Eight Peaks Sect-Protecting Formation!

Great Xia Sword Sect. After returning from the Sect Cemetery, Li Guanqi headed straight for Tianlei Peak. Transforming into a streak of light, he flew far faster than he ever had on a sword. When he arrived at Li Nanting's courtyard, he found quite a few Tianlei Peak disciples standing outside. Seeing him approach, they parted to make way. Li Guanqi landed and walked into the courtyard. As he passed his senior brothers and sisters along the way, each of them reached out to gently pat him on the shoulder, and some even spoke up to comfort him. "Don't worry, Junior Brother. Sui'an's condition is much better now." "Exactly! Junior Brother Li, you truly sent our sect soaring to the heavens this time!" "It's no big deal at all, don't take it to heart. You've got us." Several hands ruffled his hair in affectionate disarray. This feeling brought warmth to Li Guanqi's heart, like warm sunlight meeting wind and snow. By the time he stepped into the room, his hair was a complete mess. Seeing this, Li Nanting could not help but smile faintly. "Brat, even if you've grown taller, you still feel like a kid." Hearing this, Li Guanqi smiled as well. "Master, in two months I'll still only be fifteen." Afterward, Li Guanqi followed the old man to a bed in the back courtyard. The little girl, covered completely in medicinal paste, was breathing long and steady now, her limbs wrapped tightly in thick bandages. Wooden splints immobilized her limbs, and cords bound her to the bed for fear that she might thrash about. Looking at the little girl who occasionally furrowed her brow upon the bed, Li Guanqi could not help taking several deep breaths. The old man sent a gentle voice transmission: "Sui'an's physical body is still too frail, and her cultivation realm isn't high, so we didn't dare give her other healing pills. We could only crush the pills and mix them into a paste to apply—this method is the gentlest. That said... the crack in her dantian is a bit troublesome. However, the Supreme Elder said he would find a way, so it surely won't ruin her path to immortality." Li Guanqi crouched by the bedside and nodded silently, his thoughts unknown. Suddenly! Rumble! A thunderous roar tore through the heavens, causing everyone to turn their heads toward the sky outside! Li Nanting's expression shifted slightly. He stepped into the courtyard and looked up at the firmament outside. In a deep voice, he commanded, "Fly your swords! Slay the enemy!" In an instant, shouts of agreement rang out continuously across the courtyard as everyone took to their swords and soared into the sky! Swish, swish, swish! Swish, swish! In a flash, across all eight main peaks and three thousand cultivation peaks of the Great Xia Sword Sect, white-robed figures rose into the sky on their swords! Among them were disciples wounded earlier that day, but as long as they could still move, practically all of them took to the air on their swords! Swish, swish! Standing on the sect plaza atop Tianjian Peak, Lu Kangnian looked up at the sky, his eyes slightly narrowed. Rumble! The roaring between heaven and earth merged into an unbroken din. Streaks of multicolored light continually surged out from fissures in the void! In the blink of an eye, over a dozen colossal cloud boats appeared a thousand zhang outside the Great Xia Sword Sect. Ziyang Palace was launching a night raid on the Great Xia Sword Sect! Although this had been anticipated by everyone, such a massive scale still thoroughly shocked all who witnessed it. Before the cloud boats in the sky had even fully emerged, several hundred streaks of light had already soared into the air! Seeing this scene, Shen Ye could not help frowning deeply, muttering in a low voice, "Something's not right! When did Ziyang Palace get so many Core Formation disciples?!" Such an enormous number of Core Formation disciples was nearly double that of the Great Xia Sword Sect! Shen Ye hurriedly retrieved a jade slip to inform Lu Kangnian and began asking around to find out what was going on. Lu Kangnian lowered the jade slip in his hand, a sharp gleam flashing in his eyes. "Old Shen, it's best you don't get involved in this." With that, Lu Kangnian crushed the jade slip with a pop. He did not want to drag Zhenyue Mountain into the Great Xia Sword Sect's troubles. Feeling the sect disciples continually taking flight around him, Lu Kangnian exhaled a breath of stale air, his sword-like brows slightly raised as he murmured, "Ziyang Palace... come at us! Let's see whether you can bend the backbone of my Great Xia Sword Sect!" Buzz! Swish, swish, swish! In an instant, the peak masters of each peak teleported over, standing silently behind Lu Kangnian. Buzz! Lu Kangnian barked in a deep shout, "Raise the sect-protecting grand formation!!" Instantly, pillars of multicolored light erupted from the sect's eight peaks, shooting straight into the clouds! The eight-colored pillars converged in the sky, transforming into a thick, eight-colored barrier that enveloped the entire Great Xia Sword Sect! The terrifying glow of the formation struck awe into many hearts! Ordinarily, even a Core Formation cultivator could easily tear a long rift through the Great Xia Sword Sect's sect-protecting formation. Yet what was this sect-protecting grand formation before them now?! Standing to one side, Ye Shaozhen wiped blood from the corner of his mouth while complaining to the Island Master of Qinglong Island. The burly fellow gave him a look of disgust, even wondering inwardly whether he should punch him just like Shen Ye had. Now, seeing the Great Xia Sword Sect's sect-protecting grand formation, Ye Shaozhen's eyes were filled with shock. "Th-th-this... is this really the sect-protecting grand formation of the Great Xia Sword Sect?! With the strength of this barrier, it could withstand a late Nascent Soul cultivator blasting it with full force for at least six hours!" Yet when his voice fell, not a single person answered him. At that moment, the leaders of the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Sect, Zixiao Pavilion, Qinglong Island, and other powers remained silent, their eyes flickering with disparate thoughts. After all, among them, only the Ten Thousand Immortals Sword Sect had been founded earliest, and even that was merely three thousand years ago. None of them knew what else this Great Xia Sword Sect—which had existed for who knew how many years—was still hiding. Lu Kangnian and Ling Daoyan slowly stepped out from the barrier, standing on empty air atop the boundary! Just then, the void rippled slightly as a middle-aged man stepped out. Clad in a cyan robe flowing with light, Han Tiange held a longsword surging with golden light in his hand, looking impassively at Lu Kangnian. "Lu Kangnian, have you truly made up your mind?" A cold sneer tugged at the corner of Lu Kangnian's mouth, and he scoffed, "Han Tiange, things have already come to this. Is there any point in saying such things now? Talk is useless—let's fight! Heh, forcing your disciples to take the risk of breaking through just to deal with us... truly worthy of Ziyang Palace!" Faced with Lu Kangnian's mockery, the man a hundred zhang away merely gave a noncommittal, chilly smile. Swish! Clang! Han Tiange drew his sword in an instant, pointing it at Lu Kangnian as he said coldly, "In that case, there is nothing more to say!" The man immediately glanced back at the void behind him, his voice cold and grave. "If you're here to watch, get the hell back, lest you bring calamity upon yourselves!" Hearing this, the onlookers a thousand zhang away altered their expressions, yet after a brief silence, they teleported further back. The old man beside Lu Kangnian chuckled softly, unhooking his wine gourd to take a swig. The fiery sensation coursed down his throat like a flame dragon. His face slightly flushed, the old man chuckled, "Little fellow, this old man will play with you a bit more. But... the stakes are rather high this time. You might lose your life, you know. Relying only on that magic treasure-grade robe and that magic treasure longsword of yours, I'm afraid you come up a bit short!" Boom! As the old man took a single step forward, a violent, raging pressure erupted in an instant! Instantly, heaven and earth lost their color, and within the surrounding void, lightning flashed, thunder roared, and ferocious gales raged!