Xuanyuan Kun frowned. He tried to dodge the attack.

His celestial body was strong, but he had taken serious damage from his fight against Xuanyuan Xin earlier. His body was also partially corrupted by the Nine Nethers Demonic Qi. As if that wasn’t enough, the spiritual qi of the human world was unbelievably dirty and thin, so his celestial body and celestial Magia were much weaker than they should have been. Dirty, corruptive qi like the one Ghost Taisui was aiming at him was especially his bane. That was why he wanted to avoid it if at all possible.

Unfortunately, he had just twitched a muscle when a pair of eyebrows appeared out of nowhere and wrapped around his body.

At first, he paid it little heed thinking that he would be able to break out of it immediately. A few struggles later, he blanched. It was because he discovered that he was unable to break free from the eyebrows no matter how hard he pulled or what Magia he used to break the eyebrows. Not only that, the more he struggled, the tighter the eyebrows became, and the more strength he lost.

Long eyebrows could bind heaven and earth, black and white could lock yin and yang. The black eyebrow and the white eyebrow were both Long-browed Divine Monk’s Magia and his Strange Artifact. Possessing the power to shackle heaven and earth and seal yin and yang, it was quite powerful.

“Well done, old monk!”

Xiahou Zun let out a mad laugh before rushing forward and cutting Xuanyuan Kun on the neck.

“Again!”

Xiahou Zun successfully cut open a wound on Xuanyuan Kun’s neck. The celestial was flung right into the sea of blood and yin qi.

“Again[1]!”

Xiahou Zun kept laughing as he charged Xuanyuan Kun again. Wan Lingxiao, Ghost Taisui, and Long-browed Divine Monk were right behind him. For a time, the four Sages and Xuanyuan Kun were locked in an epic battle.

……

“Ancestor Black Robe, Xiahou Zun, Wan Lingxiao, Ghost Taisui, Long-browed Divine Monk…”

Deep in the underground, Yi Pin wiped away the sweat on his forehead and muttered, “This is absolutely crazy!”

“Amitabha, can we talk about crazy after we get away from this place?” Uncertain asked carefully.

He was a traitor of Lanke Temple, and one of the two divine monks of Lanke Temple, Long-browed Divine Monk, was right above him. Naturally, he was quite worried.

He was no match for Long-browed Divine Monk right now. The sooner he got out of this place, the better.

“Yes, we should leave while they are busy fighting Xuanyuan Kun,” Yi Pin echoed in agreement.

Ye Qing nodded and withdrew his energies as best he could. Then, he carefully made his way toward the edges of the battlefield.

The trio hadn’t left since escaping the Kunlun Ruins. They had been hiding in the underground this entire time.

Although he managed to block Xuanyuan Kun’s attack with the Earthly Sovereign Bell earlier, it was such an attack that his vigor was churning, and his head was dizzy. As a result, he failed to escape before the four Sages showed up.

Every single Sage fighting against Xuanyuan Kun right now was a champion on the Heavens Champions Ranking. To say that they were perceptive would be an understatement. It was very likely they would be found out if they acted carelessly.

The four Sages obviously hadn’t come in peace, and he was the bearer of the Earthly Sovereign Bell. It would be terrible if they detected them, so they could only hide in the underground and wait for an opportunity to escape.

Now, that opportunity had presented itself. The four Sages were completely absorbed in the fight against Xuanyuan Kun right now, so now was the best chance for them to escape.

Unfortunately…

“Dammit!”

The trio had just traveled ten meters when they frowned at the same time.

It was because they discovered that the entire underground had been sealed tight by some sort of Magia. It made it extremely difficult for an escape skill to function properly.

It was clearly the doing of the four Sages. It was to prevent Xuanyuan Kun from escaping.

“Who is it?!”

Suddenly, an angry shout came from above. Then, the energies in the underground abruptly turned into a sea of sword qi and attacked them from every direction.

“Shit!”

There was a terrible explosion, and the trio were forced out of the underground.

The sea of sword qi wasn’t done though. It kept flowing toward them even after they exited the underground.

“Break!”

A deep frown knitting his eyebrows, Ye Qing blocked in front of Yi Pin and punched.

His fist intent was vast and infinite like a thousand autumns.

The punch shattered the sea of sword qi in one punch.

“I thought it was a couple of mice, but no, you’re all big fishes!”

Xiahou Zun joked as he fired a saber beam at them.

𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

It looked like a careless attack, but the saber intent was vast, tyrannical, and terrifying. It could melt the sun and moon and erode the nine firmaments.

Such was the power of the Sun Melting Saber Intent.

In other words, despite the seemingly casualness of his movement, Xiahou Zun hadn’t held back at all. In fact, he had gone all out. He wanted them dead.

Ye Qing did not dare to hold back. Still blocking protectively in front of Yi Pin, his eyes grew deep, and his body shone brightly. He became as lofty as the infinite sky and as thick as the earth itself.

“Earthly Sovereign True Body”

The next moment, Ye Qing clenched his fist and punched upward.

The movement itself was perfectly bland, but the first intent could shake the firmament, severe yin and yang, and break the sun and the moon.

“Break Hammer”

Boooooom!!!!

Fist intent met saber beam, and the saber beam that disintegrated inch by inch. Break Hammer had triumphed… or did it?

On the surface, Xiahou Zun’s Sun Melting Saber Intent was fierce and tyrannical. However, it also possessed an undercurrent of cunning and malevolence.

If the Sun Melting Saber Intent could melt the sun, couldn’t it melt everything else?

Although Break Hammer managed to shatter the Sun Melting Saber Intent, it was melted by the Sun Melting Saber Intent in return.

It was at this moment a ray of light shone out of the chaotic darkness where the saber intent was shattered. It looked like the first light of dawn.

It wasn’t the light of dawn, however. It was a saber intent that was very different from the Sun Melting Saber Intent.

If the Sun Melting Saber Intent was both tyrannical and dark, destructive and deadly, then this saber intent was filled with the light and hope of rebirth, bright, flawless, and lively.

It was a saber intent that made Ye Qing’s skin crawl.

“Not good!”

Bracing himself for the worst, Ye Qing crossed his arms in front of his chest and unleashed all of his power.

Uncertain stopped hiding his strength as well. He transformed into a massive Golden Body Buddha and made a hand seal that protected all sides.

“Lanke Eight Mudras: Boundless Absolute Mudra”

The bad news was that the saber intent easily destroyed the so-called greatest, most defensive Boundless Absolute Mudra. Uncertain’s Nanda Golden Body also grew dim as a result.

The good news was that Uncertain had stalled enough time for Ye Qing to recover from his earlier attack and fire another punch that shattered the saber intent.

“Seniors, we were just passing through this place. We mean no harm. Please see the truth!” Ye Qing hurriedly raised his voice after defending himself.

“If you mean no harm, then why are you running away?” Ghost Taisui’s voice came.

“We were just—”

Ye Qing was just about to lie through his teeth when an angry, indignant yell broke out from somewhere.

“It’s you, Uncertain?!”

“Amitabha. Long time no see, senior uncle Longbrow,” Uncertain chanted.

“Uncertain, you will return to the temple with me and atone for your sins!” A pitch black eyebrow streaked toward Uncertain even before Long-browed Divine Monk finished his sentence.

“I am sinless, so why should I atone?”

Uncertain smiled. “The Buddha exists in the heart, not on the ground, senior uncle. You, and everyone else in Lanke Temple, have fallen victim to kalpitatva[2] It’s no wonder Lanke Temple is becoming lesser with each generation.”

“You spout nonsense and disrespect the Buddha. You have become a demon, and still you do not know repentance?”

Long-browed Divine Monk said angrily, “You will return to the temple with me. You will ponder over your misdeeds and purify your heart demon!”

“Decades ago, a dozen of you still weren’t enough to capture me. Did you really think you could do it now that you are alone?”

Uncertain performed a hand seal and summoned a white lotus. Then, he began walking into the sky, a white lotus blooming underneath his feet with every step he took.

It looked like a Buddha was ascending to the heavens.

Whatever the skill was, it allowed Uncertain to ignore the myriad restrictions applied to this place and Long-browed Divine Monk’s black eyebrow as if they did not exist. He just kept walking and ascending to the heavens.

At the same time, an invigorating rain fell and nourished all things on the ground.

1. Those playing Marvel Rivals should recognize this kek. ☜

2. Meaning that someone had mistaken an illusion for the truth. In simpler terms, it’s like someone believing that “fourty” is a word their whole life not realizing that the actual correct word is “forty”. I can technically translate this as missing the forest for the tree, but that’s not

entirely

accurate. You get the idea. ☜