Chapter 629: Chapter 438: The Heaven-Reaching Immortal Treasure Emerges, Infighting Among the Sects

Zhou Chang snapped out of his shock at Spirit Mountain Daoist’s words.

No wonder Lin Chang’sheng was able to slay Meng Zheng—the guy’s strength really is something else.

He absolutely couldn’t afford to be careless. Otherwise, if he embarrassed himself in front of the Nine Great Sects, it wouldn’t be his reputation alone on the line—it’d be all of Spirit Mountain’s.

Shoo—

Zhou Chang waved his hand and summoned a long sword radiating a chilling aura.

This blade was called the Frost Sword, slender and glinting with icy light. Even before its sword qi erupted, just the cold gleam along the blade was enough to make its power clear—this was no ordinary sword.

This was a Middle Grade Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure.

"Let’s see what you’ll use to block this!"

Zhou Chang said coldly, then swung his sword, cutting loose waves of frosty sword qi, slashing straight at Lin Chang’sheng.

Wherever the sword aura went, the ground instantly froze over in ice, showing just how terrifying the cold force emanating from that blade truly was.

Seeing Zhou Chang bring out a Spirit Treasure, Lin Chang’sheng wasn’t about to get careless. As he leapt backward, he erupted with the Nine Dragon Venerable Body.

Roar——

How——

The roars of dragons shook the skies as nine divine dragons plunged into Lin Chang’sheng’s body. In an instant, his cultivation skyrocketed.

He directly broke through the late stage Integration bottleneck—ascending to the early stage of Mahayana.

"What the..."

The crowd around them all went wide-eyed, faces filled with shock and disbelief.

What kind of body strengthening technique lets a cultivator break through an entire Great Realm?

This isn’t some small realm, after all!

"There’s no question—Lin Chang’sheng is an evil cultivator. If it weren’t for some evil technique, there’s no way he could make such a breakthrough!"

"Exactly! Someone so young with such terrifying cultivation—if he’s not an evil cultivator, then what is he?"

"He absolutely can’t be allowed to live. He needs to be killed right here; otherwise, he’ll become a scourge to the Immortal Realm!"

"Unbelievable—a youth barely thirty with such terrifying cultivation. If he’s Righteous Dao, our Immortal Realm will prosper!"

...

Sect Elders from all around kept whispering, most agreeing Lin Chang’sheng was an evil cultivator.

Otherwise, there’s just no way someone could do this.

"This looks just like the Nine Dragon Body Protection Technique from the Nine Dragon Cave Mansion!"

Zhengyang Daoist watched Lin Chang’sheng display the body strengthening art, startled. The immortal technique seemed oddly familiar.

"But it’s not quite the same—it’s been modified? That’s impossible! The Nine Dragon Body Protection is an immortal art left behind by the Nine Dragon Immortal Venerable—how could Lin Chang’sheng possibly change it?"

Zhou Tong muttered in confusion. There was no way this secret technique wasn’t related to the cave mansion’s immortal skills.

"No wonder the palm technique Lin Chang’sheng used earlier looked familiar—it’s just like the Nine Dragons Heaven-Burning Palm from the Nine Dragon Cave Mansion! His cultivation talent must be insane. In just two months, he’s mastered two immortal techniques to perfection?"

Cao Yu exclaimed in awe.

They could only look up to such a prodigy. If he wasn’t an evil cultivator, how great would that be?

Lin Chang’sheng didn’t care what the crowd thought. Empowered by the Nine Dragon Venerable Body, with the force of nine divine dragons, his physical strength and primordial power could both rival the early Mahayana stage.

But even that wasn’t enough—Lin Chang’sheng summoned the Divine Thunder Bow.

Crack—

Lin Chang’sheng drew back the Divine Thunder Bow.

Lightning flashed through the air; it was as if everything else was frozen out, nothing left but streaks of thunder and light.

Swish swish swish—

The next instant, Lin Chang’sheng released the bowstring; thunderbolt arrows shot out one after another—blindingly fast, like ghosts, impossible to track.

Boom boom boom—

Immediately, frigid sword qi in the air collided fiercely with the thunderbolt arrows in an explosion of sound.

Zhou Chang’s countless sword qi were shattered one by one by Lin Chang’sheng’s thunderbolt arrows.

Zhou Chang’s pupils dilated again at the sight.

He’d thought that with a Heaven-Reaching Spirit Treasure, he could easily cut down Lin Chang’sheng.

But to his shock, Lin Chang’sheng wielded a weapon even more terrifying than his Frost Sword.

After smashing apart the Cold Ice Sword Aura, the thunderbolt arrows didn’t scatter—they kept coming straight for Zhou Chang.

Zhou Chang’s heart skipped a beat.

He hadn’t expected Lin Chang’sheng’s Thunderbolt Divine Bow to be so overwhelming.

No time to think further, Zhou Chang leapt away, dodging the onslaught.

But that played right into Lin Chang’sheng’s hands— although Zhou Chang dodged most of the arrows head-on,

the moment he’d leaped into the air, several arrows pierced down from above.

"How can this be?!"

Zhou Chang couldn’t believe there were arrows aimed at him even in mid-air.

Lin Chang’sheng’s archery was no joke—he could strike where no one expected.

With arrows flying right at his face, Zhou Chang had no time to dodge. He could only form an Elemental Shield in front of himself.

His only hope was to block the arrows.

Boom boom boom—

In the next instant, arrows slammed into Zhou Chang’s Elemental Shield with explosive force. Having just leapt up, Zhou Chang was blasted down by the arrows.

He crashed hard onto the ground, smashing a deep pit into the earth.

When the dust settled, Zhou Chang was a sorry sight—his body scorched black, hair like it’d been struck by lightning, too miserable to look at.

His face was dirt-streaked and haggard—the picture of humiliation.

Ugh—

Before he could get up, Zhou Chang spat out a mouthful of blood. Clearly, his Inner Mansion had suffered a heavy blow.

"What the..."

The surrounding sect elders were so stunned by the scene, they couldn’t utter a word.