CHAPTER 725: 600 ZIQING HEBI

Dongxuan Immortal did not want to get involved in the messy affairs; in her mind, staying on Divine Dragon Island, far away from the mainland, was there any need for her to be concerned about them exterminating the Divine Dragon Sect?

Yet unexpectedly, Li Yingqiong, that female fiend, directly led a group of Emei Sect elites straight to them!

Shi Feiyang, Yi Jing, along with Shen Tuhong, Zhuge Jingwo, Yue Wen, and others, more than twenty in total, all were cultivators with accumulated merits from past lives, who should have ascended but hadn’t, Heavenly Immortals whose Primordial Spirits had reached the state of Pure Yang!

What they held were not Heavenly Treasures then Ancient Treasures; upon arriving on the island, they began a massacre, as if they were chopping vegetables...

The original followers of the Five Dragon Sect on the island, along with the heads of various sects who had fled back from the Central Plains, died under their Flying Swords and Magical Treasures in large numbers.

These people hastily prayed to the Five-Direction Snake God, and the Heavenly Silkworm Immortal hurriedly sought help from Dongxuan Immortal. Li Yingqiong, along with Zhou Qingyun wielding the Purple and Blue Double Swords, charged with unbridled ferocity, closely chasing after the Heavenly Silkworm Immortal to where Dongxuan Immortal was in seclusion. Dongxuan Immortal released a circle of dark light from inside the mountain cave, spanning over ten miles, shaped like a crescent moon, similar to an arch bridge, blocking the Purple and Blue Double Swords.

She then flew out from the cave: "Fellow Daoists, why do you disturb my tranquil cultivation?"

Li Yingqiong said, "Old witch, quit playing dumb! I know you are the Dongxuan Demon Witch who used to reside in the Southern Border, this Heavenly Silkworm Witch is your disciple. Today, we have come to eradicate you, and we will not rest until it’s done!"

After speaking, she exhaled True Qi, pinched a sword technique with her hands, and began casting the Purple Ying Sword.

Zhou Qingyun’s Green Rope Sword immediately followed, with both swords fusing together they transformed into hundreds of zhang long Purple and Blue Sword Rainbows, which abruptly rolled back, clinging onto that semicircular dark light. With a sudden burst of power, crackle and pop noises ensued, and the dark light was immediately shattered!

Dongxuan Immortal had only spoken a single sentence before one of her Magical Treasures was destroyed. Shocked and furious, she was about to speak again, but the Purple and Blue Double Swords were already attacking her directly.

She used the Poison Dragon Staff in her hand to spit out a black Dragon Pearl that flew into the air, expanding to the size of a teacup’s mouth, spinning around, and once again blocked the Purple and Blue Double Swords.

"You two juniors must understand, I have secluded myself in the Southern Border for hundreds of years, never once engaging in evil deeds, and now I am quietly cultivating on this overseas isolated island. I do not wish to be your enemy, and it’s not because I fear your Emei Sect, so don’t push your luck..."

Li Yingqiong retorted, "Are not all the evildoers on this island your disciples and grand-disciples? What’s with pretending to be uninvolved? You claim innocence, but it’s you who taught them how to commit evil, and it’s you who directed them to go out and do evil deeds. In my opinion, you are more detestable than them as the root cause of it all!"

Having said that, she once again activated the Purple Ying Sword, and the Green Rope Sword automatically followed suit, with both swords fusing and plunging downward.

Dongxuan Immortal’s staff was originally a thousand-year-old Poison Dragon, which she captured and refined into a staff, and the bead spat out was a Poison Dragon Pearl of a thousand years.

Her Poison Dragon Pearl had infinite marvelous uses: it could cause a rain of poison covering a thousand miles, bring about sandstorms, and after the rain and flying sand, it could breed plagues and countless poisonous insects.

However, this pearl - when used against others - was a top-tier defense, but the Purple and Blue Double Swords were among the most powerful Divine Weapons in the world. When the swords fused, they were insurmountable!

Li Yingqiong and Zhou Qingyun, both of the Heavenly Immortal level, drove the swords with all their might, and the Purple and Blue Sword Rainbows suddenly burst into light, surging forward ferociously, piercing the Poison Dragon Pearl into dust in a single strike.

The Purple and Blue Sword Rainbows did not stop for a moment after destroying the Poison Dragon Pearl and continued to thrust towards Dongxuan Immortal.

Dongxuan Immortal only felt a chill rushing towards her face, with Purple and Blue Divine Flames filling her vision, and her entire body’s hair standing on end. In her haste, she cursed, leaping into the air to dodge.

Pointing her finger at Li and Zhou, she was about to start cursing when the Purple and Blue Double Swords arrived once more!

Without time to curse again, she only exclaimed, "Your Emei Sect is too bullying!"

She also realized that the might of the Purple and Blue Double Swords when fused together was far beyond what she had ever imagined. Knowing they were too powerful, if she were to unleash the Poison Dragon Staff, it would only be asking for death.

The old witch shook her Poison Dragon Staff, and the dragon’s mouth suddenly opened wide, spewing forth a strong black gas which formed clouds in the air, causing the surrounding temperature to plummet, followed by a chilling poison rain. Hailstones the size of fists aimed at Li and Zhou.

The two continued to use the Purple and Blue Double Swords to fiercely slash at Dongxuan Immortal, with Zhou Qingyun deploying a Magical Treasure to shield them both, as Li Yingqiong employed the Qian Gang Five Divine Thunders.

The Qian Gang Five Divine Thunders were a unique secret technique of the Saintess Jiayin, which while being a side technique, with certain aspects not as effective as the Taiyin Divine Thunder, had an even greater power. As Li Yingqiong raised her hand, the sky was immediately struck with Five-Colored Thunder Gang.

With a "Crack!", a thunderous noise shook the heavens, the Divine Thunder split the dark clouds, and Five-Colored Radiance surged, completely shattering and dispelling the dark clouds.

Dongxuan Immortal knew she could not stop the two women with such tactics; she merely wanted to momentarily hinder them, while taking the chance to dodge the pursuit of the Purple and Blue Double Swords. She pinched a spell technique, summoning the island’s Five Snake Gods, simultaneously activating the Array. The surrounding clouds closed in, the space filled with dark, malign mists of Evil Spirits, as the ground surged with various colored poison fogs.

Within the fog swarmed billions of poisonous bees, Heavenly Scorpions, centipedes, seven-armed insects, Poisonous Snakes, Guard Palace lizards, toads, and the like. Some with wings flew, and those without used the wind for movement, fluctuating in the dense poison fog, now hidden, now emerging, swarming towards their enemies. When the Array was activated, it attacked not only Li and Zhou but all the other disciples of Emei Sect as well.

However, these were merely diversions, as Dongxuan Immortal now released her self-cultivated million Golden Silkworm Gu, transforming into countless golden stars, swirling across the sky with a buzzing that was incessant to the ear!

Only then did Li Yingqiong and Zhou Qingyun realize the severity of the situation. Zhou Qingyun proposed to retreat and regroup with their companions, but Li Yingqiong disagreed, "They are but venomous insects, our Purple and Blue Double Swords are invincible, what is there to fear?"

Since childhood, they had followed their father in wandering Jianghu, developing the bold temperament of Jianghu’s children, delighting in loyalty and revenge, with a lifelong ambition to wield their swords across the world, rooting out evil, and fighting injustice.

Both women exchanged glances, nodded at each other, then cast their spells, with Li Yingqiong even releasing the three Purple and Blue Douluo Fires above her head.

Her three fires were smaller than Shi Feiyang’s, each a condensed flame of a thousand years, without the nourishment of lamp oil, but she too had merged her essence, energy, and spirit to form the three flowers atop her head.

While her "moon" was not as large as Shi Feiyang’s, it was even more flawlessly white, making the three flowers on top even purer. While the flames were not overwhelming, they shone brightly, dispersing all gloom.

The Illusion Wave Pool was left to her, Yi Jing, and Lai Gu by Saintess Jiayin, who were all friends of Jiayin in her past life, with Li Yingqiong sharing the deepest bond. After Jiayin achieved Dao in her cultivation and borrowed much heart power from Li Ning, she designated Li Yingqiong as the primary owner of the Illusion Wave Pool, leaving her the most and best treasures.

Jiayin specially sealed two sixty-year cycles’ worth of mana for Li Yingqiong who, under the guidance of her master Xun Lanyin, refined and absorbed it, elevating her mana beyond her peers.

At that moment, she released the three Purple and Blue Divine Flames, which formed a radiant canopy, enveloping the duo within. They united their swords, achieving Human Sword Unity, and together they transformed into a thousand zhang long Purple and Blue rainbow, slashing through the million golden stars.

No matter how formidable the Golden Silkworm Gu were, they could not withstand the edge of the Purple and Blue Divine Sword, being severed by the sword light that swept past.

Dongxuan Immortal watched the three Purple and Blue Divine Flames and the Purple and Blue Double Swords, her gaze revealing a mix of anger, greed, and helplessness.

Anger at her current methods being unable to prevail over these two younger generations.

Greed for the thought of acquiring those three flames and the two immortal swords, which could increase her chances of surpassing her final tribulation by at least half!

Helplessness as the adversaries’ move rendered all methods she could think of at that moment incapable of harming them.

Li Yingqiong and Zhou Qingyun were aware of this, so in swordfights and duels of spells, they were always fearlessly aggressive.

The only slight setback they encountered was during a swordfight on Jiuhua Mountain, where they faced the Heavenly Demon Immortal Slaying Sword. Other than that, they scarcely found anyone who could rival them.

Dongxuan Immortal cursed under her breath and employed an External Body technique, sending a decoy flying eastward in an attempt to lure the two women into pursuit.

But being at the Heavenly Immortal Realm, the two women saw through the ruse at a glance and immediately reversed their sword light, breaking through three layers of prohibition barriers and relentlessly pursued Dongxuan Immortal’s real body.

At this point, Dongxuan Immortal dove underground, with the two women hot on her heels. They plunged in after her, only to find no trace of Dongxuan Immortal, as if they’d entered an abyss... nothing lay ahead but endless darkness.

They hastily turned and flew back, heading towards an illuminated entrance above. With the speed of the Purple and Blue Double Swords, they should have reached it in an instant, yet the further they flew, it seemed the farther away they got, as though they were flying backwards.

Realizing they were caught in an Inverting Five Elements and space-time shifting spell, they stopped to break the spell.

Dongxuan Immortal trapped them in a Gu Pit and then went on to launch a sneak attack on others.

After the ordeal at Jiuhua Mountain, what remained of the Emei Sect were the cream of the crop. Among the more than twenty people who came this time, nearly half were at the Heavenly Immortal level with Inner Strength complete, merely lacking in accumulation of Outer Skills, after which they could achieve Ascension.

Yet, on their own, none was a match for Dongxuan Immortal’s direct assault.

The old witch didn’t confront them head-on but used arrays to produce dense poisonous mists. Coupled with an endless rain of various Gu Worms, she ensnared and hunted the group.

She also secretly cast the Moving Great Technique, turning east into west, soaring into descending, splitting everyone apart, and then trapping them in individual spaces – each a Gu Pit, with an endless expanse of space and darkness, with nothing but venomous Gu Worms continuously hatching from eggs.

All were confined in their respective "Gu Pits."

Dongxuan Immortal flew to the top of a small mountain. There was a Dharma Platform already set up. Standing behind it, she slammed her Poison Dragon Staff onto the ground, causing continual explosions, as panels of white Hemp Banners rose from the plain, each embroidered with a venomous creature, such as spiders and centipedes, all primordial species she had collected over a millennium, more ferocious and terrifying than the Gu Worms currently fluttering in the sky.

She began to perform her spell in front of the platform!

With hands forming magical seals and muttering incantations, she suddenly bit her tongue tip and spat out blood.

Her Essence Blood mingled with her mana and was sprinkled atop the white Hemp Banners, not a single drop falling to the ground.