"You mean... I cannot return?"

The small pavilion on the hill was shrouded in a golden light.

Xie Xuanyi reached out and pressed his hand against the faint golden barrier. If he wished, he could unleash his Destruction Sword Intent at any moment, piercing through the golden barrier to make an opening, but he did not do so. Through the layer of golden light, Xie Xuanyi suddenly heard cries from not far away. There were streams of Sword Qi flashing across the Heavenly Peak, shuttles breaking through miasma, and war chariots crashing through mountains—sounds of this nature mingled together. He attempted to extend his Divine Thought to the edge of its limit... there he sensed a familiar aura, that of the Sword Cultivators from Baihua Valley on Round Turtle Mountain, as well as Cultivators from the Jiang Family.

No, something is wrong.

How could this be?

Xiao Qi had taken him away from Zhanjiao Mountain; this place should be a perilous area near Pure White Mountain... How could Cultivators from Round Turtle Mountain appear here?

"Yes, indeed. Haven't you already seen it?"

The Crown Prince sat down, returning to the carriage, gazing into the distance in the direction Xie Xuanyi's Divine Thought had traced out.

In the distance, the mountains and seas roared.

Through the barrier, only a faint tremor could be heard.

The Crown Prince said nonchalantly, "The great battle has already begun... everyone is slaughtering each other, how do you plan to return? And where would you return to?"

...

...

The Heavenly Peak of the South Border was unprecedentedly gloomy, with pitch-black clouds interwoven with the ghostly cries and wails of resentful spirits.

A violet-blue sword light swayed and weaved across the Heavenly Peak, heading directly towards Qingfu Mountain.

True Master Jun Shan's face was ashen.

He lowered his head, looking at the third Tao Realm entwined around his sleeve.

With the breaking of the Beihai Tomb, the fortune of the world reversed, now was an unprecedented golden age... True Master Jun Shan had chosen reincarnation a cycle ago precisely to arrive in such a "correct" era. Now that he had fulfilled his wish and comprehended the third Tao Realm, he felt no joy.

Throughout the millennial history of the Da Chu Dynasty, no one had ever achieved such an accomplishment.

Condensing this third Tao Realm was extremely high and difficult, requiring talent, but also fortune and opportunity.

Fellow Reincarnator "Miao Zhen" had failed.

Even without the catastrophe of the Yuan Province's Destroying Buddha, Miao Zhen would likely have not succeeded.

This level of breakthrough could be called unparalleled through the ages, on par with Xie Zhen's "Life and Death Dao".

The first two Tao Realms of True Master Jun Shan were named "Purple Thunder" and "Green Extinction", corresponding to Tai Shang House's Thunder Technique and Yuqing Pavilion's swordsmanship, respectively... However, his third Tao Realm had nothing to do with thunder technique or swordsmanship.

This third Tao Realm was named "Future".

True Master Jun Shan had realized... this Tao Realm seemed somewhat similar to Mi Yun's Cause and Effect Tao Realm. Each time before when he entered a meditative state, he was practicing cultivation, and now that the Tao Realm was thoroughly solidified, whenever he used the Future Tao Realm, his Divine Sense would leave his body.

In a certain sense.

This Tao Realm was somewhat similar to the Heart Lake Sensing of Sword Cultivators.

But it was more precise and more mysterious.

At the moment of breakthrough, the Heart Lake faced a tsunami.

True Master Jun Shan thrust himself into the waves, where he saw the shattered scenes of the future.

Snow flew violently, Sword Qi rampaged, and golden light reached the heavens.

Revealing these auras through the Future Tao Realm, he guessed that these three threads of aura should correspond to the Yang God battle inside the White Paper Barrier...

True Master Jun Shan didn't understand why there was still Sword Qi.

He felt uneasy inside, but before departing from the White Paper Barrier, he had exchanged a glance with Wu Zhexian. Having known him for many years, Jun Shan understood Little Wu; although this Sect Master of the Martial Sect was young, he was steady in his actions, never underestimating his opponents. If he insisted on staying on the battlefield, he must have a card up his sleeve allowing him to fight Lu Yuzhen to the death.

So he chose to turn and leave—

Now he was only at the Yin God Realm, and even with mastery of three Tao Realms, he could not intervene in a Yang God level battle.

Staying there would only become a burden to Little Wu.

Besides this.

There was another important reason.

True Master Jun Shan had seen a terribly dire scene in the Future Tao Realm; he saw rivers of blood at Qingfu Mountain, saw smoke rise from the seven Zhanjiao Mountains.

"Buzz!"

Sword Qi landed, striking the gate of Qingfu Mountain.

True Master Jun Shan arrived at the destination with utmost speed, but he was already late. Blood covered the mountains and wilderness, Tiger Creek Cave Heaven had been taken, and the two bamboo pavilions had vanished, leaving only scattered debris everywhere. A battle flag was planted on the summit of Qingfu Mountain, fluttering in the wind, the tip of the flagpole impaling the broken body of a young disciple from Longevity House.

This was precisely Yin Mountain's Soul-devouring Banner.

Countless resentful ghosts roamed in the air, raging like black snow.

With an iron face, True Master Jun Shan stepped into the mountain, blood flowing down the stone steps. A great battle had taken place here, and many Taoist disciples had died... Thick, viscous blood hovered in the air, someone was refining the blood, the Soul-devouring Banner danced in the wind, and among the remains of the fallen Taoist disciples, streams of blood Qi flowed out.

Scarlet blood Qi whisked about in the wind, transforming into a red ocean, swirling around the refiner's robes.

This refiner was extremely young, appearing no older than thirty, yet had already achieved Yin God Realm cultivation.

"Hmm?"

The young refiner heard the Sword Qi disturbance outside the mountain gate, frowned slightly.

Judging by his reaction, it seemed he did not expect anyone to come at this moment.

He turned slowly, and upon seeing the newcomer, could not help but speak coldly, "Why is it you again!"

The two had met before at the Qu River.

The Evil Cultivator attempting to refine Qingfu Mountain was none other than True Master Xiao You, the youngest disciple under the White Ghost.

"..."

True Master Jun Shan looked down at the blood flowing to his feet.

Though the scene before him was grievous.

He remained calm; besides the corpses of Taoist disciples, there were also more remnants of Evil Cultivators here. It seemed the news of the rebellion by the Three Great Sects no longer needed him to deliver, Qingfu Mountain had been attacked, and the other six Zhanjiao Mountains could not have escaped intact. Judging by the proportion of corpses and blood on the ground, Longevity House should have suffered a heavy blow, but it was not completely annihilated, at least half of its strength was retained. True Master Xiao You was at the Initial Stage of Yin God, and with his power, it was impossible for him to break through Qingfu Mountain guarded by Qin Qianlian, clearly, this guy was acting as a "Cleaner" responsible for gathering souls from the battlefield, but he was caught by Jun Shan.

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