Chapter 345: Chapter 19: Words Cannot Cultivate the Wicked, Only the Blade and Sword

He said, trembling:

"This is the scene I saw. All of creation weeps, the Celestial Realm grieves, a world bathed in blood..."

"I had foreseen many possibilities, but I never imagined the one to strike down an Immortal... would be Lu Zi—no, Saint Lu!"

Countless people fell silent, their hearts trembling as if they had fallen into an illusion.

The Immortals, who had only existed in legends, had appeared in the Current World. Five of them materialized at once, looming over the Celestial Vault. And the result?

After just a few words, in the blink of an eye, one of them was dead!

The scene was so shocking that it left them all speechless and stunned for a long time.

Li Xiaosang’s limbs twitched unconsciously. She gazed at the young man seated upon the Daoist Palace and suddenly sighed.

"How wonderful."

「Meanwhile, on Dragon Tiger Mountain.」

Lu Xuan, wielding the God-Beating Whip formed from an Ancient Tree Branch, pierced through the Upper Palace Master’s skull, imprisoning his Three Souls and Seven Spirits and even his True Spirit within it.

"One."

He spoke with a blank expression, slowly raising his head to gaze eerily at the four stunned Immortals. His voice was flat as he said:

"Four to go."

The four Immortals’ scalps tingled with terror, but none of them retreated. The Right Tower Master from the Life Tower, who was brimming with Dao Rhyme, let out a thunderous roar:

"Ignore the Celestial Master! Kill Lu Xuan first! He is not a Grand Grade cultivator, after all. As long as our state of mind remains unbroken, not even the Three Calamities and Five Decays can shake our revered status!"

The moment his voice fell, the two Tower Masters of the Life Tower stepped out from their Ancient Tower, preparing to unleash their full power. In the next instant—

BOOM!!

The Sanqing Temple, carrying Lu Xuan, abruptly vanished from its spot. In that same instant, the Life Tower, no longer suppressed by its Immortals, was violently smashed to pieces!

Lu Xuan chuckled lightly.

"Now, neither of you can leave Dragon Tiger Mountain either."

"We never planned on leaving!"

A look of apprehension appeared in the eyes of the Immortal wreathed in brilliant Buddha light. He then struck out domineeringly, unleashing his full strength. The Acupoint Grotto Heavens all over his body began to glow!

The one brimming with Dao Rhyme did the same, joining forces with him. Together, their combined total of over five hundred Acupoint Grotto Heavens lit up simultaneously, illuminating the entire Ancestor Star until it was transparently bright!

"Be careful!"

The Celestial Master wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth and shouted a warning. He slashed his Three-Five Evil-Slaying Sword toward the Master of the Death Tower and the Lord of the Earth Palace, who had not yet emerged from their tower and palace.

The latter two retaliated. One unleashed a vast, world-ending killing intent, while the other tore open an illusion of the Ghost Gate and pulled a real Yellow Springs from within it.

The Yellow Springs surged forth. Upon its surface floated the corpses of Immortal Gods, and buried beneath were Buddha Bones. Every single droplet of its spray reflected scenes of wailing ghosts and howling demons!

The Celestial Master forced himself to swing his sword. An iridescent sword light bloomed as three dark universes materialized above his head, outlining a profound and mysterious radiance to meet the tangible killing intent and the real Yellow Springs!

「On the other side,」

The Immortal wreathed in brilliant Buddha light and the one brimming with Dao Rhyme simultaneously unleashed their slaughtering techniques. They opened their respective Grotto Heavens, gathering the weight of over five hundred of them to crush down upon Lu Xuan!

Lu Xuan’s expression turned grave. He repeated his old trick, using the Three-Five Evil-Slaying Sword and the God-Beating Whip to draw a boundary before him, then bellowed:

"None shall pass!"

The words had barely left his mouth when four fists and palms, wreathed in Buddha light and Dao Rhyme, struck. Under the combined power of the two Immortals, the illusory boundary was held back for only a moment before it shattered with a loud BANG!

Lu Xuan’s pupils contracted. The Sanqing Temple displayed its trait of being Everywhere; it was beneath him, yet it also appeared in front of him at the same time. He bellowed once more:

"All things in heaven and earth shall not come within three feet of me!"

"No Buddha may exist in this place!"

"Up is down, down is up, heaven and earth are inverted! Life is death, death is life, existence is reversed!"

Three consecutive heavenly decrees descended. The space the two Immortals occupied was inverted, all things were reversed, the living died, and the dead were born!

But in the next instant, this newly revised rule of heaven and earth was smashed to pieces by the two Immortals. Issuing a Decree to directly obliterate an Immortal was still too much of a stretch.

The rule of "No Buddha may exist in this place," however, did injure the Immortal wreathed in brilliant Buddha light. The light around his body dimmed abruptly, and the Buddha Country in his palm began to collapse!

But the two of them were using pure, brute force. They pressed down with the sheer weight of over five hundred Grotto Heavens, an absolute mass that even caused space itself to collapse, crushing the rule of "All things in heaven and earth shall not come within three feet of me"!

In the next instant, four fists and palms slammed into the Sanqing Temple, and the walls of this Profound Daoist School were smashed through!

"Die!"

The two Immortals roared in unison. One wore an expression of both sorrow and joy, while the other looked on with cold indifference!

The Ancient Immortals within the Celestial Master’s Mansion paled. The crowd watching from the far distance cried out in alarm. The Celestial Master tried to rush to his aid, but he was submerged by the Yellow Springs and began to drown!

"Sure enough, taking on two at once is still a bit of a stretch,"

Lu Xuan muttered to himself.

As his voice fell, a brilliant light bloomed above his head. A Small Pagoda appeared, sending down streams of Profound Yellow Qi and exquisite light that shrouded the young man.

The fists and palms arrived, crashing against the Profound Yellow Qi. Not a single ripple was stirred. Instead, upon violent impact, the fists and palms were ground into nothingness by the Profound Yellow Qi!!

"Impossible!"

"What is this thing!"

The Immortal wreathed in brilliant Buddha light and the one brimming with Dao Rhyme were first stunned, then cried out in pain, a chill seizing their hearts!

"I once wished to rule the world with benevolence and righteousness."

With the Heaven and Earth Profound Yellow Exquisite Pagoda above his head, Lu Xuan slowly rose. A thin layer of Profound Yellow Qi flowed around him like mist, pooling silently in the creases of his skin and ancient robes.

He said:

"Later, I came to understand that before one can bring World Clarity, one must first slaughter their way to World Clarity."

"Lips and tongues cannot enlighten the wicked—only the blade and the sword can!"

"The path I walk is destined to be paved with bones. I will be stained with blood until I reach the very end of the road. There, a true pure land awaits—a land with no dust, no grime, and certainly no bloody skeletons."

"And it all begins today."

Lu Xuan’s voice echoed across the heavens and earth. He sighed softly, and the light from the Cyan Lamp and Gloomy Lamp on either side of him flared magnificently!

"Bind!"

"Three Calamities!"

"Five Decays!"

"Heavenly Tribulations and Earthly Disasters!"

A series of heavenly decrees were issued. The Three Calamities and Five Decays arrived, accompanied by worldly tribulations and the great momentum of the world, momentarily immobilizing the two Immortals in place!

"The Upper Palace was involved with an Evil Cult; I have already slain its master. The Life Tower is also involved with an Evil Cult and has colluded with the Outer Demon Race. Their crimes are also unpardonable."

Lu Xuan delivered his verdict. The flames of the Cyan Lamp and Gloomy Lamp surged, burning toward the two Immortals!

Both Immortals from the Life Tower paled and struggled frantically, snapping one after another of the temporarily established rules of heaven and earth. The stronger of the two, the Immortal wreathed in brilliant Buddha light, broke free and began to flee. But the one brimming with Dao Rhyme could not escape and was engulfed by the flames of the Cyan Lamp and Gloomy Lamp.

The flames, praised by even Maitreya Buddha, roared to life. Within the great fire, the Great Cosmos wept in sorrow once more!

"The second," Lu Xuan said flatly.

The Immortal wreathed in brilliant Buddha light fled in a mad panic. In his desperate escape, he forgot about the limits of this world,

and with a single step, he left Dragon Tiger Mountain and escaped into the depths of the starry sky!

But in the next instant, the world shattered. That Immortal, along with that entire vast Star Domain, disintegrated into dust!!

"My Buddha..."

Following the Immortal’s final, cryptic sigh, the Cosmos mourned once again.

"Hmm, I guess that counts as the third one." Lu Xuan smiled. "Suicide counts."

He turned his gaze toward the Death Tower and the Earth Palace, his eyes profound.

"I have not yet received any reports of misdeeds from either of you. So, will you surrender, or will you continue to fight me to the death?"

The Ancient Tower and the Divine Palace froze in the clouds.

After a long moment, a slightly trembling voice came from within the Death Tower.

"We can talk."

"Good." 𝑓𝘳𝘦𝑒𝑤𝑒𝘣𝘯ℴ𝘷𝘦𝓁.𝑐𝑜𝑚

Letting the Profound Yellow Qi flow over the contours of his skin, the Cyan Lamp and Gloomy Lamp burning quietly at his sides,

Lu Xuan, with the Small Pagoda above his head, stood bathed in the rain of blood. He held the head of the Upper Palace Master, his eyelids lowered, and said:

"Then let’s talk."