A Martial Odyssey

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Chapter 63: The Birth of the Two Celestial Swords



Even as Xiao Shuai had raised his hand for his side to prepare to attack, Ji Lingfeng had whispered to Yi Ping and her group. “Execute the Celestial Star Formation. Yi Ping, Yu’Er and Mei’Er will be in the inner perimeter while Yunzi, Youxue and I will be in the outer perimeter. Lie Qing and Shen Xinyue try to hold as much as you can and fall back to us…”

Yi Ping and the rest of the group nodded.

Shen Xinyue had already visualized the entire battle in a blink of an eye now that she got the time to refocus, grasping the attacking and movement speed of all her opponents!

She was already channeling her intricate energies through to her right fingers as she made a full recovery from her earlier disability. Her Divine Rejuvenation Force had an accelerated healing recovery effect. With her present attainment, this was just a slight injury similar to a short momentum knock!

She had decided that when Han Shaodong had moved forward, she would use her Big Dipper Hands to attack him and to force him back. At the same time, when the Sword Sage, the Element Sage and the Martial Sage had leapt forward, she would do a turnaround speed attack and displayed the Starlight Swordplay with the Blue Heavens to blind and disable them. As for Xiao Shuai, as soon as he had attacked her or anyone, she would move to intercept him and striking him with her Starlight Fingers!

All of her main opponents would either be injured or lying on the ground in a blink of a second!

But her plan had a flaw. That would leave her vulnerable to the rest of her opponents. But she did not care less as long as she would injure these main opponents, then Yi Ping, Lie Qing and the rest would eventually find an opening to overcome them!

Lie Qing was also thinking of the same thing.

She had already observed that Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong, the Sword Sage and the others were already panting or breathing heavily after using the Dark Mono Swordplay.

If her guess was not wrong, even though the Dark Mono Swordplay and Formation were formidable, it was a physically demanding swordplay to display and required a great deal of physical stamina to execute the precision strikes. That was why even though it was formidable, if the practitioners of this Dark Mono Swordplay could not defeat their opponent in a timely manner, then the risk would be on them instead!

The Heavenly Temptress Lie Qing was protected by her defensive Invincible Divine Force. She soon discovered that although the Dark Mono Swordplay was extremely deadly, she had succeeded in exhausting their martial power with her impregnable defense and skill.

Therefore she had decided to take a gambit and lowered the martial power of her Invincible Divine Force and transferred it to her sword as she prepared for her ultimate sword technique, the Pandora Merciless Seven Strikes!

She was wondering, “I am going to treat Xiao Shuai and that arrogant Han Shaodong some of my Pandora Candies. Since the two of you are the leaders of this group, my targets will naturally be you!”

Like Shen Xinyue, Lie Qing’s plans had the same flaw. She would be exposed to several openings and put herself at risk. However, she too was prepared to sacrifice herself so that Yi Ping and the rest of her sisters would live…

In the meantime, Yi Ping was looking intently at his opponents as he raised the Divine Halo and the White Phoenix. He had already seen how powerful the Dark Mono Sword Formation was and with the maidens caught in the midst of this deadly sword formation, he was extremely worried.

He said in a low voice, “Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Lingfeng, Youxue, Yunzi…stay behind me. Their sword energies are formidable and you lack Qing’Er and Xinyue sword skills…”

Lingfeng smiled alluringly, “I guess, we may all die today…”

Yi Ping looked at her and smiled weakly, “We will not die…”

All of a sudden, he froze when he was looking at her. He had actually regained some of his most precious memories from his previous incarnation and was startled to know that all these maidens were all in one way or another acquainted with him in the past except for Lingfeng…

But now, he had suddenly remembered who Lingfeng was and he was startled…

The Heaveness was Lingfeng’s previous incarnation. She was also the one that had taught him the Emptiness Translucence!

She was also the protégé mistress of the Universal Old Man, the old priest that had coerced him to abandon worldly desire to be a Celestial Sage. In short, she was actually his grand protégé mistress!

When he had first met her, he was in awe of her for he was only sixteen. He had expected the protégé mistress of his protégé master to be an old lady but instead, she turned out to be the most beautiful lady that he had ever seen…

The Universal Old Man had laughed at him then, “You didn’t expect this, am I right?”

The Heaveness smiled alluring at him, “You look like a bright young man. Alright then, I will accept you into the clan and impart to you the most forbidden divine skill of our clan the Great Emptiness Translucence. Whether you can become a Celestial and overcome the Divine Calamity is up to Providence. But you must swear never to reveal our names to anyone, alright?”

He had nodded eagerly and he was totally overwhelmed by her smile that reached into his heart…

The Heaveness looked at him alluringly, “You can address me as the Heaveness and I am your grand protégé mistress, the protégé mistress of your protégé master who is the Universal Old Man.”

He looked at his protégé master, the Universal Old Man as he thought. “So he is the Universal Old Man. He only allows me to address him as Old Priest Master when there are others around and I can’t even call him my protégé master…”

He stammered as he mustered his courage, “Protégé Master never reveals the name of our clan, telling me that it is forbidden. Even his name and your name are under wraps. Did I accidentally join a cult or something? Why can’t I tell others my clan and yours?”

The Heaveness laughed softly as she explained patiently, “We are not exactly a Celestial Clan or a Martial Clan. So there isn’t any official name for us yet. Moreover, there are just three of us only.”

He was startled as he stammered, “There are only the three of us? What is the unofficial name of clan then?”

The Heaveness said with an alluring and mystifying look, “It-Is-Forbidden.”

He was disappointed that the Heaveness did not reveal the name of the clan to him and his disappointment was showed on his face.

The Heaveness rebuked him gently, “Why are you feeling so downcast? Just because you cannot know the name of the clan? Names are but an illusion. How are you going to overcome all the mysteries of the divine state to become a Celestial in the future when you can’t even handle a small disappointment? Let me tell you, the name of our clan is called ‘It-Is-Forbidden’.”

He was stunned as he stammered, “That is our clan name?”

The Heaveness laughed softly, “Precisely. In state of divinities, there will be many things to ponder and many obstacles to overcome. Sometimes the texts of the heart intricacy formulas will mislead you and took you to the wrong deviation when you are confused. The name of the heart intricacy formulas have never changed in the first place, so never deviate from your exact purposes. You just need to know that the Great Emptiness Translucence is to teach you to be absolute peaceful and still, only then can you see through the illusions of things.”

He was very much enlightened as he bowed down hastily on the ground, “Grand Protégé Mistress has indeed enlightened me!”

The Heaveness gave an alluring smile at him as she helped him up.

The Universal Old Man took a curious look at the Heaveness and was slightly startled. It was because he had never seen the Heaveness smiled before. When she smiling, it was as though the entire atmosphere had been changed to a gentle and moving alluring scene!

He had asked again, “What about your name? Is there any reason why you do not want others to know?”

The Heaveness sighed deeply, “Actually by knowing our names, in the future you will surely know a little about us. I will tell you a little more in the future but not today, alright?”

He nodded and did not argue. It was because he could sense the sorrows that were within her…

The Heaveness smiled again, “I am sensitive to others calling me by my name whether good or bad. So don’t do that, alright? It is because in my time, names are sacred and that is the original language.”

He looked at her in awe again as he said, “I won’t call you or tell others that you are the Heaveness…”

Immediately, there was a tinged in her eyes as she quickly said. “Don’t!”

He immediately kept quiet as he flustered with embarrassment at the gentle rebuke.

Time passed…

The Universal Old Man taught him the Emptiness Translucence patiently as he explained, “There are five stages to the Emptiness Translucence, which is called the Five Conducts of the Divine Ascendants which is the Spirit, the Void, the Enigma, the Absolute and the Great Ultimate. These are the stages of the Absolute Tranquil and beyond these five staging is the Great Emptiness Translucence. The Great Emptiness Translucence is a divine state that we may never possible reached…other than the Heaveness…”

The Universal Old Man taught him for a whole year while the Heaveness would occasionally appear but only at night to give him some guidance.

Even though the Heaveness had never appeared to him except at night but there were times he would encounter her in the most unexplained situation in nearby cities and towns; she would be a maiden that was selling textiles and clothes as she stood alluringly in the shop, a beautiful humble weaver attracting a great deal of attention, a singer with a beautiful voice and quite a few other roles. But each time when he tried to approach her, she would shake her head in a subtle hint and refused to talk to him!

But the Heaveness was secret startled. The numbers of coincidences were too many. There were many cities and towns in this region; something unexplained was drawing them together.

The Heaveness was sighing to herself, “This will be your undoing in the future. Perhaps it is better than you leave this place altogether…”

One year later, the Universal Old Man had suddenly disappeared and left him a note, giving him some advises and encouraged him to continue pursuing his attainment.

That was the last time that he had ever seen the Universal Old Man and the Heaveness again…

Years later after he had overcome the Divine Calamity, he would return to the Great Tranquil Mountains and had visited the Tranquil Clan which he had secretly founded. Among the intricacy heart formulas that he had left behind were the Emptiness Translucence and a description of the Divine Calamity that he had faced!

But Priest Liu Qingcheng had actually misunderstood the message in the Silver Scroll and had warned him to be wary of the Seven Maidens!

Back to the present, Yi Ping had unconsciously recalled this scattering fragment of his memories. As he looked at Lingfeng, he muttered in an almost inaudible voice. “Heaveness…”

All of a suddenly, Lingfeng’s eyes began to twitch and there were beaming tears in her eyes as she muttered softly. “Look at me, I am feeling emotional again…”

At this moment, Xiao Shuai had finally turned his left flickering fingers into a forward fist!

It was because he had been waiting for the majority to recover their regular breathing first and the bright halos of Yi Ping, Shen Xinyue and Lie Qing swords were also causing their visions to blur as well as a feeling of nausea, slowing the pace of their recovery!

Immediately, Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong, the Three Sages, Xiao Fei and Xiao Ao, altogether there were seven of them. They began to dash forward at the same time and their swords were colored with a purplish color!

They had only three targets; Yi Ping, Lie Qing or Shen Xinyue!

It was because even though they did not say it loud, they had known that their swords were not just any ordinary precious swords. Judging by the resonating vibrations and the halos of their swords, it had to be divine swords!

They were determined to seize their swords at the same time and to prevent others from seizing it. The most obvious target was Yi Ping and he looked to be an easy target!

Lie Qing and Shen Xinyue had immediately raised their divine swords and lifted their martial power as they braced for the incoming attack. They had already visualized all the possible outcomes and were just waiting!

Yi Ping too, had raised the Divine Echo and the White Phoenix as seven beams of purple sped towards him!

Yu’Er and Mei’Er were already secretly nodding at each other when the seven beams of purple light sped towards Yi Ping! They had already made up their minds to sacrifice themselves for Yi Ping as they bade him a silence goodbye. They had already figured out that the outcome would be unpredictable with their Dual Inertness Intricacy Skill.

Therefore, they had already decided that before Lie Qing, Shen Xinyue, Yunzi, Lingfeng and Youxue had a chance to intervene and possibly sacrificing themselves in the process, they were determined to intercept their opponents first and slowed down their speed attacks, sacrificing themselves first so that the others would find an opening…

So when the seven purple beaming of light had flashed towards Yi Ping, they had made the first move and had deliberately blocked Lie Qing and Shen Xinyue as they raised their precious long swords towards the seven purple beaming lights!

Shen Xinyue gasped as they sped past her all of a sudden as she called out loud, “Don’t! It is too dangerous!”

It was already too late to stop them as seven beams of light clashed with two golden lights as it quickly developed into dozens of purple lights as it hovered around one another!

But when the purple and golden lights made contact with one another, the air around them exploded thunderous in a large blinding flash as the deadly martial force exploded into a wave of deadly pure energies, knocking and sweeping everyone aside!

Almost instantaneous, everyone including the onlookers was rolling and crying out aloud on the ground as the entire ground trembled continuously as though an earthquake had just struck!

The explosive martial wave was so deadly that scores of onlookers including those that were watching at the furthest end were killed in that single moment!

And immediately, cries of agonies were heard everywhere!

It was as though they had just been visited by the infernos of hell!

Shen Xinyue had raised her Blue Heavens and wrapped the Divine Rejuvenation Force around her when the extraordinary martial force struck her. She was stunned that the martial force simply rippled through her and tearing her Divine Rejuvenation Force apart. Immediately, she coughed out blood in disbelief as she gasped, “No, this can’t be. This martial force is the energies of the Divine Calamity…why am I so unlucky whenever I see these two sisters…”

Lie Qing was also coughing weakly as she used up half of her martial power to counter the extraordinary martial force!

When Yi Ping had seen the rippling effect of the extraordinary martial force that were ripping towards him, he gave a mighty martial shout as he raised the Divine Echo and the White Phoenix, executing the martial power of the Asper Divinity as a white burst of white light wisped around him!

At the same time, this white burst of light that was formed from his Boundless Divine Force created a wall of buffer as the extraordinary powerful martial force swept across him!

Yi Ping was startled secretly!

It was because it seemed that the martial power of his Asper Divinity had increased several folds in strength all of a sudden!

However, although the newly attained Asper Divinity was extraordinary and he had already buffered much of this deadly martial force, he was still swept backward!

Lingfeng had mustered her entire martial power as she displayed the Great Dissolution Skill to deflect the bursting energies of the weakened deadly martial force!

At the same time, Yunzi had mustered her Invincible Divine Force while Youxue had displayed the Golden Invincible Body and also the Divine Emerald Skill, startling Yunzi and Lingfeng as they gasped. “When did you learn the Divine Emerald Skill?!”

Youxue did not reply them as she was training her entire focus to maintain the circular motion of the Divine Emerald Skill!

She had of course learnt it from the Celestial Fairy who had already decided that she would be her successor. However, the Celestial Fairy had also told her not to use this secret technique unless she had no other choices for overtly dependent on it would be detrimental to her martial progression and using it too early against a dangerous foe would lose the element of surprise for her.

But now, she had no other choice!

She gasped softly, “Sisters, get behind me immediately!”

As soon as Yi Ping had coughed out a bout of darken blood, he picked himself up weakly as he turned around panicky to take a look at Yunzi, Lingfeng and Youxue who had all gave a startled cry when they were struck by the deadly energy of the sweeping martial force!

He was somewhat relieved when he saw Yunzi, Lingfeng, Youxue, Lie Qing and Shen Xinyue were all already on their feet and struggling to stand feebly.

Shen Xinyue angelic voice was already warning them, “Everyone don’t stand up first. Quickly meditate and try to put the erratic energies into order first. Don’t try to exercise any martial power for the time being. You are injured by the Universal Force. Unless you can purge it out of your body, you will soon lose your life and your martial skills!”

Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong, the Three Sages and many others were already sitting in a mediation pose as they coughed out bouts of bad blood. From the look of it, their internal injuries were extremely serious!

At the same time, everyone was staring at Yu’Er and Mei’Er in complete disbelief as they stood in the middle of the carnage and the pandemonium!

Yu’Er and Mei’Er were now surrounded by two bright golden halos as bright as the sun that were radiating from their golden swords!

It was because as they had intercepted the sword strokes of the Dark Mono Sword Formation and when their long precious swords had struck against each other in their attempt to overcome their opponents’ martial strength by combining their swordplay together, their swords had suddenly turned into a golden hue permanently and a bursting burst of light that were created from the impact of their swords exploded into all directions!

As unbelievable as it could sound, in that instant, Yu’Er and Mei’Er had brought all the exponents to their knees!

No one had an idea what had happened except for Shen Xinyue!

The Sword Sage had just thrown out another bout of black colored blood as he struggled to speak in trembling fear, “What kind of combine swordplay is that? In my entire life, I have never seen such a destructive swordplay…”

Even Xiao Shuai had a look of fear in his eyes for he had never seen anything like that. His Divine Virtuous Force was scattered instantaneous and his martial power was completed drained by the blinding unstoppable force!

He stared blankly at Xiao Ao who had been knocked unconscious for he was caught in the direct blast…

Han Shaodong was not faring too well either. His powerful Divine Rejuvenation Force was completed drained by the extraordinary martial force and it was only his sheer fortitude that had preserved his martial skills.

He was now looking at the surrounding carnage in stunned horror; he had estimated that at least two thousand exponents from all the martial clans were instantly killed and several hundred had lost their martial skills permanently. It was like a nightmare scene and extremely appalling…

The Sword Sage, the Element Sage and the Martial Sage had closed their eyes and were already trying to treat their internal injuries as much as possible…

Almost immediately at the same time, they had popped in a pill that was made by the Element Sage to speed up their recovery…

Xiao Fei was seriously injured and he was barely conscious…

There were hundreds of loud wailing and moaning as the exponents moaned the fallen…

A number of surviving exponents were exclaiming in great shock as they queried weakly, “What is that martial skill that is displayed earlier? If I die, at least I ought to know the name of this epitome divine skill that has brought me to my grave…”

Xiao Shuai muttered solemnly, “You have won. We admit defeat. What is the name of this divine skill?”

Han Shaodong laughed weakly, “That’s right. We are totally defeated. Our dream of ascending as a Celestial is now completely shattered. If we can’t even defeat two maidens here, what hope have we got to defeat the Celestial Palace?”

The Sword Sage had opened his eyes as he muttered, “If Maidens can enlighten us to the divine skill that has defeated us, I will be gratuitous to you when I go down under the earth!”

Even though they were all admitting defeat but it was actually a delaying tactic so that they would have enough time to calm down the erratic energies in their bodies!

Yu’Er and Mei’Er were sobbing inconsolably as they looked at the terrible carnage that they had caused. They did not know even know what was going on at all!

They were still looking at Yi Ping, Shen Xinyue, Lie Qing, Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong and everyone in bewilderment and in shock…

It was because Yi Ping, Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong, Lie Qing and Shen Xinyue were the main characters of this battle and now when the twin sisters were suddenly cast as the main characters, they felt lost and was terrified!

Shen Xinyue was muttering, “This is the first time that I have heard of and witnessed the birth of two divine swords through the use of the Universal Force. And these two golden swords are as potent as the Heavenly Earth Celestial Sword that is said to be created at the beginning of time…how is it possible…”

Yu’Er and Mei’Er did not know that they had just generated the creation energies of the Universal Force by sheer coincidences!

It was because they had consumed the Divine Dragon Pills but because they lacked the internal strength to digest it and that they were not even seriously injured in the first place, the potency of the Divine Dragon Pills remained in their bodies. If they had not learnt the Dual Inertness Intricacy Formulas and suppressing their discomfort by using the vital energy exchanges but not the body and exchanging it with the essence of heavens and earth as their vitality, they would have been engulfed by the burning potency of the Divine Dragon Pills!

However, they could only delay the potency of the Dragon Divine Pills from reacting, delaying the harmful effect through a slow and painful process that was detrimental to their health…

The Dragon Divine Pills happened to be created from the meltdown of the power release of Yi Ping’s Emptiness Translucence as it transformed his Aspire Invocations to the Boundless Divine Force (See Chapter 56), creating the Divine Dragon Pills from the broken pieces of the Heavenly Relic as a spark of the accidentally generated Universal Force was created and was stored in it.

The Dual Inertness Intricacy Divine Skill was a skill that balanced the vital energies of the inner force and the outer force in a delicate manner. In short because the twin sisters were unable to digest the Universal Force of the Divine Dragon Pills and at the same time, they were unable to purge it out, the Universal Force remained in equilibrium in their bodies for the time being.

So when they had cross swords with one another by channeling all their martial power, they had unconsciously power released the Universal Force that were in their bodies by exchanging the Universal Force with each other via the concept of the divine state of heavens and earth as their divine state!

As the Universal Force revived and clashed with each other, the power release was exactly that of the Creation Universal Force. It immediately tampered its way through their precious long swords, transforming it into two celestial weapons that were capable of absorbing the Universal Force as these two Universal Forces clashed against each other in total equilibrium!

As the creations of the two celestial weapons were completed, the remaining Universal Force shattered its force all around them, exploding all around with a huge big bang!

In that single moment, everyone was knocked or swept aside as the Universal Force was the ultimate force in the entire universe, killing and injuring everyone in the vicinity!

Yu’Er and Mei’Er were still looking at each other when a rainbow halo had descended around them; they were like celestial fairies that had visited the mortal realm and were extremely beautiful to beholden.

Shen Xinyue coughed weakly as she walked towards them as she said, “This is a celestial omen, indicating the creation of these two celestial weapons. Congrats!”

Yu’Er and Mei’Er were in tears.

Mei’Er asked in a frightened voice, “What has just happened? We seem to be surrounded by a glowing light…”

Yu’Er was still staring appalling at the numerous dead and injured.

They seemed to be glowing with a soft white light as they held onto their golden long swords…

Shen Xinyue smiled mysteriously, “Don’t worry. Only Celestials and those that have attained a high level in their state of divinity can see it. Right now, you should give a name to your celestial swords.”

Yu’Er suddenly gasped, “Mei’Er, your eyes! Your eyes have turned crimson! What is going on?”

Mei’Er was startled but when she saw her sister’s eyes as well, she was gasping aloud too. “Sister, your eyes are red too!”

“Yu’Er and Mei’Er, are you alright?”

It was Yi Ping and he was being supported by Yunzi, Youxue and Lie Qing.

Yu’Er and Mei’Er had immediately flown to his embrace as they cried aloud…

Yi Ping comforted them weakly, “It is alright now. Everything is alright now. Let’s leave this place immediately…”

Lie Qing asked quietly, “What has exactly happened?”

Shen Xinyue sighed softly as she looked at the appalling carnage all around her, “It seems that somehow these two maidens have just released the Universal Force that only exists from Beyond. I can’t explain it too but what we are witnessing today are the rare occurrences of the birth of two celestial weapons. And they have also just been elevated as Celestials too.”

Lie Qing was stunned as she quickly asked, “They can be elevated as a Celestial without experiencing the Divine Calamity?”

Shen Xinyue nodded, “I find it hard to believe too but that is what has exactly happened. What did they actually do…”

She had immediately raised and moved her right fingers rapidly as she seemed to be deep in thoughts!

Yi Ping muttered as he embraced Yu’Er and Mei’Er, “The big bang that has just struck us is indeed the Universal Force. It is a lucky thing that it is the benevolent Universal Force or else all of us would have perished just now.”

Shen Xinyue nodded lightly as she looked tenderly into Yi Ping’s eyes…

She was not the only one doing the same. All the maidens except Lingfeng were all looking tenderly in his direction.

Yi Ping looked at them one by one with an uneasy feeling and a feeling of guilt overwhelmed him. When he looked into Xiao Youxue’s eyes, all of a sudden his nose began to bleed again. It was because he could not shake the image of the Endor Vixen Fairy from his mind and the scene when Youxue had ‘given’ him her chastity…

Immediately the maidens seemed to forget that they were still in the middle of a battle and were all panicky when Yi Ping had started to nose bleed; they began to take out their handkerchiefs to help him wipe his blood and sweat as they murmured all manners of concern for him!

It was such an enviable sight. All of a sudden, the surviving exponents felt a great sense of loss and they were all reminiscing to a point of time when they were with their loves ones or when they were in happier times…

Yi Ping said, “Somehow it seems that Yu’Er and Mei’Er have exchanged and absorbed the Universal Force as their own vitality energies. That act alone would have killed them but it didn’t and instead they are elevated as Celestials…”

Shen Xinyue smiled softly, “It seems that there are moments that the White Sage can be wrong. The Divine Calamity did happen but it only appeared very briefly before it got extinguished by the Universal Force. The shockwaves that we have all experienced were the result of the clash between the Divine Calamity and the Universal Force. These two maidens have a heart of gold and that is why the Divine Calamity didn’t last too long for them. This must be the shortest Divine Calamity that I have ever seen and also one that had arrived without any prior warning. If I am not wrong, creations of divine and celestial weapons can also brought forth the Divine Calamity. If they fail their Divine Calamity, not only would they die but their celestial weapons would also be destroyed.”

Yi Ping smiled, “You are right…”

Ji Lingfeng had walked quietly to their side. No one seemed to have noticed her quiet expressions…

When the Universal Force had struck her, she had experienced a headache and was feeling nauseous. The Universal Force had reawakened a familiar feeling within her…

All of a sudden, there were hundreds of black ironclad fighters that that had appeared in the horizon.

Yi Ping had recognized that the man leading these fighters was Ji Wuzheng and the lady next to him was the Lady Dugu Zhen!

Yunzi was delighted as she said with a smile, “Mother is here!”

The orthodox fighters were alarmed that the Holy Hex Clan had arrived with their reinforcements and they were grim. It was because none of them had the strength to fight with the unorthodox fighters now. Out of five thousands orthodox fighters, only less than five hundred had remained…

Ji Wuzheng was appalled at the sight as he walked towards Yi Ping as he muttered, “What is going on here?”

As Ji Wuzheng turned and looked at Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong and the Three Sages, they pretended not to see him as they focused on regaining their martial strength.

Xiao Shuai was startled when Xiao Fan walked silently besides him and said, “Father, forget it. It is all over. We should go back peacefully. Ji Wuzheng has promised me that they will not be pursuing any vendetta. Let bygones be bygones.”

Xiao Shuai was startled, “Son, you are still alive? Who beat you up in this horrid manner?”

He was comforted that Xiao Fan was alive because among all his sons and daughters, he was his favorite…

Xiao Fan grinned as he looked at Dugu Zhen, Dugu Yunzi and Lingfeng, “This is the work of the heretic sects. We have all fallen into the stratagems of the heretic sects. It is Ji Wuzheng and that Yi Ping who has actually saved my life.”

Xiao Shuai was startled.

Xiao Shuai said grimly, “Even then, have you forgotten that we are all so close to becoming a Celestial?”

Xiao Fan sighed, “Father, look around you. So many lives have already been lost. Is it worth it?”

Xiao Shuai said with a cold determination as he got up as he spat out the last bout of bad blood, “It is worth it, my son!”

His recovery rate was startling!

At the same time, Han Shaodong and the Three Sages had also recovered as they all stood up one by one!

Han Shaodong said aloud, “This is not over yet. I have thought that this two maidens have learnt some epitome divine Skills. So it is just a freak celestial manifestation. But if you are all willing to surrender your swords, you can leave here immediately. I will give you my honor for that!”

Shen Xinyue said softly, “Han Shaodong, Han Shaodong. I have thought you are a good man and that is why I take you in as my protégé disciple and even imparted to you the Divine Rejuvenation Force and the Big Dipper Hands. Why are you acting so malicious?”

Han Shaodong said solemnly, “It is because the Celestial Palace left us with no other choices! Do you know how many exponents were killed by the Celestial Palace over the years? If we miss this Seven Star Alignment, goodness know how long must we wait again for another favorable sign to ascend as Celestials?”

Yi Ping interrupted, “You can never overcome the Divine Calamity because…”

“Who wants to challenge the Celestial Palace?” A beautiful and mesmerizing voice was heard.

Yi Ping was startled. It was because he had recognized her distinctive voice!

Even Lie Qing was smiling, “I didn’t think I am beginning to miss her at any moment but now I do.”

Shen Xinyue was the first to catch sight of her as an extremely beautiful maiden appeared in their midst via her traverse speed, brandishing her wicked long black scythe!

She was slightly startled because she not only resembled Melody Star; her swiftness speed was also comparable to her!

Indeed, it was Lele as she laughed softly. “I am the Joyful Goddess, Prime Celestial of the Celestial Palace. Who is looking for a fight with the Celestial Palace? I am here now.”

Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong and the Three Sages were startled at her sudden appearance and when they saw her crimson eyes, they were alarmed and knew immediately that she was a Celestial!

All of a sudden, the Joyful Goddess had noticed Shen Xinyue and gasped. “Aren’t you a Celestial too? Your eyes are gray…”

Shen Xinyue nodded and said, “Yes, I am a Celestial too…”

The Joyful Goddess began to encircle around her rapidly as she seemed to be pondering something, “Why is that I find your scent so familiar? Have we met before?”

Shen Xinyue refused to answer her but smiled angelically.

Han Shaodong was stunned as he thought, “My protégé mistress is a Celestial?!”

Xiao Shuai interrupted coldly, “There are five of us now. Pick five of you to be our challengers…”

A soft gentle voice said, “I will be your first challenger then.”

Everyone turned and saw an extremely beautiful maiden in light blue long dress walking silently into view. When she had appeared, she was like a beautiful goddess whose beauty had no comparison!

It was Shui Yixian the Celestial Fairy!

Even though her cold demeanor was colder than ice as she gazed at everyone but the hearts of everyone was warm!

Yi Ping was trembling as he muttered, “Xian’Er…you are still alive?”

Xiao Shuai was startled, “Xian’Er…”

Han Shaodong was muttering, “Xian’Er, is that you? I have grown old but you have not changed at all…”

The Martial Sage was in tears as he ran towards her, “Xian’Er, is that really you? I didn’t expect to see you after so many years!”

Even Shangguan Qingyun and Yan Nanfei who were not interested in the outcome of the battle were trembling with excitement as they ran towards her with joyful tears, “Xian’Er, is that really you? You have not changed at all!”



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[szfong]

Thanks for another exciting update, Avidfan!!

[ycb5959]

Thanks! Always looking forward to an update - never know what is coming...

[dexter64]

Being celestial now, I wish Yu’Er and Mei’Er power now are on par with the other celestial maidens.

Back to the present, Yi Ping had unconsciously recalled this scattering fragment of his memories. As he looked at Lingfeng, he muttered in an almost inaudible voice. “Heaveness…”

All of a suddenly, Lingfeng’s eyes began to twitch and there were beaming tears in her eyes as she muttered softly. “Look at me, I am feeling emotional again…”

Ji Lingfeng had walked quietly to their side. No one seemed to have noticed her quiet expressions…

When the Universal Force had struck her, she had experienced a headache and was feeling nauseous. The Universal Force had reawakened a familiar feeling within her…

Dare I hope for a greater miracle? Ones where Lingfeng regains her previous memories and martial powers because of the Divine Dragon Pill.

[ycb5959]

Yup - the non-celestial-at-the-moment need to be upgraded in power!

"Lingfeng felt nauseous, and vomitted...Universal Force...which blew a hole in Han Shaodong!"



Love the re-appearance of the Celestial Fairy - have always like her character...

[szfong]

Hi Avidfan,

I thought the people there attacking the Holy Hex Sect is after the Heavenly Relic, and Youxue and Lingfeng's blood... Now they just want their swords...

Will we see another duel where Yi Ping will ask Yixian, Lele and all his other wives to be spectators while he fights all the opponents at the same time? Will we see any super-villains get severely punished, killed, maimed, permanently disabled or have their martial arts eradicated... Xiao Shuai & his friends seem very greedy and won't be satisfied until they take everything, including their lives...

Can't wait see another chapter of fighting....

[Avidfan]

Quote: Szfong

Hi Avidfan,

I thought the people there attacking the Holy Hex Sect is after the Heavenly Relic, and Youxue and Lingfeng's blood... Now they just want their swords...

Actually Xiao Shuai don't really need Youxue blood now. He has found so many Celestials now, their blood is sufficient xD

As for Lingfeng's blood and her, he does need her because of a belief that the Heavenly Relic needs Lingfeng's blood and he has to keep Lingfeng alive until the time of the Divine Calamity.

And now, they also recognized that these divine swords that were in their hands are rare artifacts that could help them to ascend and increased their odds.

Will we see another duel where Yi Ping will ask Yixian, Lele and all his other wives to be spectators while he fights all the opponents at the same time? [/QUOTE]

Next Chapter maybe xD

Quote: Dexter
Dare I hope for a greater miracle? Ones where Lingfeng regains her previous memories and martial powers because of the Divine Dragon Pill.

Surely ^^

Quote:　Ycb
Love the re-appearance of the Celestial Fairy - have always like her character...

Me too^^ She is actually destined to be the most powerful Celestial once she is able to ascend. Her martial foundation is on solid ground.

Yu'Er and Mei'Er may have ascended first but their martial foundation is weaker and there are many Divine Crisis to overcome. So it is a long and dangerous journey.


Thanks all the readers for reading and taking the time to post, and enjoying this story as much as I do =)

[ycb5959]

...
Me too^^ She is actually destined to be the most powerful Celestial once she is able to ascend. Her martial foundation is on solid ground.
...

Three cheers for the Celestial Fairy.

[szfong]

Hi Avidfan,

You mentioned that we may once again be treated to another duel where a bunch of Yixian's old friends will combine there martial arts abilities to try and kill Yixian's husband. Are the bunch of old geezers thinking of "sharing" the Celestial Fairy with one another?

I hope it will be the chapter where the Celestial Fairy finally severs all her ties with them and rebukes them for their ruthless actions.

I hope we'll be seeing a lot of blood and merciless actions.

Will Youxue finally says her goodbyes to her father? I wonder who gets to kill Han Shaodong? He is almost as bad as Xiao Shuai. The Three Sages, I think should just be permanently disabled... Hehehe

[Avidfan]

Hi Avidfan,

You mentioned that we may once again be treated to another duel where a bunch of Yixian's old friends will combine there martial arts abilities to try and kill Yixian's husband. Are the bunch of old geezers thinking of "sharing" the Celestial Fairy with one another?

I hope it will be the chapter where the Celestial Fairy finally severs all her ties with them and rebukes them for their ruthless actions.

I hope we'll be seeing a lot of blood and merciless actions.

Will Youxue finally says her goodbyes to her father? I wonder who gets to kill Han Shaodong? He is almost as bad as Xiao Shuai. The Three Sages, I think should just be permanently disabled... Hehehe

It will be in the next chapter ^^ I think the scene when Yixian rebuking them will be hilarious xD

Oh just some trivial to share.

1) The Celestial Liege is actually the most powerful of the protagonists. I reverse his appearances as I don't want to have a power scaling progression and would like to showcase an example of 'Defeat thru Ego'.

2) The scene when Yuan Shao received a coffin with Xiao Da in it, was an intentional pun. This type of scene is usually reserved for the good guys but this time, the bad guys got a surprise instead.

[szfong]

It will be in the next chapter ^^ I think the scene when Yixian rebuking them will be hilarious xD

Hi Avidfan,

Yunzi, must have told Yixian early at the Tranquil Sect about the dirty thoughts that Xiao Shuai has for her, Xiao Shuai even mentioned it to Yunzi in an earlier chapter. Can't wait to see the chapter where Yixian rebukes & severs her ties w/ all her old geezer friends.... Will all the other maidens start rebuking all the villains for having dirty thoughts and looking at them lustfully? I wonder what Yuexue will say to her father, or what other harsh words Xinyue will say to Han Shaodong... perhaps that because of all their ruthless conduct and that they've caused the resulting deaths of thousands of exponents, they can only hope to become bloodsucking half-celestials?

Can't wait to read up on Chapter 64....

[herman285]

I just jump from the wuxia translation section to the fan-fiction forum because I ran out of things to read.
I didn't even know this section exist lol.

Anyway, this look very promising! I am going to start reading this very soon. I want to make this post before I forget and immerse myself in your novel

On your first post, you said that you are translating your own work. Does this mean that there is a Chinese version else where? There is an audio (canto) book for it? What is the Chinese name of your work?

By the way, I think you should introduce your self in the wuxia translation section of the forum and say hi. Maybe even post there if it is more appropriate.

Ok... time to read 30 pages of your novel in 1 go. My eyes will die afterward lol~

[szfong]

Hi Avidfan,

You must be very busy this week, please take your time to give us an extra long chapter with detailed scenes when you have a draft ready.... I feel this story really needs another many more chapters before properly concluding... I wonder if Lele and Yixan will make fun of Yi Ping for getting fiancée #9... Now, we need #10, perhaps one with golden eyes... Hehe

[Avidfan]

Hi Avidfan,

You must be very busy this week, please take your time to give us an extra long chapter with detailed scenes when you have a draft ready.... I feel this story really needs another many more chapters before properly concluding... I wonder if Lele and Yixan will make fun of Yi Ping for getting fiancée #9... Now, we need #10, perhaps one with golden eyes... Hehe

Yes, sorry. Been working overtime. Will post this weekend ^^

Quote: Herman
Anyway, this look very promising! I am going to start reading this very soon. I want to make this post before I forget and immerse myself in your novel

On your first post, you said that you are translating your own work. Does this mean that there is a Chinese version else where? There is an audio (canto) book for it? What is the Chinese name of your work?

By the way, I think you should introduce your self in the wuxia translation section of the forum and say hi. Maybe even post there if it is more appropriate.

Hi Herman, thanks!

I am already one of the translators that had been interviewed previously and a thank you have already been written as appreciation xD But i just a little low profile, that's all=D

[geraldsaw]

Yes, sorry. Been working overtime. Will post this weekend ^^

Anyway, this look very promising! I am going to start reading this very soon. I want to make this post before I forget and immerse myself in your novel



Hi Herman, thanks!

I am already one of the translators that had been interviewed previously and a thank you have already been written as appreciation xD But i just a little low profile, that's all=D

Thanks Avidfan. Weekend is almost here. Been having withdrawal symptoms for one week. The mind is willing but the flesh is week. (pardon the pun).

[szfong]

Yes, sorry. Been working overtime. Will post this weekend ^^

Hi Avidfan,

I wonder what will Yi Ping's sleeping arrangements be after they fight off the bad guys and return back to the White Sage's Tranquil Mountains Sect Headquarters to prepare for Yixian Calamity. They should at least become official husband and wife, for she does not know if she will soon die. I wonder if the White Sage and all his wives will fit in the Tranquil Pool to refresh their tired and injured bodies... When he arrives home, will he need to ask Priest Liu Qingcheng to construct a custom-sized extra large bed to keep the family together? Dying to find the answers for so many questions... Just kidding...

[Avidfan]

Chapter 64: A Heroic Fight



Shui Yixian was a little teary and a little emotional when she saw her old friends again!

She was being surrounded by Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong, the Three Sages, Shangguan Qingyun and Yan Nanfei…

That was something that was unexpected for her. It was because she was a high level practitioner of the Emotionless Rhyme. The last time that she had lost control of her emotions was when she had first met Yi Ping…

She said gently, “Yes, I am Xian’Er.”

The Martial Sage was actually crying as he said, “Xian’Er, do you know that I have been looking for you everywhere?”

Han Shaodong stammered, “Xian’Er, it is really you?”

Shangguan Qingyun laughed heartily, “Xian’Er, I didn’t expect to see you again. I am so happy. How have you been? When Xiao Shuai had said that you are still alive and you are actually the Celestial Fairy and the Divine Eternal Mistress of the Eternal Ice Palace, I didn’t really believe him…you are really in the Eternal Ice Palace all along?”

Yixian nodded gently at him, “Yes, I am the Celestial Fairy and I have been in the Eternal Ice Palace all this while.”

Yan Nanfei sighed, “I should have guessed a long time ago…”

Shangguan Qingyun stared at him, “You always saying this same old line. Can’t you change to something else? Why Xian’Er had disappeared, you had said the same time too.”

Yan Nanfei laughed aloud, “You know that is my favorite line.”

The Martial Sage interrupted, “You always try to pretend to be wiser than anyone of us. But the fact is you are not.”

Yan Nanfei said, “I know that you are now one of the Three Sages but I am after all, the protégé leader of the Zen Sect. You should at least give me a little face saving measures in front of Xian’Er.”

Xian’Er smiled gently as she probed, “You are now the protégé leader of the Zen Sect?”

Shangguan Qingyun quickly interrupted, “I am the protégé master of the Divine Sword Martial Clan too.”

Yan Nanfei was looking immensely proud of himself when the Element Sage interrupted, “With a protégé leader like him that pretended to be wise, no wonder the Zen Sect seems like a cult to me. Xian’Er, do you know that he didn’t stick to our sacred covenant and even refuse to fight alongside with us. He has even cut off his thumb. What a loser, humph!”

Yixian had already noticed that Yan Nanfei and Shangguan Qingyun had cut their thumbs. She could already guess what had happened as she secretly stole a glance at Yi Ping, who was looking at her with a sense of loss…

Xiao Shuai and Han Shaodong were muttering, “Xian’Er…”

But Yixian seemed to give them the cold shoulder as she said gently to Yan Nanfei and Shangguan Qingyun, “It is really hard on you to do this.”

Yan Nanfei and Shangguan Qingyun were extremely comforted by Yixian’s words as tears swelled in their eyes…

Shangguan Qingyun stammered, “It is worth it…”

The Martial Sage interrupted, “Xian’Er, how have you been? Do you know I have been waiting for this day when I can see you again…”

Yixian interrupted coldly, “If you still regard me as your friend, why are you attacking my husband?”

Han Shaodong was taken aback, “Xian’Er, you are married? Who is your husband?”

Xiao Shuai kept quiet. He had already guessed that it would be Yi Ping and that was why he was trying to get rid of him.

Yixian said gently as she smiled at Yi Ping, pointing towards him. “He is my husband!”

Everyone presented was startled except for Xiao Shuai.

The Martial Sage stammered, “That young man is your husband? How can it be?”

The Element Sage, the Sword Sage and Han Shaodong, Shangguan Qingyun and Yan Nanfei took a step back in shock and stared at Yi Ping…

Yixian said, “If he is not my husband, who else would it be? It is every maiden’s dream to find a good husband and I have found mine.”

Xiao Shuai said coldly, “Yixian wake up from your senses. Did you not see there are so many beautiful maidens around him? He is nothing but a flirt and a lecherous man!”

Yixian interrupted coldly, “Anyone that wants to challenge my husband will have challenged me first.”

The Martial Sage said, “Xian’Er, you are obviously putting us in a spot. You know that we won’t fight you…”

Even Xiao Shuai agreed, “That’s right…”

Han Shaodong said, “Xian’Er, it doesn’t matter if you married to him. I am willing to accept you…”

The Element Sage said, “Let me teach that rascal a lesson for you…”

Yixian did not reply them but instead she walked past them and walked towards Yi Ping.

As Yixian walked towards him, Yi Ping too had walked towards her. Behind him, followed the rest of the maidens!

As Yixian and Yi Ping smiled blissfully to each other, they reached out and held each other’s hands.

Yixian said gently with great politeness, “My husband…”

Yi Ping said, “My wife…”

Shen Xinyue was slightly startled but she was not entirely surprised for she could tell that all these maidens were all affectionately attached to him but she asked nevertheless, “You are married to Revelation Star?”

Just as Yi Ping was about to answer her, Yixian smiled gently at Shen Xinyue and said politely, “Hello. I am Shui Yixian the Celestial Fairy, from the Eternal Ice Palace and you are?”

Shen Xinyue was startled that Revelation Star would be this amicable and even though she was not a Celestial, she had an air of tranquil that marked her no differently from a Celestial. Therefore she smiled angelically, “I am Fiery Phoenix. In the past, I am known as the Dark Enchantress. You can call me Shen Xinyue!”

Yixian nodded gently as she said, “Really nice to know you.”

She Xinyue smiled delightfully, “The same goes for me.”

Lele said coolly to Yixian and for everyone within earshot, “We ought to be careful of her. She is a highly attained Celestial and we don’t really know her dark purposes. With a name such as the Dark Enchantress, she is hardly worthy of trust…”

Lie Qing laughed softly, “Lele, you think too much. She is…really on our side.”

Lele sighed, “I guess she can be the concubine then. I am alright with it…”

Just as Shen Xinyue protested, “I don’t think so…”

Lele suddenly embraced her, “Alright then, welcome to the big family!”

Shen Xinyue was momentarily stunned and did not know what to say except for, “I suppose to say thank you?”

Lele did not seem to hear her, she just exclaimed happily. “Sister Xinyue!”

Shen Xinyue sighed to herself, “It seems that this Lele is going to be hard to deal with…”

She did not know she was not the only that found Lele to be extremely hard to handle; she could even test the patience of the Celestial Fairy with her unpredictable actions!

All the maidens except for Yunzi had found her almost impossible to handle. It was because Yunzi did something smart. She had pretended to be deaf and mute when she was handling Lele when things went out of her predictions!

Lie Qing had shared the same vision with Shen Xinyue and therefore she knew that she had a long entwined destiny with Yi Ping.

Yixian was immediately surrounded by her two protégés Yu’Er and Mei’Er who delightfully surrounded her and exclaimed joyously, “Protégé Mistress, look what we got!”

Yu’Er and Mei’Er had showed her their two golden swords!

Yixian smiled gently and said, “I see that both of you are Celestials now. I am always worried if the two of you are able to overcome the Divine Calamity when I am not around one day. It seems my worries are unfounded and I should worry for myself first. These two divine swords will be able to help you in your future progression. Have you given a name to the swords yet?”

Yu’Er pondered for a while before she said quietly, “I like to call this sword Harp Whisperer.”

Mei’Er laughed softly, “I am going to call my sword the Lyrical Whisperer.”

As they named their celestial swords, their swords resonate in response and its golden light encircled brightly along its edges!

As Yixian and Yi Ping were looking at each other tenderly, Xiao Shuai obviously was not happy to see it. So he interrupted by shouting, “Xian’Er, step aside. We have not finished our fight yet.”

Han Shaodong said, “Step aside Xian’Er. I am going to teach this insolent young man a lesson. He is nothing but a lecherous man and incompatible for you.”

Yixian looked at them with an unsympathetic look, “If he is incompatible for me, then who is? I have said that if you want to challenge my husband you have to fight me first.”

Yi Ping coughed weakly, “Xian’Er, they won’t give up unless they can get what they want.”

The Element Sage said as he stared at Lie Qing, Lele, Yu’Er, Mei’Er and Shen Xinyue, “We are only interested to rid the Martial Fraternity of the evils of the Celestial Palace and avenge the dead.”

Lele was annoyed as she rebuked him, “So you are saying I am the one that kills them?”

The Element Sage retorted, “Young maiden, the deeds of the Celestial Palace is not a secret. Even though you have a pretty face but I will not show my mercy toward you.”

Lele laughed softly, “Oh really? It should be the opposite…”

Yi Ping knew that if this continued, an irritated Lele was bound to come into conflict with the Element Sage so he quickly said. “I am the one that you are looking for. You are a martial elder and aren’t you ashamed to pick on a young maiden?”

The Element Sage was speechless…

Yi Ping looked solemnly at Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong and the Three Sages as he said. “Does our earlier agreement still stand? If I am able to win all of you, you will let us go and retreat peacefully?”

Xiao Shuai hummed coldly, “You want to challenge all five of us?”

Yi Ping said, “That’s right!”

Immediately, all the maidens crowded around him except for Yixian as they disagreed with his decision…

Lie Qing said, “You are injured and you have been in too many fights. This is really too forceful…”

Shen Xinyue said, “We have just met and you are going to leave me again?”

Even Lingfeng was saying, “You…we should all fight together. We may not lose to them now…”

Yunzi said, “At least allow me to fight alongside you…”

Youxue said, “Let me fight besides you…”

Yu’Er said melancholy, “They just say, it is a five versus five fights…”

Mei’Er said, “Master, their hearts are filled with killing intent and it not wise for you to fight them alone…”

But Yi Ping looked tenderly at them one by one as he said, “I can’t afford to lose any one of you. Moreover, we have an agreement with them and I hope that they can stick to that agreement…”

He was determined to help his sworn brothers so that they would not be hunted or attacked by the pugilists of the martial fraternity anymore…

Han Shaodong shouted, “If you are able to win against the five of us, then we will let all of you go and we will not pursue your past deeds. But only if you really are able to win the five of us!”

Yi Ping gripped his two divine swords tightly as he stepped forward, “So shall that be!”

Lele said to Yixian, “Sister, why didn’t you stop him?”

Yixian said gently as she looked at Yi Ping with utmost affections, “Let him try. I have faith in him. Moreover, he has the White Phoenix Sword and the Divine Echo.”

Yi Ping looked at Yixian as he said, “Thank you…I will not lose.”

The Martial Sage had interrupted, “Xian’Er knows you will surely lose to us, that why she don’t care if you have died in battle. Let me be the first one to send you to your maker first!”

Yi Ping had already displayed the opening stance of the Horizon Swordplay when Xiao Shuai said coldly, “Do you think that it is fair that you have two divine swords in your hand?”

Xiao Shuai had already noticed that Yi Ping swords and his skills in swordplay were not as weak as what Zuo Tianyi had described and he was silently cursing him!

Yi Ping was startled, “We are not contesting swordplay now?”

Han Shaodong said, “Naturally it is not. The Martial Sage and I are actually better with our hand to hand fighting techniques…”

Lingfeng said coldly, “How despicable! It is already five against one and you want to fight a weaponless man?!”

Han Shaodong hummed coldly, “Not at all. Do you think that the blood of all the dead can be settled in such an easy manner? Then how do you expect us to be answerable to their clans and their families?”

Lingfeng said coldly, “So you mean to say that Yi Ping must die today?”

Yi Ping said gently to Lingfeng, “Lingfeng, do you know that you are…alas never mind about that first. I know your concern for me but…if I can settle this with them; we can prevent further bloodshed from happening…”

Ji Wuzheng said, “Sworn Brother, be careful. I know that you are doing this to help me as well. But like what my sister has said, we may not lose if we fight them together…”

Yi Ping smiled and said, “There are hundreds of martial clans and if we cause more bloodshed today, these martial clans will surely come to the Holy Amalgamate Mountains again with greater vendetta. Even those exponents that are neutral may decide to join them. In the end, the entire martial fraternity will be covered in bloodshed. I really don’t want that to happen.”

Lingfeng reluctantly nodded…

Han Shaodong interrupted, “Not only must he be dealt with today; the Celestial Palace must also be taken care of today!”

Lele hummed coldly as she stole a glance at Shui Yixian and Shen Xinyue. They were surprising calm and she wondered what they were thinking about, “We shall see about that. All these are just brags.”

As she said, she took a look at Lie Qing who was brushing her long hair and blinked at her. “I wonder what Sister Lie Qing is thinking?”

Lele too, began to stroke her long hair as she lowered her long black scythe as she pondered. “Don’t tell me they are all planning to rescue Ping’Er when he is in trouble so that their standing in front of him will increase? I mustn’t lose to them then…no wonder they are all so quiet. They just pretending to be docile and submissive in front of Yi Ping and by trying to dissuade him, I am already losing my own position. Not so easy, I am not allowing that…”

Lie Qing, Youxue, Yunzi and Yixian were secretly smiling.

It was because they were all waiting for Lele to screw the battle for them and were secretly thinking what she would do later. The more mysterious and quiet they appeared to be, the more Lele would suspect something was amiss. Knowing Lele, she would probably break every single martial rules and conventions, intervening in whatever manner she liked. That was why they were secretly smiling!

Yi Ping had sheathed his two divine swords behind his back and had displayed the Heavens Horizon with his hands as he said aloud, “I am ready!”

Yu’Er and Mei’Er said at the same time, “Master, be careful!”

Yi Ping coughed weakly but his eyes were gentle as he looked at them and said, “I will.”

Lingfeng sighed as she knew that she could not persuade Yi Ping anymore. Even though she was unwilling to allow this to happen but she knew that at this point of time, she must not allow herself to distract Yi Ping anymore. She took a look at the other maidens who had all fallen into silence as she stepped aside most reluctantly!

Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong, the Sword Sage, the Martial Sage and the Element Sage exchanged malevolent looks at one another and nodded at the same time…

Even though they were all thinking of different thing, they had the same objective; to kill this young man!

The Martial Sage was thinking, “Just any one of us is a match and more than enough for this young man to deal with. I have to be tactically careful not to be the one that kill this young man so Xian’Er won’t hate me thereafter. I must be so brilliant to think of that!”

While the Martial Sage was praising himself, the other four were actually thinking of the same thing; they were pretty sure that with the reckless and stubborn nature of the Martial Sage that once the battle had begun, the one that could dirty his hands to kill this young man would be the Invincible Ironfist who was now known as the Martial Sage!

Xiao Shuai was actually thinking, “Once you have killed him, I will purposely fall out with you and declares that my intention was actually to just punish him and have no intention to kill him. Therefore even though my Unbreakable Hands is formidable, I am not going to use my full martial strength and skill. It is to allow Xian’Er to notice that from the very start, I have deliberately shown mercy towards him!”

Han Shaodong was also thinking, “Xiao Shuai, Xiao Shuai. You didn’t treasure Xian’Er in the past and has always been too engrossed with your schemes. Once the Martial Sage has killed this young man, I will mobilize the Honor Manor to give the young man that is killed by you a good honorable name. Not only will Xian’Er be touched by my gesture, she will also fall into my arms on her own accord…”

The Element Sage was the first to attack Yi Ping as he shouted, “Young man, how about taking my Five Element Fists?”

Immediately he was upon Yi Ping as he rained dozens of powerful blows upon Yi Ping!

Yi Ping immediately retaliated with the Divine Horizon Hands as he counter-attacked with equally lightning fast attacks!

Immediately, a burst of circular dust storm whirled around them and began to spread out even as the thunderous blows of their impacts could be heard!

Shen Xinyue had immediately lifted her martial power by tapping lightly with her foot as she sent an invisible globe of buffering light windforce that encircled Ji Wuzheng, Dugu Zhen and the rest of the maidens!

At the same time, Yixian had lightly lifted her left fingers and there was also a buffering refreshing icy windforce around them!

Lie Qing, Lele, Ji Wuzheng, Dugu Zhen, Youxue, Lingfeng, Yunzi, Yu’Er, Mei’Er and the rest of the onlookers were startled at their martial display!

Ji Wuzheng muttered, “Such a wide extending arc of martial force yet so gentle…”

Shen Xinyue smiled amicably at him, “You don’t want to get dirty right?”

Yixian smiled gently at Ji Wuzheng for an instant but her attention had returned immediately to the fighting…

Yi Ping was now being surrounded by Xiao Shuai, the Martial Sage, Han Shaodong, the Element Sage and the Sword Sage at the same time!

They were all now fighting so fast and so furiously that all the onlookers were in awe of their strikes and speed, hardly believing that it was even possible!

The orthodox and unorthodox exponents were all muttering, “So these are the martial skills of the legendary Three Sages….”

But regardless on whose side the exponents were, they were all astonished that Yi Ping, a young man was able to tank them all at the same time…

Yi Ping was forced to use the Asper Continuum Hands, a secret technique that required all his martial strength to execute as he attacked and parried against his opponents with startling speed!

Han Shaodong was stunned that Yi Ping was tougher to defeat than the last time he had fought with him. As he lifted his martial power and displayed the deadly Divine Rejuvenate Force around him, he had also displayed the pressurizing force of the Big Dipper Hands against him!

But Yi Ping switched towards him with an instantaneous speed, shouting aloud as he displayed the Asper Horizon Hands with a mighty force and knocked him five steps backward, forcing him to cough out a bout of blood!

Han Shaodong could not believe that the martial power of the almighty Big Dipper Hands would actually lose to the Asper Divine Hands!

But this ensuring distraction allowed the Sword Sage to leap upon Yi Ping as he displayed his sword finger, stabbing him on his back!

Yi Ping staggered forward and coughed out a bout of blood even as he knocked the Sword Sage aside!

Xiao Shuai was immediately upon him with his Eighteen Unbreakable Hands, enveloped by his Divine Virtuous Force in its entire martial power!

One thing for sure, the easy fight that they were expecting did not turn out to be easy and they were now fighting with all their strength even as they took multiple hits from Yi Ping!

Yi Ping too had received multiple hits but he had tanked the powerful hits, retaliating with all his strength!

The hits that Yi Ping had received were no ordinary hits and each one was capable of shattering rocks and grinding it into powder.

Lingfeng, Youxue and Yunzi were teary and they could not bear to watch anymore as they turned their heads away.

Yu’Er and Mei’Er had already cast their Emotionless Rhyme away and were already in tears…

Yi Ping and his opponents were now all sweating heavily. They were now at the peak of their martial powers and everyone was holding their breath for the fight…

Xiao Shuai shouted, “Now!”

Immediately, Han Shaodong had once used all his martial power to display the Big Dipper Hands and the Martial Sage had displayed his Hundred Invincible Ironfist secret technique!

The Sword Sage, the Element Sage and Xiao Shuai had displayed their martial techniques as well as they attacked Yi Ping once again from all sides!

Yi Ping gave a great martial shout as he displayed the Asper Divinity Horizon Hands, as a white ring of bursting fire exploded thunderous around him, not once but five times!

There were five bursting loud thunderclaps and five ripples of powerful windforce that immediately swept across the onlookers, knocking many onlookers to the ground!

The Asper Divinity was an extremely powerful martial technique that could equal the martial power of any martial technique, including the Big Dipper Hands. When it was displayed, a ring of white fire would burst around the practitioner and exploded the air around him at the same time as the martial power that went into displaying the Asper Divinity was so powerful and tremendous that before the Asper Divinity had struck its opponent, the resultant force was lethal enough to kill or maimed most opponents!

Therefore the five Asper Divinities that were displayed at the same time was comparable to Yi Ping’s opponents being struck five times continuously with a force that was equivalent to the first secret technique of the Divine Horizon Hands, the Asper Horizon Hands!

Everyone was gasping…

Yi Ping had been desperate and he was fighting five equally powerful opponents therefore he decided to use all his remaining martial power to use the Asper Divinity five times in quick successive, directed at each of his opponent, knocking them all back with such thunderous impact that they were all flung backward!

Xiao Shuai tried to muster all his martial strength to block the Asper Divinity but it was too late as the powerful martial power of the Asper Divinity shrieked and swept his martial force aside and he was hit with a thunderous cracking impact!

Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong, the Three Sages had all turned white; they simply could not believe that this young man had actually bested their combine martial skills at the same time!

Even as Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong and the Martial Sage struggled weakly to get up, they were coughing out blood. The flow of their blood was reversing and they had lost all their martial strength to continue the fight!

As for the Sword Sage and the Element Sage, they had been knocked unconscious and they were now lying unmoving on the ground!

Yan Nanfei and Shangguan Qingyun immediately lifted them to a sitting position as they hit their vital channels on their back several times; they were attempting to clear their erratic vital energies and attempting to save their lives!

Yi Ping was standing in the middle and he had turned completely white!

The second Asper Divinity had been used quite forcibly by Yi Ping. But because he had just swallowed the Divine Dragon Pill, the Asper Divinity could still be forcibly attempted for a second time. But when he used the Asper Divinity for the third time without a break, his blood had reversed and he had coughed out blood, indicating that he had reached his limit!

But when he had tried to use the Asper Divinity for the fourth time, even his heart was not able to take it and he was knocked into a daze, snapping several meridian channels at the same time. If he had not cleared his life and death channels, he would have died immediately on the spot!

Even though he was in a daze but his subconscious was bent on defeating every single opponent that was fighting against him so that he could liberate his friends. Theoretically he had already expended all his entire strength and could not muster any martial power, even for the Asper Horizon Hand. But because he had already reached his limit and was on his death knell, he had reached into his reserve life force and had executed the Asper Divinity; only a person that had reached this limit could muster their life force but the result of using up this reserve would only mean that the person was going to die…

Yixian, Shen Xinyue, Lingfeng, Lele, Lie Qing, Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Youxue and Yunzi were immediately besides Yi Ping as they called out to him frantically but he was not responding; he was just standing on the same spot unmoving with his eyes straight, either hearing or responding to anyone of them!

Yixian, Lele and Lie Qing had immediately hit him on his life channels in an attempt to revive him…

Shen Xinyue had transferred the life reviving force of her Divine Rejuvenate Force onto him in an attempt to revive him but she was soon shaking her head, “It is no use. Even if we used up all our internal strength, we are losing him too fast. His meridian channels and his intricate life force energies are either not intact or in complete disarrays…”



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[szfong]

Thanks for another exciting chapter, Avidfan!!!

So, Yi Ping has gone into a temporary "vegetative" state... Neither alive, nor dead. Will all the maidens need to take care of Yi Ping, The Vegetable for the rest of his life or does he and a celestial event surprise everyone by waking him up, thus saving him just when everyone had almost given up all hopes?

Yixian, Shen Xinyue, Lingfeng, Lele, Lie Qing, Youxue, Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Youxue and Yunzi were immediately besides Yi Ping as they called out to him frantically but he was not responding; he was just standing on the same spot unmoving with his eyes straight, either hearing or responding to anyone of them!

There is 10 maidens listed, so far Yi Ping only has 9 fiancee/wives. Youxue is listed twice. When will you be introducing maiden #10? Will Yi Ping's Divine Calamity arrive just in the nick of time to save his life? Will his divinity surpass all the others and turns his eyes golden because he has regained all his memories & divinities in one fellow swoop because he had used the Asper Divinity 5 times in a row? Also where's the funny scene you promised where Yixian rebukes all her former friends? Does Youxue shows her displeasure of her father for trying to kill his son-in-law and for having lustful plans for his son-in-laws' other wives? Since all the villains are now injured and and saddened by Yi Ping's severe injuries, does Yi Ping's other wives slaughter the villains with ease, while Yixian look the other way. I wonder which of Yi Ping's wife kills which of the villains... or does Yi Ping wakes up just in time to stop them from finishing them off? It would be funny if they promised to spare them, but to Yi Ping's surprise, they immediately cut some of their limbs off for having lustful thoughts for them & for insurance so as not to trouble them in the future..

Cant wait to find out...

[Avidfan]

Hi Avidfan,

I wonder what will Yi Ping's sleeping arrangements be after they fight off the bad guys and return back to the White Sage's Tranquil Mountains Sect Headquarters to prepare for Yixian Calamity. They should at least become official husband and wife, for she does not know if she will soon die. I wonder if the White Sage and all his wives will fit in the Tranquil Pool to refresh their tired and injured bodies... When he arrives home, will he need to ask Priest Liu Qingcheng to construct a custom-sized extra large bed to keep the family together? Dying to find the answers for so many questions... Just kidding...

You suppose to be asking about the fight contents xD. That is very fast switching ^^

There is 10 maidens listed, so far Yi Ping only has 9 fiancee/wives. Youxue is listed twice. When will you be introducing maiden #10? Will Yi Ping's Divine Calamity arrive just in the nick of time to save his life? Will his divinity surpass all the others and turns his eyes golden because he has regained all his memories & divinities in one fellow swoop because he had used the Asper Divinity 5 times in a row? Also where's the funny scene you promised where Yixian rebukes all her former friends? Does Youxue shows her displeasure of her father for trying to kill his son-in-law and for having lustful plans for his son-in-laws' other wives? Since all the villains are now injured and and saddened by Yi Ping's severe injuries, does Yi Ping's other wives slaughter the villains with ease, while Yixian look the other way. I wonder which of Yi Ping's wife kills which of the villains... or does Yi Ping wakes up just in time to stop them from finishing them off? It would be funny if they promised to spare them, but to Yi Ping's surprise, they immediately cut some of their limbs off for having lustful thoughts for them & for insurance so as not to trouble them in the future..

Cant wait to find out...

Thanks and correct it the extra text!

The rebuke part was quite fast as I want the pace to be fast. Maybe not in the same as a real rebuke but by declaring that they have to challenge her first rather than Yi Ping first and then dropping a bombshell at them by telling them that she is already married to Yi Ping was a shocker to them. Then giving them a cold shoulder, she proceed to held Yi Ping's hands xD

Now that Yi Ping's life is seeping away, it will be hard to stop Lele and Shen Xinyue from going on a rampage, since virtually none of the exponents in the scene except for the Celestial Fairy Yixian could stop them now. Cross finger xD

[szfong]

You suppose to be asking about the fight contents xD. That is very fast switching ^^



Thanks and correct it the extra text!

The rebuke part was quite fast as I want the pace to be fast. Maybe not in the same as a real rebuke but by declaring that they have to challenge her first rather than Yi Ping first and then dropping a bombshell at them by telling them that she is already married to Yi Ping was a shocker to them. Then giving them a cold shoulder, she proceed to held Yi Ping's hands xD

Now that Yi Ping's life is seeping away, it will be hard to stop Lele and Shen Xinyue from going on a rampage, since virtually none of the exponents in the scene except for the Celestial Fairy Yixian could stop them now. Cross finger xD

It would have been funny if the other maidens DO NOT remain quiet during Yixian's gentle rebuke of them. Of course, Yixian is too civilized, the other maidens, eg Lele, should have at least made a few smart and derogatory remarks against those challenging Yi Ping. Youxue and Xinyue should have point out the horrible things her father and Xinyue's protege is committing or plan to commit, and had committed in the past. Hope to soon read up on what happens next..