Boom!!
With a sweep of his hand, Li Guanqi drew a pitch-black Sword Stele drifting through the void into his grasp.
Raising his hand, he set it down right at the rift leading into the domain.
Upon the colossal stele, countless names and life stories were densely inscribed.
A monument inscribed with the names of every fallen cultivator of the Immortal Burial Realm.
All who entered grew solemn. Each cold name had once belonged to a mighty figure.
Lu Kangnian took the first step forward, sword qi crisscrossing as he raised his hand.
'Lu Kangnian, thirty-eighth Sect Master of the Great Xia Sword Sect.'
Every person entering the realm calmly carved their own name upon it.
On this journey, none of them expected to leave alive.
Everyone was moved by this scene, their hearts trembling.
To choose to abandon an opportunity for ascension under such circumstances, coming instead to the Seventh Domain...
Li Guanqi's voice, carrying the potent power of laws, resounded throughout the world!!
"No matter the outcome of today's battle..."
"All of you... are true heroes!!!"
"May future generations remember!!"
As his words fell, Li Guanqi divided the battlefield with a sweep of his hand, boundless thunderous power engulfing Tu Yuan.
Tu Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, making no move to stop Li Guanqi from deploying his domain's power.
Boom!!!
Without exchanging a single word, both shot forward and clashed in an instant!!!
Sword light flashed, and sword qi crisscrossed the void.
Heavenly thunder rumbled, the ferocity of their battle far surpassing imagination.
Clang, clang, clang!! Clang, clang!!
Boom!! Bang! Thud!!
In his left hand, Li Guanqi wielded Red Lotus, and in his right, a lightning sword, each blade executing a different cultivation art and sword technique.
For a time, Tu Yuan actually found it difficult to parry.
Tu Yuan parried repeatedly with his blade as astral winds raged around him, sweeping toward Li Guanqi!
The terrifying azure sword light caused no small amount of trouble for Li Guanqi; the slightest lapse in attention would result in severe wounds.
Tu Yuan's eyes flickered. Sensing the shifting aura within Li Guanqi's sword momentum, he murmured inwardly, "How formidable... to possess such a terrifying reserve of immortal essence. If he does not die today, his breakthrough to the Mystic Immortal Realm in the Human Spirit Realm will be just around the corner!"
As time passed, the wounds on both Li Guanqi and Tu Yuan multiplied.
At last, Tu Yuan could no longer withstand Li Guanqi's tempestuous onslaught.
Shrouded in azure astral energy, his sword swung violently, repelling Li Guanqi!
Slash!!!
Yet Li Guanqi's right-hand sword cleaved into his shoulder.
Had his barrier not been resilient, that strike would have nearly severed his shoulder completely.
Tumbling back a hundred zhang, Tu Yuan stood in place, gasping heavily.
His breathing was as rough as an ox's, the sound rasping from his lungs like a worn-out pair of bellows.
Tu Yuan's knees buckled; propping a hand on his knee, he stared warily at Li Guanqi.
Yet Li Guanqi's condition was in a dire state.
The dragon scales across his body had practically been ripped off raw by the chaotic astral winds.
Drenched in blood, his chest and back were densely covered with sword wounds.
The power of the wind-attribute sword light left his flesh mangled and turned outward, drastically slowing his healing.
His long hair, soaked in blood, clung to his cheeks, and a gash split his scalp, crimson blood bubbling forth.
Li Guanqi swayed slightly, his eyes dull and unfocused.
Though his successive powerful attacks had wounded Tu Yuan, none had landed a fatal blow—merely inflicting heavy injuries.
Tu Yuan wiped away the blood blurring his vision and murmured in dread, "Your strength terrifies me... Truth be told, I underestimated you. After wearing each other down for so long, you still have immortal essence to spare! But... if this continues, I will die. So I've decided not to give you another chance."
Li Guanqi's internal organs were lacerated by the astral winds; he could only rely on primal energy to barely sustain their function.
His consciousness was hazy. Breaking through realms in quick succession had left his cultivation unstable.
Yet faced with such a powerful enemy, breaking through had been his only choice.
Now Tu Yuan was speaking across from him, but to Li Guanqi's ears, it was nothing more than an incoherent buzz...
He did not know what Tu Yuan was saying, yet bodily instinct compelled him to slowly raise his sword.
His piercing gaze remained locked onto Tu Yuan as the immortal essence in his body steadily built terrifying power.
Tu Yuan slowly straightened up and looked at Li Guanqi in disbelief...
Surrounded and assaulted by seven Ascension Realm experts, Li Guanqi had forcibly broken through while gravely injured and slain five of them.
Then he had battled Tu Yuan until now. Anyone else would have long succumbed to such wounds.
How could he possibly endure until now?!
"Why? Why keep persisting? Abandon the Human Spirit Realm! With your strength, if you choose to ascend, none of us could stop you!"
Li Guanqi parted his lips slightly, coughing up mouthfuls of blood mixed with bits of mangled viscera.
Slowly raising his head, he gave Tu Yuan a cold smile.
"If I... give up now... why did I... persist in the first place?"
Tu Yuan shuddered, repeating the words under his breath.
"If I give up now, why did I persist in the first place... Li Guanqi, I respect you as a true man! So next... I will use every trump card at my disposal to kill you!!"
Boom!!!
As his words fell, it was as if something shattered within Tu Yuan's body, and terrifying pressure erupted!!
Formidable power surged within him, his oppressive aura skyrocketing frantically.
In an instant, the skies over the entire Immortal Burial Realm churned with storm clouds, thunder roaring.
Immediately after, dozens of thick crimson lightning bolts cascaded from the heavens!!!
A vast thundercloud spanning a radius of ten thousand zhang tore Li Guanqi's thunder-fire domain to shreds in the blink of an eye.
The boundless heavenly majesty bore down, suffocating everyone present.
Within the void sat a spirit whose body was like pure white jade.
The purple-gold divine patterns across Pengluo's body shimmered faintly, unexpectedly drawing down a heavenly tribulation of its own!!!
A Rank Ten Spirit heavenly tribulation!!!
A terrifying thundercloud spanning over eight thousand zhang slowly rotated, deafening roars echoing without end.
Pengluo's eyes narrowed slightly as it stared straight up at the thundercloud in the firmament.
Its body constantly shifted and swelled, soaring directly into the clouds to actively absorb the heavenly tribulation's lightning!!
Weakened, Jiuxiao transformed into a tiny snake and fell through the void; with a flash of white light, Pengluo caught it steadily and pulled it into the domain.
Gritting its teeth, Pengluo endured the lightning piercing through its body, holding out with stubborn resolve.
Inside the thunder-fire domain, a chill ran down Li Guanqi's spine as he glared fixedly at the figure braving the heavenly tribulation's lightning in the distance.
"Breaking through... to Mystic Immortal!!!! Does he want... to destroy the Youhuang Realm?!"
Li Guanqi's eyes narrowed. Taking a great stride forward, he unleashed his sword with fierce resolve!!!
"Eight Desolations: Extinction!!"
Dong!!!
The formidable sword light, bearing what little immortal essence Li Guanqi had left, condensed into a thousand-zhang blade that slashed up toward the firmament!!
The moment the sword light appeared, the dense power of the law of thunder nearly drove the Mystic Immortal tribulation into a frenzy.
Tu Yuan's pupils shrank to pinpricks, and he hastily split his attention to intercept it!!
Boom!!!!
Crash!
A hole the size of a bowl was blasted straight through Tu Yuan's back. Terrifying explosions erupted, shockwaves roiling heaven and earth.
Yet in the end, he weathered all the heavenly tribulations, and an unimaginably immense pressure descended upon the Youhuang Realm!!
The Mystic Immortal Realm!!!
Just as Li Guanqi stumbled, Pengluo, bathed in dripping blood-essence, emerged from the void.
Clasping Li Guanqi's head, it instantly merged into his body. In that breath, Li Guanqi's power skyrocketed, like parched earth receiving rain.
His wounds healed rapidly, and purple-gold divine patterns spread across his face.
Tu Yuan stepped upon the void as the horrific pressure of the Mystic Immortal Realm surged outward.
"The Divine-Patterned Sky Radish clan?"
Chapter 1545