Mere Ants Dare Act So Presumptuous!

After the man departed, the immortals within the passage of the Gate of the Immortal Realm fell into dead silence. Those who still retained their Immortal Realm strength stared at the chasm of blade light carved hundreds of li away, rendered completely speechless. Amidst the deathly quiet of the corridor, a handsome man stepped forward, his expression solemn and heavy. "That elder... what realm was he in?" "Can a Human Spirit Immortal who breaks through the bounds of worldly rules truly exist in the Human Spirit Realm?" Dread gripped the crowd. After a long silence, a white-haired elder cradling a broken blade murmured, "This old man is a fourth-tier Heavenly Immortal, yet that single blade strike..." "Even if I were back in the Immortal Realm, I would die. There would be no chance of survival!" The elder's words sounded calm on the surface, yet his trembling voice betrayed absolute terror. Indeed... Even in the Immortal Realm, facing that elder at his full power, he would still perish. To say nothing of the fact that, as a mere Heavenly Immortal descending to the mortal realm, he could not even stabilize his cultivation at the Tribulation Transcendence realm. It was simply too terrifying. What truly frightened them was not Su Xuan's Mystic Immortal cultivation, but the fact that he could shatter the constraints imposed by a world's Heavenly Dao rules! They had all once been cultivators who reached the apex of their respective worlds. Naturally, they understood the repulsive force exerted by a world once a cultivator attained the Tribulation Transcendence realm or the Ascension realm. When a cultivator's realm and power grew too high, the Heavenly Dao could no longer sustain their enormous consumption of resources. The power of heaven and earth would instinctively reject them, forcing them to ascend and break through realms. A figure like Su Xuan was extraordinarily rare, a phoenix feather or unicorn horn even across the three thousand Spirit Realms of the lower world! Take the Bingqi Realm from before, for instance—its realm lord was merely at the Ascension realm. Her cultivation had not even matched Ling Tianchen's. *** Su Xuan returned to the Realm of Celestial Spirits, quietly concealing himself in the shadows. By now, the sword spirit cast aside all hesitation, erupting with her power. Strands of red light wove frail, makeshift meridians inside Li Guanqi's body. She forcefully guided the primal energy within him to circulate along the paths of his cultivation method. Throughout this process, the power of the Falling Star Cold Lotus relentlessly attacked and ravaged the energy of the sword spirit, this "intruder." The sword spirit gritted her teeth. The meridians she constructed shattered, reformed, shattered again, and reformed once more, repeating in an endless cycle. Li Guanqi gazed at the sword spirit before him, unable to fathom the agony she was enduring. The instant the first complete heavenly cycle finished circulating, a roar ripped from Li Guanqi's throat. "Shiwu!!!!" Boom!!! Flames detonated across the void, scorching heaven and earth. The searing heat melted the surrounding mountains. Shiwu Flame Spirit's eyes blazed with fury and towering malevolence!! This was his domain, yet an external power had invaded it, running rampant and destroying everything in its path!!! Shiwu completely merged into Li Guanqi's origin soul and formed hand seals. "Devour it for me! Swallow the Heavens, Devour the Earth!" Boom!!!! Li Guanqi's body was instantly engulfed in flames so formidable they made heaven and earth tremble. In an instant, Li Guanqi's mind reclaimed control of his body. His sea of consciousness quaked, and his divine sense surged forth like tidal waves. Rampant force combined with primal energy abruptly erupted! Li Guanqi threw his arms wide and bellowed at the heavens!! "Aaaaarghhhhh!!!!!" Centered upon him, the ground beneath his feet abruptly collapsed, shattered, and vanished into nothingness. In the blink of an eye, the earth within a thousand zhang was reduced to a void. Li Guanqi could finally clearly perceive the terrifying power inside him. Without a shred of hesitation, he circulated his cultivation method with all his might, guiding that force to course throughout his body. The icy-blue power circulated through his flesh. With every inch it advanced, Li Guanqi's body shivered violently. The pain tore at his soul and drew the marrow from his bones, an excruciating torment beyond words. Yet he gritted his teeth and held on, knowing full well that failing to endure meant death. He refused to concede defeat in this struggle... He, Li Guanqi, had never lost!! Boom!!!! While remaining fully conscious, Li Guanqi abruptly entered a state of sudden enlightenment. His eyes gradually grew somewhat vacant. This was his first time attempting such a state. It was akin to being half-asleep and half-awake. If the thunderstorm unleashed lightning at this moment, he would at least be able to dodge or strike back. Though he might not completely block it, with the power of the Falling Star Cold Lotus inside him, his recovery would become much swifter. At the same time, he needed to comprehend the true, core power within the Falling Star Cold Lotus. If it were merely a spirit herb that boosted primal energy, Su Xuan would never have treasured and guarded it so dearly. Gradually, Li Guanqi's consciousness split in two. Shiwu frantically refined the power of the Falling Star Cold Lotus in his body. Yet that power was simply too immense, its tier far too exalted. Even with Shiwu's formidable strength, facing such energy proved arduous. However, Shiwu was equally proud and arrogant. How could he swallow such an insult? Boom!!!!! Boundless flames poured out from the origin soul, thoroughly engulfing the lotus's frigid power! Yet right at that moment, an unexpected turn of events occurred!! The spirit of the Falling Star Cold Lotus gradually materialized. It was an icy-blue spirit whose features were shrouded in haze. The spirit's figure and posture resembled a woman's, her chin tilted high with unmistakable haughtiness. Shiwu condensed a spiritual form as well, his expression turning solemn. He had never encountered the spirit of an item from the Immortal Realm. Slowly adopting a combat stance, he knew a fierce battle was unavoidable. "Heh. That old fossil suppressed me for ten thousand years just for someone like him to refine me?" "How truly overestimating oneself..." "In that case, go die!!" The moment the words fell, the power of the Falling Star Cold Lotus within Li Guanqi abruptly ran amok!!! Dragon scales shattered, skin tore open, and blood oozed out in torrents. Shiwu condensed flames into longswords in both hands and shot forward like an arrow!! "Stop right there!!!" The spiritual form cast a disdainful glance at Shiwu. Raising a hand, she formed countless ice spikes and unleashed them toward him! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Pfft! Her power existed at too high a tier; for a time, Shiwu's flames were utterly incapable of resisting her force!! The ice spikes pierced through his body, sending Shiwu tumbling backward. Li Guanqi felt a sudden wave of dizziness. His internal organs felt as though someone had grabbed them, tearing and thrashing them about wildly. His abdomen swelled and contorted, bulges pulsing and undulating continuously. Shiwu's expression shifted drastically. Rolling seas of fire surged into blazing waves to engulf his foe!! "So strong... I must end this fight quickly!" Feeling the immense pressure multiply, Shiwu immediately donned his sacred armor and manifested his sacred sword! Yet right then, a voice suddenly rang beside Shiwu's ear. "Mere ants dare to be so insolent!!" Before the echoes faded, a crimson sword light instantly pierced straight through the lotus spirit's body! The shattered spirit did not even know who had killed her before she perished. The sword spirit let out a disdainful sneer. "A mere herb spirit dares act so presumptuous." Shiwu swallowed hard and hastily bowed with cupped hands. An opponent that had pushed him to his limits had been slain with a casual wave of that lady's hand—and she had not even bothered to show herself. With the lotus spirit gone, Shiwu's refining speed grew faster and faster. After devouring a portion of the power, he found the process even more effortless. Sensing the energy gradually settling inside his dantian, Li Guanqi let out a slow sigh of relief. Yet before that breath could fully leave his lips, his expression changed violently, and he snapped his head upward!!! Immediately following, terrifying lightning bolts as thick as a man's waist, stretching as far as the eye could see, descended toward Li Guanqi, blanketing the sky!!! "Damn it... It won't rest until I'm dead!!"