A Martial Odyssey

[Avidfan]

Chapter 57: The Fiery Phoenix and the Blue Heavens Divine Sword



The camps of the orthodox clans were burning furiously and there were chaotic fighting everywhere!

Thousands of exponents from over two hundred martial clans were fighting against one another in great confusion!

Everywhere, there were fallen exponents, the thunderous impact of fists and the shrieking clanging of weapons as martial clan fought against one another.

Everyone was accusing one another to be a heretic exponent as they fought against one another. Most of the accusations were actually false as the martial clans took advantage of the confusion to settle old feuds and realign their alliances.

When the heretic sects had descended upon the camps of the orthodox clans, there were no prior warnings. It was because most of the sentries had already been killed or had been infiltrated by the heretic sects!

Indeed, the extent of the infiltration of the heretic sects were so widespread that the entire orthodox exponents found themselves in great confusion as they fought the heretic exponents and other orthodox exponents at the same time!

Six of the more prominent heretic sects, the Ancient Relic Sect, the Salvation Palace, the Three Swords Clan, the Episode Sect, and the Rhapsody Sect were led by the elders of the Sacred Divine Clan in a sudden attack on the orthodox clans in the dead of the night!

Panic quickly spread throughout the camps of the orthodox clans!

“They are…the heretic exponents! There are so many of them!?”

Among the more than one hundred martial clans, there were more than a dozen martial clans that were secretly aligned with the major unorthodox clans and had infiltrated the camps of the orthodox clans.

Adding to the number of heretic clans and unorthodox clans that were already on the opposing sides, were their infiltrators in the various orthodox clans that deliberately created more confusion and chaos during the attack by misleading the others that the clans that they were in were actually the enemies!

Three immediately factions were fighting for supremacy in the chaos, the Evil Heretic Clans, the Unrighteous Unorthodox Clans and the Righteous Orthodox Clans!

Assembled inside the large tent of the Virtuous Palace were the leaders of the three major Sword Clans; Yan Nanfei the Protégé Master of the Zen Sect, Zuo Tianyi the Protégé Master of the Infinity Sword Clan, and Shangguan Qingyun the Protégé Master of the Divine Sword Martial Clan.

The Honor Manor led by Han Shaodong, Gu Tianle the Protégé Master and the Heartless Scholar who had just assumed the new leadership of the Twelve Golden Halls of the Honor Manor were also presented.

Also presented were the Sword Sage of the Aegis Sword Clan, the Element Sage and his protégé grand-nephew Chi Zhengqi of the Five Element Clan.

Beside Xiao Shuai were Yuan Shao, Xiao Fei and Xiao Ao.

Xiao Ao was the son of Xiao Da. He was casting long glances at Han Xinyue, who was the granddaughter of Han Shaodong. And it was pretty much obvious.

Han Xinyue did not seem to mind the attention given to her. Even though she was no more than twenty and had an innocent and angelic look, Zuo Tianyi and the Lu Baiyun the Heartless Scholar were secretly fearful of her!

When her mysterious gray eyes looked at them, they were immediately seized with fear!

It was because despite her angelic and innocent look, she had seized Zuo Tianyi’s divine sword, the Blue Heavens just a few days ago and had severely injured them!

Her real name was actually not Han Xinyue but was Shen Xinyue the Fiery Phoenix. Even though she had been introduced as Han Shaodong’s granddaughter, she was actually Han Shaodong protégé mistress!

As a matter of fact, Han Shaodong’s Divine Rejuvenation Force was imparted to him by her!

A few days ago…

Lu Baiyun was saying to Zuo Tianyi, “I see that you have a good sword in your hands.”

Zuo Tianyi said, “The sword is not unsheathed yet, how do you know that it is a good sword?”

Lu Baiyun said, “I am also an accomplished swordsman myself. The sword isn’t unsheathed yet but already I can sense its killing intent. It is a good sword but it is a pity that it is a malevolent sword. If I am not wrong, this sword is a calamity sword and would bring harm only to its master. A swordsman should be in control of the sword and not let the sword controlled him, don’t you think so?”

Zuo Tianyi said coldly, “Don’t you worry about it. As long as this sword is able to help me to kill my enemies, this is a good sword. With my present attainment, no matter how malevolent this Blue Heavens is, its sword energy won’t be able to harm me.”

Lu Baiyun laughed, “I am really curious about this sword. May I have a look at it?”

Zuo Tianyi hummed coldly, “If the sword is unsheathed, then it must draw blood. Do you want your blood to be upon this sword? Moreover, the mere sword energy of this sword will only harm you. This is something that you won’t be wishing or else the Honor Manor would soon lose one of its most capable fighters.”

“What if I want to look at it?” An angelic voice said alluringly.

It was Han Xinyue.

She was always cold and kept to herself. Today was the first time that she had spoken to them.

Zuo Tianyi hummed coldly, “If anything happens to you, how would we answer to Master Han Shaodong. You have better forgot about it.”

Han Xinyue smiled. Her smiles were beautiful and really enticing to behold as she sighed softly, “Is that so?”

Lu Baiyun was looking lustfully at her as he said, “If maiden you are interested in swords and swordplay, you can come to the tents of the Honor Manor and I would be pleased to show you our precious swords…”

Han Xinyue had already seized the scabbard from Zuo Tianyi with a startling speed, as she broke the harness of the sword scabbard with her fingers!

Zuo Tianyi was stunned to see this display. Even though he had seen her making her move and was about to stop her; his scabbard was seized right in front of his very eyes! What was even scary about her was that she seemed to have deliberately hinted that she was coming forward and when Zuo Tianyi had raised his hands to stop her, she had simply seized it.

Beautiful or not, whether she was angelic or not and whether she was from the Virtuous Palace or not, Zuo Tianyi’s malevolent killing intent was aroused and he raised his sword fingers to stab her. It was because taking and stealing a swordsman’s sword was considered to be an act of great sacrilegious. In the fraternity, it was an act that was punishment by death duels on the spot!

Even Lu Baiyun was shocked!

But just as Zuo Tianyi had just raised his sword finger, Han Xinyue had already unsheathed the blue beaming cold blade of the divine sword. When the Blue Heavens was unsheathed, a sudden burst of cold bluish burst of sword energy burst in all directions, fatally wounding Zuo Tianyi and Lu Baiyun as the shockwave of the sword energy sent them flying backward and rolling on the ground in agonizing pain!

Zuo Tianyi was stunned!

It was because even for his state of divinity, he had to be careful about unsheathing this sword and had to use his sword energy attainment to suppress the sword energy of this sword. Even though the Blue Heavens was radiating a powerful sword energy force in his hand, he had never seen this type of sword burst before!

This sword energy display was already the attainment of the Infinity-Zero!

What was even more startling was that Han Xinyue was still standing in the same spot and was not affected by the sword energy burst as she said, “Lucky I am able to have to release the cumulating sword energies of this naughty sword with my Rejuvenate Divine Force or else the backlash would be great. Oh well, it does seem this is a calamity sword. When it is unsheathed, it must draw blood. Luckily, it is not mine.”

As she raised the divine sword in her hands, the light of the sun was diffused by the sword and a golden halo formed glaringly on its blade, “So the name of this name is the Blue Heavens.”

She sheathed the sword and carelessly threw it down on Zuo Tianyi’s feet as she hummed coldly and said disappointing, “It is a pity that this sword has been tainted by a malevolent force that has yet to be dissipated. If you continue to use this sword, you will only be harming yourself.”

She looked at Zuo Tianyi and Lu Baiyun as she said, “See, I didn’t lie to you am I right? The both of you are now fatally injured by the sword. Unfortunately even if I want to help, I am helpless for your internal injuries are really too severe. You have better rest in bed for the next three months if you value your life.”

Zuo Tianyi and Lu Baiyun had turned ashen with agonizing pain as they broke out in cold sweat even as they stared at her with shock.

Han Xinyue said, “I forget to add. Even if you can recover from your internal injuries, your internal strength will be lost forever. But then consider yourselves lucky, lesser mortals will have died immediately.”

She appeared to sigh as she talked to herself.

Zuo Tianyi and Lu Baiyun were trembling uncontrollably as they stared at her with burning hatred! They were using all their strength to suppress their agonizing pain and were gagging in pain on the ground. Whenever they mustered the strength to interrupt her, they found no words and instead of words, they had coughed out blood!

Han Xinyue sighed again; she picked up the Blue Heavens again as she kicked it into her hands, saying. “Come to think of that, I guess such a precious sword isn’t safe in your hands. What if it would to fall into the wrong hands? Let me keep for you until you are able to handle this sword safely.”

She looked at Zuo Tianyi and Lu Baiyun curiously, “Are you trying to say something? I can’t hear anything. Maybe you want to cough out all the blood first before you say anything to me? Or maybe you want to beg me to save your lives? Oh very well, even though it is none of my business, I guess I will try to help. I just can’t stand emotional distress.”

She took out two pills from her pouch as she threw it carelessly onto the ground, “This is the Heavenly Dreams Divine Pills. If you consume it, your internal strength will be protected. After your internal injuries have recovered, you may even receive a significant boast in internal strength from it! But of course, the side effect is that you must consume one Heavenly Dreams Divine Pill every month or else…”

She appeared to be sad but quickly recovered her angelic composure, “Since I have saved your lives, you must address me as your benevolent mistress when you see me and do my biddings. Or else…”

She looked at Zuo Tianyi, “You know, when a person has saved your lives, even if it takes you an entire life to repay your benefactor, it is never enough. If you are willing, I just take your Blue Heavens as a gift. I take it as a yes then since you didn’t protest.”

She blinked at them before walking away; leaving Zuo Tianyi and Lu Baiyun alone on the ground as they could only stared bitterly at her with their bloody tears!

That was why they had been so terrified of her when they had seen her standing angelically beside Han Shaodong!

Xiao Shuai was laughing inside the commanding tent of the Virtuous Palace as the chaos outside ensured, “So the heretic sects have finally taken their action.”

Yuan Shao nodded, “This is exactly as you have predicted. The heretic sects have seized the three days armistice lull to attack us.”

Xiao Shuai said coldly, “The heretic sects are baiting their time for us to annihilate each other as we assaulted the fortress of the Holy Hex Sect and their allies. By announcing a ceasefire and an ultimatum in three days’ time, the heretic sects know that the Heavenly Relic and the Holy Maiden would be ours when that time comes.”

Han Shaodong added wryly, “When they have taken action against us, we can take this opportunity to weed up all the infiltrators and collaborators as well. In a masterful move, we would get rid of the dangers of the heretic sects.”

Xiao Shuai nodded, “Once we get rid of the heretic sects then we will immediately charge up the mountains with our full force and we can accuse the Holy Hex Sect for conspiring with the heretics and breaking the truce.”

The Element Sage said solemnly, “There will be many dead and the price will be heavy.”

Han Shaodong said, “The fraternity has been too peaceful, producing weaker and weaker exponents every generation. This fight may be costly but it will be helpful for the experiences of the survivors. Our real objective is to ascend to be Celestials and fight the deplorable Celestial Palace. We must not let the Celestial Palace knows that we are already aware of their manipulative influence in the fraternity.”

Chi Zhengqi whispered to the Element Sage, “Grandpa, I don’t understand. What Celestial Palace and what this ascension means?”

Element Sage whispered, “Keep quiet and listen. You have no right to talk here.”

Han Shandong laughed, “Child. Your name is Zhengqi? You don’t have to worry. It is something beneficial and good for you.”

Chi Zhengqi mustered the courage and said, “The others are fighting with their lives outside. Why are we here and not helping?”

Gu Tianle laughed, “Young man. Five hundred fighters from the Honor Manor are fighting outside already. It is more than enough. We are conserving our strength and waiting for the Three Evils of the West to appear first. If they are not killed, then all our plans will not come into fruition!”

Chi Zhengqi was stunned as he stammered, “The Three Evils of the West! I have heard many terrifying tales of their rampage in the martial fraternity. They will be here tonight?”

Gu Tianle said, “With my protégé master here, the Three Sages, the Virtuous Palace and the protégé leaders of the three major sword clans here, there is nothing for you to fear. However, to lure them out, we must not appear to be prepared first and when they think they can influence the fight with their presence, they will naturally appeared.”

Xiao Fei added, “Even though it appeared chaotic outside, there is a perimeter of death around this camp. Our best fighters are lying in ambush for them.”

Chi Zhengqi nodded, “So it is actually a plan. But after this fight, do we have the strength to assault the Holy Hex Sect? Most of our fighters would be in need of rest and for their wounds to be tended. I really don’t know how we are able to fight the notorious Holy Sectarian Master.”

Xiao Shuai was amused by this young man. He had actually smiled and said, “Don’t you worry. I have news from my informant that Ji Wuzheng and most of the top exponents of the Holy Hex Sect are injured. This is really the best time for us to attack them. Heavens is really on our side.”

Chi Zhengqi looked reassured, “Then I am really relieved. The Holy Sectarian Master and the Righteous Axioms Clan are all vile people. It is really a blessing of the fraternity if we can get rid of them.”

Han Shaodong was the old man that day. He had recognized the banner of the Five Element on Chi Zhengqi that day. Suspecting that Chi Zhengqi had been bullied by the Righteous Axioms Clan, he decided to teach those young exponents a lesson. But in the end, he was forced to beat a humiliating retreat.

As this was meant to teach those young exponents a lesson, he had actually restrained himself on them but these young exponents had retaliated with all their skills and he got more than he had bargained for. That was so much for teaching them a ‘lesson’.

But now, he knew that they were the notorious Righteous Axioms Clan, he would not restraint himself anymore and moreover, he had to avenge his humiliating defeat and silence them or else his reputation in the annals of the martial fraternity would be tainted.

No matter, he must not let Xiao Shuai know of it or he will be a laughing stock.

So Han Shaodong said, “I didn’t know that they are the notorious Righteous Axioms or I really will teach them a harder lesson.”

Xiao Shuai said, “It is a lucky thing you did not. I have heard the Holy Maiden is travelling with them. You should have brought her back that day…”

Han Shaodong smiled bitterly when he had recalled that battle that night but he said, “I told you I didn’t know they were the Righteous Axioms Clan. Their skills are really mediocre and not a threat to us at all. I got tired of playing with them after a while.”

The Sword Sage interrupted, “I am a little worry for the Martial Sage. He has been gone for one week. I suspected that he has gone to the Holy Hex Sect to seek vendetta for the Old Sword Saint.”

Xiao Shuai said coldly, “Indeed he has.”

The Element Sage interrupted as he asked anxiously, “You know?”

Xiao Shuai said, “Don’t worry. He is still alive. He is now a guest of Holy Hex Sect. He is lucky to be still alive after barging into the Holy Hex Sect and has almost screwed up our plans. I hope it is a lesson that he can remember well.”

“What lesson?”

An old man with a ruby complexion and a portly tummy was standing at the entrance of the tent. He was the Martial Sage!

Everyone was stunned.

Xiao Shuai asked, “Aren’t you being held prisoner in the Holy Hex Sect?”

The Martial Sage laughed, “They are lax and thought that I am too seriously injure to move. They didn’t know that I am called the Invincible Ironfist while I was younger. Haha. There are fighting outside and why are all you chatting so leisurely here? Come out quickly. We got a good fight waiting for us!”

He patted his hard body and laughed.

Xiao Shuai was silent for a while before he asked solemnly, “How did you come here? Didn’t you see any sentries? Why didn’t anyone inform us?”

The Martial Sage laughed merrily, “Oh those? I thought they are on the heretic sects’ side when they suddenly attacked me. Don’t worry, after a few knocks, they did recognize me and let me through…Haha. I told them not to inform anyone of you. I want to give you all a surprise!”

Han Shaodong said coldly, “Great, great. For a moment, I thought that you almost disable our defenses. Do you know how much effort I have put in that Golden Blades Formation and you have actually survived through it?”

The Martial Sage laughed again, “I recognize how tricky that formation is. After playing with it for a while, I began to shout that I am the Martial Sage. Luckily, there were a few that had already recognized me!”

He lied of course. All his thoughts were into the breaking of the Golden Blades Formation. It only stopped when the protégés of the Honor Manor were able to immediately recognize him.

The Sword Sage said coldly, “Have you forgotten the real reason why we have come out of our recluse? It is to escape the eyes of the Celestial Palace and eventually ascend as Celestials.”

The Martial Sage did not seem to be pleased as he said rudely, “I only know I have here to avenge my brother the Old Sword Saint. This ascension thing is more like a wishful thing. I admit I don’t know as much as all of you and never seen a Celestial before. But I know something that all of you don’t! Haha.”

The Sword Sage hummed coldly, “Stop beating around the bush and tell us. You will actually know something that we don’t?”

The Martial Sage walked into the center of the tent with a jovial expression as he looked at everyone, “I know where Xian’Er is now!”

Almost immediately, the Sword Sage, the Element Sage, Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong, Yan Nanfei and Shangguan Qingyun were startled.

Yan Nanfei who had been keeping quiet all along stammered, “You know where Xian’Er is now?”

Shangguan Qingyun quickly caught hold of him with trembling hands, “Old fellow, quickly tell me! You have really seen her?”

Aside from the Martial Sage, Shangguan Qingyun was also infatuated with Xian’Er. Once he had found a priceless martial treasure, the Divine Dragon Pill. Without a second thought, he had wanted to give it to Xian’Er.

After many years of martial cultivation and mediation, he still could not put down Xian’Er from his heart. He wanted to see her for the last time before he died and was always wondering where she was!

Those that did not know who Xian’Er was had started to wonder who she was now!

Even Shen Xinyue was intrigued for she could see from the startled expressions of these old men that they were familiar with this Xian’Er!

The Martial Sage said, “Even though I have not really seen her but I do recognize the twin swords that she used to carry with her all the time. I say, she must be related to the Holy Hex Sect. Therefore we must not attack the Holy Hex Sect anymore. I see a couple of maidens and they have some of her resemblances!”

Yan Nanfei said, “Let’s don’t attack the Holy Hex Sect then. If the Holy Maiden is related to Xian’Er, then we are doing her a great disservice. Surely we can find another way to defeat the Celestial Palace and to ascend into Celestials.”

Han Shaodong was trembling as he muttered, “Xian’Er, are you still alive after all these years? How long have it been? I really miss you…”

Even the haughty Sword Sage was muttering incoherently now!

The Element Sage asked, “Xian’Er, she is really from the Holy Hex Sect? That is the last place that I have been expecting from…”

Xiao Shuai interrupted coldly, “Don’t worry so much. Xian’Er isn’t at the Holy Hex Sect nor is she related to the Holy Hex Sect. Therefore our plans must continue.”

The Martial Sage shouted angrily, “What do you know? I owe my life to Xian’Er in that accursed underground palace ruin. Just because you say she is not there or related to the Holy Hex Sect, do you expect us to believe you?”

Xiao Shuai noted the angry glances and smiled bitterly. At this point of time, he must not allow his plans to come to naught. Even though he was not willing to share with them where Xian’Er was, he found himself left with no choice. “I know where Xian’Er is.”

Everyone was stunned.

Han Shaodong shouted at him, “You know where Xian’Er is? And you didn’t tell us?! Where is she now?”

The Martial Sage was also shouting, “Xiao Shuai, you old scoundrel. Do you still consider us as your brothers?!”

The Sword Sage was staring coldly at Xiao Shuai.

Xiao Shuai said coldly, “I have originally intended to tell all of you after we have vanquished the Holy Hex Sect so that none of us will be distracted by the forthcoming battles…”

Han Shaodong hummed coldly, “So you are saying, only you can be distracted and not us? What a joke? Stop beating around the bush and tell us where Xian’Er is now. Is she well?”

Xiao Shuai said, “She is well. I have seen her. You may have heard of the name of the Celestial Fairy in the fraternity. That is her.”

Shangguan Qingyun was shocked, “Xian’Er is the Celestial Fairy? But I have heard that the Celestial Fairy passed away last year…”

Xiao Shuai said, “That is the rumor of the fraternity. She still lives and in fact…”

He pointed at Yuan Shao who was coughing weakly, “…Xian’Er has even injured my benevolent teacher.”

Han Shaodong was suspicious, “Xian’Er has the martial skill to injure Yuan Shao? Is that possible?”

Xiao Shuai said, “You have better believe it. Until now, Yuan Shao has not recovered from his injuries and yet to expulse the deadly Icy Heavenly Tears intricate energy from his body.”

Yan Nanfei said, “How do we know if you are telling the truth? I trust the Martial Sage more than you. The Eternal Ice Palace is so far away from the fraternity and moreover the Eternal Ice Palace has never entertained any strangers. How do we know you are telling us the truth?”

Xiao Shuai pointed at Zuo Tianyi, Lu Baiyun and Xiao Fei as he sighed. “They have seen her too. If you still don’t believe, you can ask them!”

Han Shaodong turned and asked Lu Baiyun, “Is that true?”

Lu Baiyun stammered, “Is true. We have seen the Celestial Fairy and her sight was simply out of the world. I have never any maiden as beautiful as she is.”

Han Shaodong slapped Lu Baiyun, “Rubbish! Do you know how old the Celestial Fairy is rumored to be in the fraternity! Beautiful my foot. You don’t even know how to flatter us!”

Lu Baiyun was startled as he stammered, “But the Celestial Fairy we have seen is really very young and she is like a goddess…”

Xiao Shuai interrupted with a soft sigh, “That is the truth. I have seen Xian’Er a few months ago. She didn’t age at all since we have last seen her and she has even become more elegant in her beauty.”

Han Shaodong was startled as he secretly looked at Shen Xinyue before he asked, “Is that possible?”

Xiao Shuai said, “It is only possible if that someone has extreme cold negative internal strength. It happens that the Eternal Ice Palace’s practitioners are all cold negative internal strength practitioners.”

The Martial Sage said, “Alright, let’s say you are right but how do you explain Xian’Er swords that I have seen that were in the Holy Hex Sect?”

Xiao Shuai said, “They are Yujian the Jade Sword Fairy and Meijian the Beautiful Sword Fairy. They are the protégés of the Celestial Fairy.”

The Martial Sage was startled. Indeed, he had heard them calling themselves Yu’Er and Mei’Er…

Han Shaodong was stunned. He had fought with Yujian and Meijian before but he had failed to notice the swords that they were wielding hence missing an opportunity to find Xian’Er. He thought, “Is that why Xian’Er has left me? Because I am not attentive as the Martial Sage?”

The Martial Sage asked aloud, “Is Xian’Er at the Holy Hex Sect now?”

Xiao Shuai shook his head, “Where she is now, even I do not know. But one thing is for sure, Xian’Er seemed to be under the spell of that Yi Ping. Unless we can kill him, we can’t save her from his evil clutches.”



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Happy new year everyone and happy readings too!

[szfong]

Thanks for the update, Avidfan!!

And Happy New Year!!

[szfong]

Is "Shen Xinyue, the Fiery Phoenix" the 9th maiden?

She doesn't seem evil...

Will we be seeing some action, intrigue, and laughs?
Will she duel Yi Ping?
Will Yi Ping nearly loses but finally wins the duel with #9 using his Universal Force & Aspire Divinity Hand, and #9 has a rule that whoever loses to her and survives, they must take her pills, call her protege mistress and become her follower, but if she loses and survives, she must marry him and become his wife.... And then the laughs begins... Afraid that such a powerful maiden can become a deadly foe, instead of an ally, the others grudginly accepts her and persuades Yi Ping to accept her as well--his condition that they would no longer be jealous or punish or bully him for the smallest of reasons... But they lie of course...

Will Han Shaodong, Zuo Tianyi and Lu Baiyun who lost to her and survived, took her pill, and now must call Yi Ping protege master!! That way Dugu Yunzi can take revenge and now boss Zuo Tianyi around once #9 joins the sisterhood...

What will Lele and Yixian's reaction be?
Every time he goes out to do some heroic deeds, he brings home a new wife... After #9, everyone sticks to him like glue, but it's no use as he proceeds to go against the Divine Calamity. And being the only man to survive the Divine Calamity without the use of unorthodox methods, he gains the attention of another maiden... It would be really light-hearted, yet hilarious if the story moves into such a direction. Hehehe

Can't wait to read the next chapter!!

[Avidfan]

Is "Shen Xinyue, the Fiery Phoenix" the 9th maiden?

She doesn't seem evil...

Will we be seeing some action, intrigue, and laughs?
Will she duel Yi Ping?
Will Yi Ping nearly loses but finally wins the duel with #9 using his Universal Force & Aspire Divinity Hand, and #9 has a rule that whoever loses to her and survives, they must take her pills, call her protege mistress and become her follower, but if she loses and survives, she must marry him and become his wife.... And then the laughs begins... Afraid that such a powerful maiden can become a deadly foe, instead of an ally, the others grudginly accepts her and persuades Yi Ping to accept her as well--his condition that they would no longer be jealous or punish or bully him for the smallest of reasons... But they lie of course...

Will Han Shaodong, Zuo Tianyi and Lu Baiyun who lost to her and survived, took her pill, and now must call Yi Ping protege master!! That way Dugu Yunzi can take revenge and now boss Zuo Tianyi around once #9 joins the sisterhood...

What will Lele and Yixian's reaction be?
Every time he goes out to do some heroic deeds, he brings home a new wife... After #9, everyone sticks to him like glue, but it's no use as he proceeds to go against the Divine Calamity. And being the only man to survive the Divine Calamity without the use of unorthodox methods, he gains the attention of another maiden... It would be really light-hearted, yet hilarious if the story moves into such a direction. Hehehe

Can't wait to read the next chapter!!

Happy 2014! God Blesses! =D

Come to think of that, you are right. Almost every time Yi Ping had gone to a fight, he had brought back a maiden home LOL~

I can only say for now #9 is one of the most dangerous maidens (hint: She has gray eyes and can unsheathe the Blue Heavens effortlessly without being harmed)

[szfong]

btw, is it Lie Qing or Shen Xinyue the reincarnation of the Dark Enchantress of the West, that was mentioned in Chap. 55?

[Avidfan]

btw, is it Lie Qing or Shen Xinyue the reincarnation of the Dark Enchantress of the West, that was mentioned in Chap. 55?

That is Shen Xinyue xD Her very name 沈星月 means The Deep Stars and the Moon or Dark Celestial Night, gives the hint!

[szfong]

That is Shen Xinyue xD Her very name 沈星月 means The Deep Stars and the Moon or Dark Celestial Night, gives the hint!

Chap. 57 just introduced a new maiden but I seem to recall the two senior who gave their most precious pills to Yi Ping, and eaten by Lingfeng, the "deaf & mute" Youxue, and the "almost dead" Lie Qing, are present with those attacking and trying to ascend.

Will we see the return of Yi Ping and friends plus some action in chap. 58? Does Yixian and Lele with her large tummy drop by?

Can't wait to read the next draft chapter...

[geraldsaw]

As I have said many times, this fantasy epic has depth and a host of characters. I really revel in the progress of Yi Ping to the realms of the gods. He fulfils all the requirements of a person favoured by the gods - he is a just fearless protector of the weak and the innocent and really deserves heaven's mandate.

thank you and a happy new year to you and everyone else.

[Avidfan]

As I have said many times, this fantasy epic has depth and a host of characters. I really revel in the progress of Yi Ping to the realms of the gods. He fulfils all the requirements of a person favoured by the gods - he is a just fearless protector of the weak and the innocent and really deserves heaven's mandate.

thank you and a happy new year to you and everyone else.

Happy 2014 and many thanks for reading and supporting! Sorry for reply late. I am back to my almost 12hrs work week again ^^;

Once again, all the best to you and to all the readers that are keenly following this story! Remember, your support is important and precious =)))

[Avidfan]

Will we be seeing some action, intrigue, and laughs?

Will she duel Yi Ping?

A duel between Shen Xinyue and Yi Ping would be interesting right?

I think Chapter 56 is really a funny chapter even though it may be a little long and depressing to catch the humor in the chapter. Everyone kinda depressed that Lie Qing had 'died'.

The funny part of Chapter 56 was actually when Yi Ping had crushed and destroyed the Heavenly Relic with the Universal Force and the creation energy of the universal force had actually transmuted the Heavenly Relic to five Divine Dragon Pills. Suddenly the worthless Divine Dragon Pills become useful again and then it was all gone.

And the funny thing will be later when Yu'Er and Mei'Er had to suffer the consequences of eating the Divine Dragon Pills.

Lingfeng internal strength foundation was actually much stronger than both Yu'Er and Mei'Er or else she won't be able to use the Asper Horizon Hand. Protected by the Divine Revelation and the Holy Amalgamate Force, she would not suffer any ill-effect.

[szfong]

Although chap 56 suppose to have its lighter moments, but Lie Qing's death put a damper on it....

I wonder what will be the side effects... Will they think they will die, cry and tell the truth about every bad thing that they've done? Hope they also have bouts of diarrhea when they are healed.... . And of course, Yi Ping is the one who saves them and is most concerned, after he was the one who wrongly hacked the two twins to death in another lifetime.... Is it going to occur or begin to occur in the next chapter?

Can't wait to soon read chap. 58 and watch the twins supper and made better by Yi Ping's sacrifice, thus unequivocally proving his love for the two them thus removing all doubts the twins seems to constantly have for Yi Ping's love....

[szfong]

Hi Avidfan,

In the next chapter or two, can you add a funny, yet descriptively more detailed, yet light hearted scene such as the following?....

Having proven his undying love for Qin'er and Yun'er, they should by now surrender their bodies to Yi Ping that night or a few nights later... Hence, one day.... While checking up on Qing'er's injuries with Yun'er, but somehow Yun'er and Qing'er sets out to gove their chastity to Yi Ping. Yi Ping, of course, lovingly checks up on Qing'er and caringly checks the mostly healed stab wound below her chest and also examines the bruising still evident on her breasts. Feeling a bit awkward after Qing'er shyly but freely allows him to examine her bare-naked chest, afterwards Yi Ping, red-faced, starts to leave, but the two stops him and shyly asks him to show him how much he loved them. Yun'er lightly grabs him to stop and face her, and demurely removed her clothing completely in front of him and Qing'er walks next to him and does the same. Qing'er innocently asks him to message her breasts the same way he did the other day while fighting the Evils... and Yun'er also wants you to show her. The naked Qing'er smiles mesmerizingly and Yun'er smiles demurely lightly grabs his hand and guides him to the bed where Qin'er was lying moments ago and while smiling to him, both bashfully helping him to undress. After several bouts of marriage rituals, Qing'er and Yunzi are both exhausted and happy. While all are still naked and wrapped around Yi Ping in bed, Qing'er solemnly and with a hint of a smile tell herself, "so that is how you made sister Lele pregnant", that was fun, we must do it often... Yi Ping is startled, as is Yunzi, and they can unmistakingly hear many brief utters of shock coming from outside their door. Yun'er and Qing'er looks at Yi Ping sheepishly and tells him, the other sisters are naive and did not understand what it means to lose one's chastity and they kept asking us and the two of us volunteered to show them; even Lingfeng's three curious nieces are outside. They then laughingly tells him--our smart sister Lingfeng would have been with the two of us in the room also, but having her nieces around and outside she says she would wait for another day and do it with you with Youxue, after all she promised you at the inn that day she would never be jealous of Youxue and owes her a heavy debt for saving her life more than once... Yun'er lightly puts her lips near his ears and whispers, we must surely do it as often as possible as you've promised to have many children with me and then proceeds to kiss him on the lips and they do it once again....... Yi Ping was so shocked, as he doesn't know what to say or do except to obey...

Later on, once he saves the twins from the aftereffects of the Divine Dragon Pills, they will show their appreciation as well... That leaves only Yixian, his official wife and the Fiery Phoenix, and perhaps one more maiden....

I would love it if the scene between Yi Ping and Lele in a previous chapter were more descriptive and not quickly glossed over... it should be only slightly less descriptive as the fight scenes, in my option... Overall, the story would be better balanced if the close relationships that he has with each of the maidens are explored more deeply...

[ycb5959]

Thanks! Just finished the novel up to here...
[thought it was going to end soon but now a new character... ]

[Avidfan]

Hi Avidfan,

In the next chapter or two, can you add a funny, yet descriptively more detailed, yet light hearted scene such as the following?....

Having proven his undying love for Qin'er and Yun'er, they should by now surrender their bodies to Yi Ping that night or a few nights later... Hence, one day.... While checking up on Qing'er's injuries with Yun'er, but somehow Yun'er and Qing'er sets out to gove their chastity to Yi Ping. Yi Ping, of course, lovingly checks up on Qing'er and caringly checks the mostly healed stab wound below her chest and also examines the bruising still evident on her breasts. Feeling a bit awkward after Qing'er shyly but freely allows him to examine her bare-naked chest, afterwards Yi Ping, red-faced, starts to leave, but the two stops him and shyly asks him to show him how much he loved them. Yun'er lightly grabs him to stop and face her, and demurely removed her clothing completely in front of him and Qing'er walks next to him and does the same. Qing'er innocently asks him to message her breasts the same way he did the other day while fighting the Evils... and Yun'er also wants you to show her. The naked Qing'er smiles mesmerizingly and Yun'er smiles demurely lightly grabs his hand and guides him to the bed where Qin'er was lying moments ago and while smiling to him, both bashfully helping him to undress. After several bouts of marriage rituals, Qing'er and Yunzi are both exhausted and happy. While all are still naked and wrapped around Yi Ping in bed, Qing'er solemnly and with a hint of a smile tell herself, "so that is how you made sister Lele pregnant", that was fun, we must do it often... Yi Ping is startled, as is Yunzi, and they can unmistakingly hear many brief utters of shock coming from outside their door. Yun'er and Qing'er looks at Yi Ping sheepishly and tells him, the other sisters are naive and did not understand what it means to lose one's chastity and they kept asking us and the two of us volunteered to show them; even Lingfeng's three curious nieces are outside. They then laughingly tells him--our smart sister Lingfeng would have been with the two of us in the room also, but having her nieces around and outside she says she would wait for another day and do it with you with Youxue, after all she promised you at the inn that day she would never be jealous of Youxue and owes her a heavy debt for saving her life more than once... Yun'er lightly puts her lips near his ears and whispers, we must surely do it as often as possible as you've promised to have many children with me and then proceeds to kiss him on the lips and they do it once again....... Yi Ping was so shocked, as he doesn't know what to say or do except to obey...

Later on, once he saves the twins from the aftereffects of the Divine Dragon Pills, they will show their appreciation as well... That leaves only Yixian, his official wife and the Fiery Phoenix, and perhaps one more maiden....

I would love it if the scene between Yi Ping and Lele in a previous chapter were more descriptive and not quickly glossed over... it should be only slightly less descriptive as the fight scenes, in my option... Overall, the story would be better balanced if the close relationships that he has with each of the maidens are explored more deeply...

Remember the interlude is almost over. But i quite like the top half of this version. It can be an official secret side story!

Thanks! Just finished the novel up to here...
[thought it was going to end soon but now a new character... ]

Wow, thought you only start last week. That is amazing! Glad you are reading this fun story!

[Avidfan]

Chapter 58: The Ascension Sect



It was late at night and Yi Ping had gone down the Holy Amalgamate Mountains alone without a word. He had saw flames rising from the foot of the mountains and knew immediately that something was amiss.

Not even a full day had passed after he had fought with the Three Evils of the West.

He was astonished how light his body had been after he had looked into the Emptiness Translucent silver scroll at the Tranquil Clan. His entire body was energized with rejuvenating vigor that even he could find no words for that. He was now more alert and did not even feel sleepy. The amount of sleep that he required was drastically reduced and even a short nap could rejuvenate him like a full rest.

Upon reaching a sheer cliff below, he mustered his Boundless Divine Force which used to be his Aspire Invocation Force as he jumped down to the ground below. Somehow he knew he could make it through the jump. Indeed, he landed lightly and he heaved a sigh, “I can actually jump from this height? In no time I will be able to reach the mountains below.”

He muttered, “Qing’Er, Youxue…Lingfeng, Yunzi…Yu’Er, Mei’Er…forgive me. I don’t want to endanger any one of you anymore. Aside from Xiao Shuai, Gu Tianle, Zuo Tianyi, Yuan Shao, there are still many more powerful exponents on the opposing side. That old man that we fight on the mountainside is also really deadly. I really don’t want to see anyone of you getting injured or even died in front of me anymore.”

Something that he could not explain seemed to be drawing him into the camps of the orthodox clans. Somehow he had an uneasy feeling that the truce was not what it seemed to be. He muttered, “Brother Wuzheng, if I enter the orthodox clan camps alone, then it won’t constituted as a breach of the truce?”

Just as he had begun to whistle a tune, he sniffed a light familiar fragrant as he looked around him with a startled expression!

Two beautiful maiden with long raven hair, in black velvet had just walked enchantingly into view. They were identical and were laughing softly in the windy darkness.

Yi Ping’s heart was beating very fast when he had caught sight of them as he stammered, “Yu’Er and Mei’Er, why are you here? You have not recovered from your wounds yet…quickly turn back!”

Yu’Er flew to him immediately as she looked up to him, “Master, our injuries are almost healed. The Divine Dragon Pill may be a little hard to swallow but it is quite effective in treating our injuries. Other than feeling just a little weird, we are really alright.”

Mei’Er was also beside Yi Ping in an instant as she sighed softly on his neck, “Master, you are thinking of abandoning Mei’Er and goes down the mountains alone? I want to fight beside you, no matter how difficulty the road in front is. You are not going anywhere without us and we are not allowing that to happen.”

Yi Ping smiled bitterly, “It is too dangerous, Yu’Er and Mei’Er. Go back, I command you…”

Yu’Er interrupted, “Look over there first.”

Yi Ping turned and saw four extremely beautiful maidens were standing near the edge of the mountain slope below and they were casting forlorn glances at him; indeed they were Lie Qing in her elegant pink dress, Yunzi in her gray robe, Lingfeng in her white garb and Youxue in her light yellow long dress.

Yi Ping was stunned, “They are also here?!”

Mei’Er laughed softly, “We have been waiting for you for quite some time. So what’s take you so long to be here?”

Yu’Er added, “It is either you go back, let us come with you or...”

Mei’Er continued, “Or…you just have to follow us to protect us!”

Yi Ping signed in resignation as he held their hands, saying aloud in a clear audible voice. “Let’s go!”

Lie Qing, Youxue, Lingfeng and Yunzi had heard him and they were smiling and had immediately turned around and were hopping down the mountains in advance!

When Yi Ping and his companions reached the camps of the orthodox clans, it was already daybreak and the mayhem that they had seen were simply too appalling!

Thousands of exponents were lying on the ground and several hundreds were still fighting and there were also many individual duels!

But when Yi Ping had hopped into their midst, the fighting between the exponents ceased all of a sudden!

Whether the exponents were the orthodox exponents, the unorthodox exponents or the heretic exponents, they had all paused in their tracks!

Yi Ping was startled for everyone was now staring in his direction, causing him to be extremely awkward!

His original intention was to muster a martial shout to get all the fighting exponents’ attention but as soon as he had flew into the camp, the fighting had totally ceased!

While the exponents were fighting, their sixth sense alerted them to the presence of a righteous air that had suddenly descended upon them!

This was totally different from the usual killing malevolent air and in each of every single exponent’s heart; a weird throbbing feeling had suddenly seized them!

When they had all turned around, they were stunned to see that the righteous air had come from a young handsome man in white who had with him two sword scabbards by his side. Somehow this insignificant young man was the very source of their attentions and there was a mystifying magnetism around him!

They were further stunned when almost immediately after the young man had arrived, six extraordinary beautiful maidens had also appeared into view next to him. Awed by their unbelievable beauty and their elegance expressions, all the exponents began to lower their weapons or soften their combat stances!

Quite a few exponents had already recognized Yi Ping as the young hero that had dared to come on his own to challenge Gu Tianle, Jue Yuan and Zuo Tianyi as they muttered among themselves, “I recognize him. He is Yi Ping…”

Yi Ping shouted aloud as he mustered his martial power, “Everyone! Stop fighting…”

The martial power of his shout was so pure that his shouts could be heard clearly throughout the entire camp and even resonated a few times. Immediate, even the doubtful exponents were immediately in awe of his internal strength!

Mei’Er was giggling to Lingfeng in an almost inaudible whisper, “They have already stopped fighting!”

Yi Ping had overheard Mei’Er as he hummed softly before he shouted again, “Everyone, listen to me. Go back to where you have come from! This fight is meaningless!”

Some exponents were muttering, “Even if we want to retreat, would the heretic exponents spare us?”

Dugu Yunzi stepped out as she eyed the heretic exponents. She knew that they were unwilling to reveal their names and she had no intention of letting the others know that some of the surviving heretic exponents that were looking at them now were actually her clan elders and protégés!

So she said, “I am the Holy Leader of the Sacred Divine Leader. My holy will is the holy execution.”

She raised her long sword elegantly and said demurely, “Sacred Divine of the Heavenly Temptress Will, I command all the Sacred Divine protégés to go now!”

If she had come earlier, the elders of the Sacred Divine Clan may not want to listen to her as they were waiting for the Three Evils to reinforce them. But they had not turned up and most of their numbers were either dead, wounded or suffered from extreme fatigue from the fighting throughout the night. Upon seeing righteous air of Yi Ping and the extraordinary air of their Holy Leader, the elders of the heretic sects shouted, “Go!”

Immediately hundreds of exponents began to pull out of the vicinity, carrying their dead and wounded with them!

The orthodox exponents did not stop them and were only too relieved.

Lingfeng said coolly, “I am the Holy Maiden of the Holy Hex Sect. Those who are weary and did not want to fight anymore can just leave. The Holy Hex Sect does not have the desire to dominate the martial fraternity. The death of the Old Sword Saint was just the result of a friendly duel between my brother and the Old Sword Saint. Whether you believe or not, it is up to you.”

It was mostly the exponents from infiltrators and those clans that had suffered a crushing defeat at the hands of the other clans that had heeded her advice and began to withdraw. But the vast majority of the clans remained!

Lingfeng had no sympathy for these unorthodox clans for they did not fight on the same side as the Holy Hex Sect. Most of the unorthodox clans presented were actually on the side of the Honor Manor and had raised the pretentious banner of righteousness!

This was the martial fraternity, where the lines between orthodox and unorthodox clans were sometimes extremely blurred. If an unorthodox clan joins the orthodox clan, then it gained fame and was considered to be an orthodox clan by the heroes of the fraternity. But if an unorthodox clan joined the Holy Hex Sect, then it was considered to be an evil sect and was branded as an unorthodox clan or a heretic sect!

Even the majority of the orthodox clans were not spared the clan struggles within the orthodox martial fraternity. To be just an orthodox clan required a proven action. It was because an orthodox clan was not yet a righteous orthodox clan and not yet a major orthodox clan!

That was why there were over two hundred martial clans, big and small that flocked to the righteous banners of the Honor Manor, which was leading martial clan in the fraternity. Through the success of the Honor Manor, all the clans presented would be able to gain renowned for their clans!

Youxue said coldly, “They are consumed by their lust for the martial secrets of the Holy Hex Sect. Now that the heretic sects have retreated, they are all thinking that they may stand a chance to storm the Holy Chapter Citadel. Even if most of them are injured, they will crawl up the mountains for a chance for glory.”

There was a cold laughter that shook the surrounding!

It was Xiao Shuai!

Behind him were Yuan Shao, Han Shaodong, the Sword Sage, the Element Sage and many others!

Five hundred fresh elite exponents from the Twelve Golden Halls of the Honor Manor had also appeared as they quickly surrounding Yi Ping and his companions!

But it was not Xiao Shuai or the five hundred fighters that had surrounded them that had startled Yi Ping. It was because he had caught sight of an angelic young maiden that had walked into view. Immediately they had exchanged glances as the angelic young maiden was also looking at him at the same time. Even though this was the first time that Yi Ping had caught sight of her but he immediately murmured, “The Dark Enchantress of the West…”

Lie Qing had also noticed her and had heard him as she whispered, “You know her?”

Yi Ping shook his head even as all the maidens were secretly annoyed with him. They were all curious who this angelic maiden was and what was her relationship with Yi Ping!

Lie Qing asked, “Then how did you know her name? Don’t you tell me, you know her name in a dream?”

Yi Ping smiled bitterly.

Lie Qing whispered softly, “Be wary of her. She may be a difficult exponent to handle. If I am not wrong, she is already a Celestial and one with extremely high attainment. When a Celestial has reached past a certain attainment, the eyes will turn to gray. That means that she has already got past to the Celestial Divine Stage of Crisis and soon about to Ascend. That’s why she could disguise her crimson eyes.”

Yi Ping smiled weakly, “Indeed she has gray eyes. But isn’t that a strange thing? Only blind people have gray eyes. Don’t tell me she is blind?”

Lie Qing stomped on his foot hard as she rebuked him lightly, “Does she look like a blind maiden to you?”

Yi Ping shook his head as he said, “No…”

Lie Qing said, “This is the sign of a Celestial Ascend. It is called the darkness before the light. When she has ascended successful, then her eyes will turn golden! At that point of time, even if all of us joined hands together, we may not be able to defeat her. Unless, of course we are all Celestials and with at least one of us beyond the Crisis level.”

Lie Qing did not continued anymore because Xiao Shuai had approached within their hearing range!

When Yi Ping had looked intently at the exponents that had surrounded them, he had recognized Yan Nanfei and Shangguan Qingyun among them. He immediately bowed silently with his hands politely when he saw them!

Xiao Shuai had walked in front of Yi Ping but he had maintained a considerable distant away from Yi Ping as he laughed, “What do we have here? The Holy Leader of the leading heretic sect and the Holy Maiden of the leading unorthodox sect are both here? It seems that I do not need to expend any efforts and you have already fallen into my hands. So Yunzi, you are actually the Holy Leader of the Sacred Divine Clan. This is really a surprise. Even though I have suspected the Ding Clan to be associated with the heretic sect but I have never the Ding Clan to be the famous Dugu Clan.”

Dugu Yunzi interrupted coldly, “That’s right. I am Dugu Yunzi, the Holy Leader of the Sacred Divine. Let me introduced you to my grand protégé mistress the Heavenly Temptress. She is the founder of the Sacred Divine Clan and the Virtuous Palace.”

Lie Qing stroked her long hair as she smiled mesmerizing, “Alas, my grand protégé descendants. Why didn’t you greet your grand protégé mistress?”

Xiao Shuai laughed coldly and eyed her with scorn, “You are the Heavenly Temptress? I am afraid that you are several centuries too late! Don’t make me laugh. You are nothing but a pretty face. Not only will the Virtuous Palace not let you off but the rest of the martial clans will also do the same too. You are the descendant of the red eyes clan and we all know that you live by feasting on human blood and hearts!”

After he had coolly rebuked the young and mesmerizing Lie Qing who had claimed to be the Heavenly Temptress, he had expected thunderous shouts and cheers from his side but instead there were total silence!

He turned around and was startled to see Xiao Fei and Xiao Ao were smiling in idiocy at Lie Qing, Youxue, Lingfeng, Yu’Er, Mei’Er and Dugu Yunzi.

There were not the only ones; the Element Sage and his grand protégé nephew Chi Zhengqi were both staring dreamily at them. There were also Shangguan Qingyun, the Martial Sage, Yan Nanfei, the Sword Sage and even Han Shaodong!

For a moment he was too speechless to continue until Yi Ping interrupted him, “You are as stupid as me. I didn’t figure out the last time but now I finally do. The Heavenly Temptress is but a hereditary title. That is why Qing’Er is the Heavenly Temptress. Now you got it?”

Immediately, Lie Qing and the other maidens had burst out in soft laughter as they chuckled softly.

Lingfeng was laughing so much till her eyes had turned watery as she said to Yi Ping, “You are… (chuckle)…so smart (chuckle)…now!”

If the maidens did not laugh, then it would not be that bad for Xiao Shuai’s side. Once they had started laughing unwillingly, their every single gesture had melted the hearts of all the onlookers, as they had never seen such a mesmerizing carefree natural laughter. Immediately, the fighting spirits of the exponents seemed to drop drastically. Even the evil exponents that were looking lustfully at them could not find the heart to hurt them.

Even Zuo Tianyi was muttering, “Yunzi…if I want you back now, is that possible?”

Yi Ping was startled by the maidens reactions as he thought, “This is a serious moment. Why are they laughing at Xiao Shuai?”

From Yi Ping’s blank expression, Lingfeng knew that Yi Ping did not know that they were laughing at him. When she had finally thought she could stop laughing, Yi Ping’s blank expression made her laughed jovially again.

Even Youxue, who usually would not laugh easily, was smiling jovially…

Xiao Shuai did not know why they were laughing too…

He turned to stare fiercely at Youxue as he appraised her, “My daughter. Do you know that I have been looking everywhere for you? It has been three, four years now? You have grown up now and have grown into a true beauty. How old are you when you left the Virtuous Palace? Sixteen?”

Youxue laughed softly, “If you want to know how many Golden Rejuvenation Pills I have left now, I can tell you. I have finished all of it.”

Xiao Shuai was stunned as he thought miserably, “My precious…Golden Rejuvenation Pills…”

When Youxue saw his disappointed expressions, she added cheekily. “If you are looking for the Heavenly Relic to ascend as a Celestial, you can also forget about it. That is because Yi Ping has destroyed it during the battle with the Three Evils.”

Xiao Shuai was stunned.

After some time, he asked. “Where are the Three Evils now?”

Youxue said coldly, “They have already ascended as the Three Celestials of the West and have gone to the Blissful Realm of the Western Paradise now. They are one step earlier than any one of you!”

Xiao Shuai was even more startled when he had heard that, as he muttered. “Xiao Fan didn’t say a word to me…those bastards…they have already ascended…all our plans for nothing now…”

Youxue said, “You don’t have to worry for Xiao Fan. He has been enlightened by the Three Celestials of the West and has gone to become a monk now.”

Xiao Shuai nearly suffered a heart-attack after hearing bad news after bad news.

Xiao Youxue was not telling the truth. She just enjoyed tormenting Xiao Shuai.

Xiao Shuai said coldly, “Do you know how precious these Golden Rejuvenation Pills are and how much effort that I have put to obtain it? Do you know that with these Golden Rejuvenation Pills, I would have perfected the Divine Virtuous Force and learnt the Golden Impervious Body? Do you know that the Virtuous Palace depends on these Golden Rejuvenation Pills to help us to ascend as Celestials and saved our lives later?”

Xiao Youxue said melancholy and her eyes had turned teary, “Do you know that I am your daughter and not your tool? You really want to drink my blood then you will be content?”

Xiao Shuai was a little startled when he saw her tears…

Just as Yi Ping was about to step forward to clarify, Lingfeng had immediately jabbed him and took a quick telling glance at him. He could only smile bitterly and kept quiet.

Xiao Shuai beamed with anger, “My two sons, Xiao Yuanjia and Xiao Da, who among you have killed them!”

Yi Ping immediately said coldly, “I am the one! I am Yi Ping, son of Yi Tianxing!”

There were a sudden mutterings among the older exponents who seemed to recognized Yi Tianxing’s name!

Lie Qing and Dugu Yunzi gasped secretly. It was because Yi Ping was taking all the blame for them upon himself!

Xiao Shuai stared at Yi Ping coldly, “So it is you! I promise you that you won’t be able to leave this place alive!”

Xiao Shuai said to Han Shaodong and Gu Tianle, “Order your men to attack them at once!”

Yu’Er interrupted, “You are not fighting us yourself? You are the one that is talking so much!”

Xiao Shuai hummed coldly, “Young lass, if it isn’t for your protégé mistress I would have taught you a lesson now for being disrespectful to me. Even your protégé mistress dares not be disrespectful to me and you have the cheek to give me a lecture. I am not teaching this young man a lesson personally because I am his senior. I don’t want the heroes of the fraternity to laugh at me for bullying a young man!”

Yu’Er and Mei’Er hummed coldly.

Yi Ping had already stepped forward as he raised his hands with the Heavens Horizon Stance!

He whispered to his companions, “Step aside. Remember what you have promised me earlier while we are coming down. Only when I am in trouble, you can aid me or else I won’t allow any one of you to follow me.”

All the maidens sighed softly and looked affectionately at Yi Ping. Even though they were not willing to let Yi Ping fight alone but they knew that at this moment, they must support him quietly so that he would not be distracted in this crucial battle. They could only nod reluctantly…

Yunzi sighed secretly, “It is obvious that they are trying to force him into exhausting his strength…”

These five hundred exponents that had surrounded Yi Ping were the best fighters that were selected from the Honor Manor, the Infinity Sword Clan, the Divine Sword Martial Clan and many more!

And these five hundred fighters were placed under the alliance leadership of the Honor Manor!

Han Shaodong took a glance at Shen Xinyue for further instructions.

She nodded slightly…

Earlier, Shen Xinyue was startled to hear the powerful echoing of martial force that had swept throughout the vicinity and was amused that someone was actually expending his martial power even before the battle had begun.

The entire contingency led by Xiao Shuai were alarmed that the fighting had suddenly stopped. When Yi Ping had displayed his martial force shout, Xiao Shuai had led them outside to confront the intruder. This intruder turned out to be just a handsome young man with a righteous air, surrounded by six heavenly maidens!

When Shen Xinyue had caught of Yi Ping, Lie Qing, Yu’Er and Mei’Er, she almost gasped in disbelief! It was because she had recognized the four of them!

Even though they were all slightly different now but due to her superior state of divinity, she could recognize them as a previous incarnation of a former Celestial that she had known!

The young maiden who was wielding the divine sword Perpetual Darkness, was in fact Luminous Star, one of the Three Star Sisters of Fate. She had recognized the Perpetual Darkness because that was originally her divine sword but she had lost it during a deadly fight…

But now, when she had reached out to her aura sense towards the Perpetual Darkness, she was met with rejection from her very own sword!

She immediately thought with a sense of loss, “Don’t tell me, she has successful merge into one with the Perpetual Darkness?”

But she quickly got over the loss as she remembered that she had found another divine sword, the Blue Heavens that could also aid her in her ascension. The Perpetual Darkness was a true sword of calamity and was a sword of great darkness. Unless the practitioner had entered the darkness itself and found the light within, then it would be disastrous for the practitioner eventually.

Many years ago, an old Ascended Sage had given her the Divine Sword Perpetual Darkness which was the first artefact that she had owned. Even though he had warned her not to pry too deep into the mysteries of the Perpetual Darkness as she could ruin her state of divinity, she did not heed his advice as artifacts of any kinds was simply too rare even for the Celestials.

Because she wanted to ascend as soon as possible and to reach new stages of divinity, she could not resist the temptations of the Perpetual Darkness and started practicing the divine stages of the Perpetual Darkness. In time to come, among the Celestials, she was to be known as the Dark Enchantress of the West.

Because in the realm of the Celestials, those who possessed a Heavenly Relic were rare enough, she was soon known as a First Celestial. The difference between a First Celestial and a normal Celestial indicated the difference in actual supremacy between the two.

At that time, the Celestial Realm were divided into three main fractions, the Ascension Sect which she belonged to, the Great Quiescent Sect and the Melody Palace. There were other Celestials that did not belong to the three main fractions and were known as the Autonomous Celestials.

Luminous Star was from the Melody Palace while this young man who called himself Yi Ping was known as the White Sage of Emptiness and he was from the Great Quiescent Sect.

She was also known as an Ascendant as she was from the Ascension Sect, so were the twin maidens who were in the same sect as her. The twin maidens were then known as the Eclipse Heaven Goddess and the Axis Heaven Goddess. They were two of the most supreme Ascendants in the Ascension Sect, able to divine all the celestial signs and constellations.

Even though she was a First Celestial herself, the Ellipse and Axis Heaven Goddesses were still supreme. Even in the Ascension Sect, they were a mystery. But one thing was for sure, they had already reached the Ascend Level as evidenced by their golden eyes! It was rumored that that the Ellipse and Axis Heaven Goddess had already survived through a cycle of the Calamity Star in the past. Even though they were in the same sect but they hardly knew one another; the Celestials lived in isolation from one another.

When the Calamity Star had suddenly descended one day, panic quickly spread throughout the Celestial Realm for most of the Celestials had never experienced the cruel realities of the event known as the Divine Descendant in their life before, which was the opposite of the Divine Ascendant. This was also the only time that the Celestials were allowed to kill other Celestials without incurring the Divine Calamity and the Divine Wrath.

When the Celestial Descendent happened, every year for the next seven years the Celestials must kill another Celestial and absorbed their celestial force to avert the calamity of the Divine Descendant. This virtually forced the weaker Celestials to fight for their own survival.

There were many stronger Celestials that refused to partake in the killing but after experiencing the deadly calamity effect of the Divine Descendant during the first year, most were too scared or too seriously injured to experience the Divine Descendant a second time and one year was not enough for them to fully recover!

In their weaken state, most of the stronger Celestials who were still recovering from the Divine Descendant were killed by the weaker Celestials who took the opportunity to kill the weaken First Celestials and seized their artifacts!

By the second year, the terrible reality had sunk into the hearts of all the Celestials. No one wanted to destroy their years of cultivation and be killed. A full scale terrible Celestial war began. Many Celestials were killed, including Celestials that were Crisis Level and Ascend Level!

The Ascension Sect was the biggest and most powerful celestial sect, with many Celestials of Crisis Level (gray eyes) and Ascend Level (golden eyes). It was plain obvious that the other Celestials were being outclassed by the more numerous and powerful Ascendant Celestials.

Maybe it was precisely the Ascendant Celestials were too powerful; many of them had actually belittle their opponents and were careless. In the end, they paid the price for being careless with their lives!

She could still remember that day vividly. She had arrived too late to lend the Ellipse and Axis Heaven Goddesses a helping hand. To her horror, they had already fallen on the ground and their eyes seemed to be pleading at the White Sage of Emptiness for mercy.

A fierce fight broke out between the two of them.

If the White Sage of Emptiness had not fought with the Ellipse Heaven Goddess and the Axis Heaven Goddess, she might not be his match. She had recently heard that he had even defeated the Three Star Sisters of Fate. She shuddered to think that what kind of a person he was and what was his level of attainment that even the deadly Celestial Star Formation could not stop him? It was because the Three Star Sisters of Fate was feared for their deadly Celestial Star Formations and few Celestials dared to trifle with them on account of that.

Maybe it was because the White Sage of Emptiness had exhausted himself during the epic fight with the Ellipse Heaven Goddess and the Axis Heaven Goddess, she soon found herself gaining the upper hand!

Just when she was about to kill the White Sage of Emptiness, she was startled to be attacked by the Ellipse and Axis Heaven Goddesses at the same time. Injured by the sudden attack, she had slipped and fell down to the mountain gorges below!

She survived the fall but had lost all her celestial force. It was a lucky thing that she had practiced a type of divine martial art called the Divine Rejuvenation Force. But maybe it was because she had lost all her celestial force, she was also spared the visitation of the Divine Descendant.

Because she had lost her divine sword during the fall and had survived, she gave herself a new celestial name, the Fiery Phoenix! The phoenix was a sign of rebirth. After she had lost her Perpetual Darkness, she forced herself to relearn the Divine Rejuvenation Force again. To her surprise, she made several breakthroughs with the Divine Rejuvenation Force and in her celestial levels after spending more than a thousand years in quiet recluse!

Without the Perpetual Darkness and with a thousand years of quiet time, she had by now broken through the Crisis Level and was now a Supreme Celestial!

To her stunning surprise, when she had visited all the old haunts of the Celestials, she had discovered that she was the only one left. What had exactly happened in the aftermath of the Divine Descendant? Had all the surviving Celestials ascended to the ninth heavens already?

Even though the Divine Descendant was harmful, it had the effect of shortening the Ascend period and returned an auspicious omen when it was time for the Celestial to face the Ultimate Divine Wrath. Once a Celestial reached the Ascend Level, they still had to face one major tribulation in the form of an Ultimate Divine Wrath in order to ascend successfully. Because the Ultimate Divine Wrath was so deadly, an auspicious omen was much needed to lessen its malevolent power for the Celestial to overcome it.

Even though the betrayal had helped her instead of harming her but to this day, she was still bitter about it. Imagine if you were her, having come all the way to lend her fellow Ascendants a helping hand and moreover they were the Supreme Celestials of the Ascension Sect. In the end, instead of appreciating her, they had attacker her!

All of a sudden, her thoughts were distracted by the cries of five hundred exponents that had charged and had surrounded Yi Ping!

Yi Ping had displayed a flurrying of blows and immediately the windforce of his Divine Horizon Hands caused a dozen exponents to fall and roll on the ground with cries of pain!

Barely had a dozen exponents fall onto the ground, Yi Ping had displayed the Asper Continuum Horizon Hand in a desperate bid to deal with the more capable fighters that were all displaying their best killing techniques on him!

Immediately, more than two dozen exponents were rolling on the ground after they were struck by the irresistible martial force of the Asper Continuum Horizon Hand!

Even before the confusion had ended, Yi Ping had dashed through the hundreds of exponents as he displayed his Divine Horizon Hands, felling dozens with every change of stance as he displayed strokes after strokes!

All the exponents were astonished!

It was because they had never seen anyone who could move so fast, while changing stances with such lighting speed at the same time!

Even Lie Qing was stunned.

It was because the Divine Horizon Hands and the Asper Continuum Horizon Hand was a type of martial art that consumed a lot of martial power and strength. That was why it had to be displayed while stationary to conserve as much martial strength as possible. After displaying it, the practitioner would be tired and continuous display of the same stance would only cause the stances to be weakened and hence become an exploit for the opponents!

But Yi Ping was just displaying his Divine Horizon Hands as he walked swiftly in all directions, knocking one powerful exponent after another!

Even Xiao Shuai was taken aback as he secretly muttered, “He still have so much strength? I barely even step back to relax and one hundred expert exponents are now lying on the ground!?”

Han Shaodong was shouting, “Readied the sword formations and don’t panic! Fight martial power with martial power.”

Gu Tianle was enraged as he shouted, “Are you guys all lambs? Use all your strength and don’t underestimate your opponent.”

He was so enraged that he mustered his martial power and leapt towards Yi Ping as he shouted angrily, “Young man, do you dare to accept my Ultrapowerful Force!!!”

Immediately the surrounding air around Gu Tianle was busting with his martial power and the harnessing of his windforce. Everyone knew that this was the moment that they were all waiting for; the clash between the Ultrapowerful Force and the Asper Horizon Hand!

Xiao Shuai, Han Shaodong, the Martial Sage, the Sword Sage and the Element Sage were both humming coldly to themselves as they thought, “Your grandfather is an old friend of ours. We all know the weakness of the secret techniques of the Divine Horizon Hands and the weakness of the Divine Horizon Hands itself. You can only use it at most just a few times. Then you will be overcome by exhaustion and will eventually succumb!”

Yi Ping was still sweeping and fighting the exponents with the Divine Horizon Hands when Gu Tianle had leapt upon him with the Ultrapowerful Force. But he simple raised his hand up with a simple movement and there were a thunderous explosive impact as he sent Gu Tianle flying in the opposite direction, as he crushed and landed with a huge thunderous impact!

Lingfeng, Yunzi, Yu’Er, Mei’Er, Youxue and Lie Qing were so worried when Gu Tianle had suddenly interfered in the battle and had started the battle with his famous technique, the Ultrapowerful Force!

When Gu Tianle was sent flying in the opposite direction, all the maidens were baffled as they secretly gasped, “What is this martial force?! How did his martial power improved so tremendous? He wasn’t this strong when he was fighting against the Three Evils. Did he secretly consume the Divine Dragon Pill?”

That was actually Yi Ping newly acquainted Boundless Divine Force. When used together with his absolute equilibrium martial force and with the Circular Rejuvenation of the Origin, Yi Ping martial power had not only increased tremendous but he was also regaining back his martial strength rapidly if his opponents were not on par with him, allowing his unconsumed martial power to be converted back to his martial strength again!

The maidens were not the only one that were surprised, Xiao Shuai and most of the exponents were all stunned that Gu Tianle, a super exponent could be flung off so effortless!

While they were stunned and were looking at Gu Tianle who was struggling to get up again, Yi Ping had fell another fifty exponents onto the ground!

Shen Xinyue inhaled deeply as she calmed down. She was startled when Gu Tianle had suddenly jumped into the battle. “I am worried for him? No…I just want to kill him myself…”

Zuo Tianyi had a burning hatred for Yi Ping as he stepped forward while saying coolly, “Let me take care of him. I just happen to know his fatal weakness.”



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[szfong]

Thanks for the update, Avidfan!!

Could it be that all the maidens fought and lost on purpose to the White Sage Emptiness in order for him to absorb their energy and survive, then ascend because they loved him dearly?... Is that why the twins attacked the Dark Enchantress of the West, even-though she came to help the twins? ...at the moment of ascension, was that why the White Sage of Emptiness refused to ascend and sacrificed himself to give everyone a second chance after realizing the great sacrifices of those maidens he thought were his enemies.... Hence, the dreams that Yi Ping was receiving were to warn himself from a previous life not to repeat his mistakes...

Will Yixian drop by just in time for Yi Ping to give her the Divine Dragon Pill...and also to stop those old friends of hers' from harming her husband?... What about the pregnant Lele? We miss her lively and funny scenes...

Can't wait to see the forthcoming battle....

[ycb5959]

Thanks. A long one!

[geraldsaw]

I like such interludes. more background is much appreciated. it gives a richness and depth to the story. I find that I need to reread several times to fully relish the story. the feeling of satiation is there. thank you once again.

[geraldsaw]

I like such interludes. more background is much appreciated. it gives a richness and depth to the story. I find that if I reread several times because of the great details given, I relish the story even more and
i feel satiated. thank you once again.

[Avidfan]

Thanks for the update, Avidfan!!

Could it be that all the maidens fought and lost on purpose to the White Sage Emptiness in order for him to absorb their energy and survive, then ascend because they loved him dearly?... Is that why the twins attacked the Dark Enchantress of the West, even-though she came to help the twins? ...at the moment of ascension, was that why the White Sage of Emptiness refused to ascend and sacrificed himself to give everyone a second chance after realizing the great sacrifices of those maidens he thought were his enemies.... Hence, the dreams that Yi Ping was receiving were to warn himself from a previous life not to repeat his mistakes...

Will Yixian drop by just in time for Yi Ping to give her the Divine Dragon Pill...and also to stop those old friends of hers' from harming her husband?... What about the pregnant Lele? We miss her lively and funny scenes...

Can't wait to see the forthcoming battle....

Yes, the forthcoming battle is starting soon!

The real story behind the White Sage of Emptiness is about to reveal soon, in Chapter 60 or 61, that will include the twin sisters' story and Shen Xinyu xD

Quote ycb
Thanks. A long one!

You are welcome too!

I like such interludes. more background is much appreciated. it gives a richness and depth to the story. I find that I need to reread several times to fully relish the story. the feeling of satiation is there. thank you once again.

Thank you Gerald for your support!