Chapter 485: Chapter 348: True Master Blocks the Gate, Another Assassination Attempt

Hundred Stars Alliance.

Within a large secret realm.

A myriad of arrays interconnect and intertwine, absorbing the energy from Jiuzhou and the void, transforming it into spiritual Qi.

This is an exceptionally advanced and special Spirit Gathering Array.

Within the Secret Realm lies a bustling yet orderly scene.

Members of the Hundred Stars Alliance continuously travel between the Hundred Stars Secret Realm and Jiuzhou through the entrance and exit arrays.

Various iron golems and cultivators move back and forth within the alliance.

Their gazes suddenly turn toward the center of the Hundred Stars Alliance.

A towering structure emitting starlight.

Suddenly, Sword Intent flickers atop the tower.

A ray of sword light breaks through the clouds, piercing out from the Hundred Stars Alliance into the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm.

Shallow Cloud Mountain.

As the famous great sect of the Qu Hong Cultivation Realm.

Countless disciples work diligently, climbing up and down the mountain for the development of the sect and their own cultivation path.

Numerous powerful elders either meditate in the back mountain or instruct disciples on the Dao of cultivation in the front mountain.

Above the celestial dome, the sect protection array operates invisibly, simultaneously drawing power from the earth veins and Haoyang, transforming it into spiritual Qi.

Suddenly, faint golden light flickers within the clouds.

Some disciples, noticing this phenomenon, take several extra glances, admiring the beauty of this celestial phenomenon.

However, in the next second, the golden light expands, transforming into a waterfall.

"Boom————————"

The earth suddenly begins to tremble.

A sword mark inexplicably imprints itself onto the azure sky.

"Thirteen upper-grade spirit stones shattered! The sect protection array has awakened."

"Someone is attacking our Shallow Cloud Mountain!"

A disciple exclaimed in shock and disbelief.

Shallow Cloud Mountain had just vanquished the Seven Extremes Sect and was at the height of its power, who would dare attack Shallow Cloud Mountain?

The disciples of Shallow Cloud Mountain looked skyward in astonishment.

"Who!"

"How dare you affront our Shallow Cloud Mountain!"

In the back mountain, a vast divine sense surged out, vaguely transforming into a deity in the sky.

A Golden Core Master walked in the air, emerging from the sect protection array; it was Wanyan Master of Shallow Cloud Mountain.

Yet in the next moment, a sword light sliced through the deity’s silhouette.

The Golden Core Master of Shallow Cloud Mountain instantly flew back like a meteor, crashing into the array.

Looking again, one could see a woman standing mid-air, holding a longsword.

The woman had a simple high ponytail, wearing not a long dress but a close-fitting light armor.

Her appearance was not stunning, perhaps considered pleasant to look at.

However, her expression was icy, akin to an iceberg.

The longsword in her hand was merely three feet long, with no visible blade, an unsheathed sword.

"Yunmiao, have you gone mad?!"

Another elder emerged from Shallow Cloud Mountain, also a Golden Core Master, Mingtong Master of Shallow Cloud Mountain.

"Bullying members of my Thousand Mechanism Pavilion is akin to slapping my face."

Yunmiao Master wasted no words.

The scales between the segments of her light armor began exuding sword Qi, enveloping her whole body, transforming into a sword armor.

The mask formed from sword Qi covered half of her face.

In an instant, Yunmiao Master transformed into a streak of flowing light and flickered away.

Wanyan Master and Mingtong Master were forced to join forces.

Deafening roars resounded through the heavens and the earth.

The confrontation of three Golden Core Masters drew everyone’s attention.

Those who could discern the battle were utterly shocked.

What kind of Sword Cultivator was this Yunmiao Master? Did you not see how that unsheathed sword, like an iron rod, brutally smashed open Wanyan Master’s True Essence Shield and shattered a precious defensive artifact?

No matter how dazzling the magic, how indestructible the artifact, or how advanced the talismans, all were shattered before that sword.

Although it also follows the path of breaking myriad spells with one sword, indeed, it seems more like breaking all spells with sheer force!

Until the two Golden Core Masters had to shrink back into the array, did the others come to their senses.

"What kind of potential does this Yunmiao Master have! Terrifying as this!"

"Who knows, Yunmiao Master was previously unknown, merely recorded by us as one of the few Golden Core Loose Cultivators in our Qu Hong Cultivation Realm."

"This cultivation... it’s Late-Stage Golden Core!?"

"So fast!"

"No wonder the Hundred Stars Alliance was willing to make concessions at great cost to bring her into the fold."

[The True Master wielding a sword ascends Shallow Cloud Mountain.]

[The two True Masters of Shallow Cloud Mountain, Wanyan Master and Mingtong Master, were overmatched, hemmed in at their doorstep by Yunmiao Master.]

[Three days and nights later, the other two True Masters of Shallow Cloud Mountain returned hastily, and under the mediation of the people from the Hundred Stars Alliance, Yunmiao Master left Shallow Cloud Mountain.]

[This event shocked the entire Qu Hong Cultivation Realm, with everyone knowing that a powerful Golden Core Loose Cultivator had emerged.]

[The strange atmosphere that loomed over the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion disappeared without a trace; Qian Hua spent a fortune to acquire recorded images of Yunmiao Master thrashing the two True Masters.]

[It was only then that you realized that Qian Hua’s demeanor was modeled after Yunmiao Master, and that Yunmiao Master had always been Qian Hua’s idol.]

[Through Qian Hua’s narrative, you gained a deeper understanding of the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.]

[Thousand Mechanism Pavilion was originally founded single-handedly by Master Thousand Mechanism, a Golden Core Loose Cultivator, who was also Yunmiao Master’s master.]

[After Master Thousand Mechanism’s demise, the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion fell into decline until Yunmiao Master broke through to the Golden Core, restoring its status to the present.]

[This enigmatic Yunmiao Master—no one knows her true origins, only that Master Thousand Mechanism seemingly found a disciple overnight who could break through to the Golden Core.]

[Yunmiao Master then took over the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion.]

[Yet Yunmiao Master is not particularly attentive to the Thousand Mechanism Pavilion, operating it under the previous systems.]