the sky?

Rogue Immortal was utterly speechless. Before, he would have said it was impossible. But time and again, Qiyuann Sovereign had shattered everything he thought he knew. Could someone really condense the sun into a Golden Core? How was that even possible?

Rogue Immortal blinked, staring up at the blazing sun overhead. He couldn't imagine how powerful one had to be to refine the sun into a Golden Core.

Then suddenly, a thought struck him.

When an extra sun appeared in the sky, wasn't that around the time when Qiyuann Sovereign said he'd broken through to Core Formation?