Chapter 29 - 27: Peerless Genius, Xingyue City in an Uproar

Chapter 29: Chapter 27: Peerless Genius, Xingyue City in an Uproar

"Is it him?"

When they recognized that the person attempting to break through to the Unity Realm was the very same boy from the pair of teenagers they had run into fifty days ago, everyone was dumbstruck, their minds reeling as if struck by ten thousand bolts of lightning.

Especially when they saw that the one currently fusing eleven Spirit Vortices was that exact boy, their eyes nearly bulged out of their sockets.

"How is this possible? Impossible, this is absolutely impossible! Sister Qingyi, is this real?

"My god! Fifty days ago, he was still at the Creation Realm First Layer and had only opened a single Spirit Vortex. It hasn’t even been fifty days, so how could he have formed so many?

"Breaking through from the Creation Realm First Layer to the peak of the Creation Realm in just fifty days, and even attempting to reach the Unity Realm? This is absolutely impossible!"

The group shook their heads frantically, as if they had seen a ghost in broad daylight. Their breathing grew heavy, eyes filled with utter disbelief.

Yet, despite their Dao Hearts crumbling from the shock, the boy was undeniably attempting to break through to the Unity Realm.

For a moment, the group of teenagers, including Li Qingyi, was completely petrified.

Even after the eleven Spirit Vortices truly fused into one, sinking into the boy’s body and integrating with him, the group remained stunned for a long time.

"A monster, a peerless monster! Sister Qingyi, I’m afraid we’ve run into a peerless monster.

"Opening eleven Spirit Vortices and breaking through to the Unity Realm in fifty days... This... this is simply a pure fantasy!

"He is definitely a peerless monster of the Celestial Martial Continent. He can’t possibly be from the Xingyue City Earth Realm, much less that Qilin Child of the Qi Family.

"In front of this person, the Qilin Child is probably not even worth mentioning. Sister Qingyi, we’ve encountered a peerless monster rarely seen in the ages."

It took a full quarter of an hour before Li Qingyi and the others finally regained their senses.

The figures of Jiang Hao and Gu Qingyan had already disappeared from the mountain forest. Like terrifying entities that came and went without a trace, they branded an indelible mark in the group’s minds that they would never forget for the rest of their lives.

Time ticked by, and another quarter of an hour passed. Only then did the group begin to pant heavily, slowly recovering their wits.

"To think that such a terrifying and world-shocking figure exists in this world... What exactly did we just witness?

"This is too shocking. I’m afraid no one will believe us even if we tell them that such an entity appeared in the Xingyue City Earth Realm.

"It’s too terrifying. Attempting the Unity Realm in fifty days with eleven Spirit Vortices... Could he be a peerless freak from some Saint Race of the Celestial Martial Continent?

"But why would such a figure appear in a barren place like the Xingyue City Earth Realm?"

They muttered to themselves, their mouths completely dry.

It wasn’t until the Spirit Fox in Li Qingyi’s arms struggled and let out a series of cries that they were pulled back to reality.

"A peerless monster of this caliber isn’t someone we can ever hope to interact with. Let’s return to Xingyue City first and quickly hand the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox over to Patriarch Li, or else it will be too late," someone slowly said, their chest heaving.

At these words, Li Qingyi also snapped to attention. She immediately tightened her grip on the Spirit Fox and led the group as they hurried back toward Xingyue City.

Although they said that such a peerless monster was beyond their reach, the group still couldn’t help but look back at the spot where the teenage pair had just stood, feeling the lingering, terrifying aura of the Unity Realm.

After returning to Xingyue City, Huo Tong and Li Qingyi immediately hurried to the Li family.

Li Qingyi first handed the Nine-tailed Spirit Fox over to the Li Family’s patriarch, Li Fengchun. Then, the group exchanged glances and couldn’t hold back from recounting what they had seen and heard at Wuyang Mountain.

As soon as the words left their mouths, a massive uproar swept through the entire main hall of the Li Family Mansion.

"Qingyi, what did you say? Opened eleven Spirit Vortices?

"Successfully broke through from the Creation Realm First Layer to the Unity Realm in fifty days? How is that possible?"

"Uncles, this is what I saw with my own eyes. There is not a single word of falsehood in this. Qing Lin and the others saw it too."

"That’s right, we truly saw it with our own eyes," someone chimed in. "It was a boy who looked like an Exiled Immortal, accompanied by an unfathomable girl acting as his Guardian. We couldn’t see through that girl’s cultivation base at all."

"GASP!"

Hearing their account, countless experts of the Li Family sucked in a breath of cold air.

Although the Li Family had fallen into decline, the foundation left behind by their ancestors still allowed them to barely qualify as a first-rate clan in Xingyue City. And after hearing the descriptions from Li Qingyi and the rest, their eyes were filled with absolute shock.

"A peerless monster! He is definitely a peerless monster.

"He is most likely just passing through the Xingyue City Earth Realm, or perhaps even just passing through the Eastern Domain.

"Eleven Spirit Vortices... My god, even in the ancient records of the Eastern Domain, there is hardly any mention of such a thing.

"There is always a higher heaven and someone stronger. That teenage pair most likely isn’t from our Eastern Domain.

"I originally thought that eleven Spirit Vortices were nothing more than a legend and didn’t actually exist. To think that there truly is such a heaven-defying child in this world."

The Li Family Mansion completely exploded into an uproar. As time passed, the news brought back by Li Qingyi and the others swept wildly across the entire Xingyue City Earth Realm like a hurricane.

In just half a day, almost every Cultivator knew that a peerless monster had arrived outside Xingyue City. When people learned of those fragmented pieces of information, the Xingyue City Earth Realm reached a fever pitch.

"What did you say? An otherworldly boy has appeared at Wuyang Mountain?

"A peerless monster who opened eleven Spirit Vortices?

"And he broke through from the Creation Realm First Layer to the Unity Realm in just a short fifty days?

"How is that possible?"

While the entirety of Xingyue City shook, countless Great Cultivation Races also received the news.

At the Qi Family mansion.

"Impossible! Eleven Spirit Vortices—no one can possibly achieve that. It’s a rumor, an absolute rumor!"

Upon hearing this news, Qi Tianyang frantically shook his head, looking as if he had suffered a heavy blow.

After all, he was a Celestial Tier Martial Soul Awakener, yet even he had only opened seven Spirit Vortices before stepping into the Unity Realm. The number of Spirit Vortices was not linked to one’s realm, but rather, it signified a terrifyingly immense talent for cultivation.

However, just as Qi Tianyang finished speaking, Zhao Wuji spoke up, "It is entirely possible. The world is vast, and there is no lack of bizarre things. Throughout the history of the Sword Dynasty, it’s not as if no one has ever opened eleven Spirit Vortices.

"But to open eleven in a short span of fifty days, and to break through the Creation Realm to step into the Unity Realm—that is truly unbelievable. He is undoubtedly a peerless monster," Zhao Wuji said, massive waves of shock surging within his aged eyes.

The many experts and elders of the Qi Family were even more astonished, treating the news as if it were a divine revelation. This was simply too world-shocking and utterly unheard of.

But Zhao Wuji quickly changed the subject, immediately steadying Qi Tianyang’s Dao Heart. "Yang’Er, you don’t need to take it to heart. You are a Celestial Tier Martial Soul Awakener. In the future, you will certainly have a place on the Eastern Domain’s Celestial Pride List.

"Not to mention, in the battle among celestial geniuses, the true gap only appears after ’Shedding Mortality.’ Before that, everything is just an illusion."

"This disciple will remember Master’s teachings well."

Hearing this, Qi Tianyang finally stabilized his Dao Heart, once again regaining his disdainful, world-conquering demeanor.

However, a Celestial Sword Sect disciple couldn’t help but ask, "Elder, shouldn’t we enter Wuyang Mountain to search for this person? If we can recruit him into the sect, it would mean so much for our Celestial Sword Sect..."

Before he could finish, Zhao Wuji lightly raised his hand to stop him.

"How could our Eastern Domain Celestial Sword Sect ever have a turn with such a world-shocking figure? He is surely a future leader cultivated by some great power, and he does not lack Guardians by his side. Even if we found him, what then?"

Obviously, Zhao Wuji possessed a good deal of self-awareness. A peerless monster of this level wasn’t someone his mere Celestial Sword Sect branch could grasp.

And the appearance of a peerless monster at Wuyang Mountain didn’t just cause a sensation within the Qi Family. The Tang Family, Divine Pill Pavilion, Miaodan Square, and various other factions were all deeply shaken.

The entire Xingyue City Earth Realm was rocked as if by a category-twelve earthquake. Countless Cultivators surged toward Wuyang Mountain, all wanting to catch a glimpse of the peerless monster’s glory.

Meanwhile.

Li Qingyi, having just returned to Xingyue City, also learned about all the recent happenings in the city. When she heard the stories involving Ye Qingxian, Jiang Hao, and Qi Tianyang, her eyes filled with surprise.

"Father, are you saying that Little Sister Qingxian chose that trash, Jiang Hao?"

Hearing that Ye Qingxian hadn’t ultimately gone with Qi Tianyang and had instead followed that piece of trash, Li Qingyi was extremely taken aback.

"Qingxian is really foolish! No, I have to go and talk some sense into this silly sister. Even though we haven’t seen each other for many years, we were the best of playmates during our childhood. No matter who she chooses, it would be a hundred times better than choosing that trash."

As Li Qingyi spoke, she shook her head helplessly. Ever since she entered the Beardless Sect to cultivate many years ago, she had rarely seen Ye Qingxian, though they had always kept up written correspondence.

Furthermore, when she had returned two years ago, although she hadn’t personally visited the Ye Family mansion, she had caught up with Ye Qingxian at the Li Family. Their childhood bond still remained.

And when she had returned to Xingyue City two years ago, she had heard countless rumors about how that piece of trash failed to awaken a Martial Soul and had turned into an idiot overnight.

After so many years, Li Qingyi still vaguely remembered the boy’s childhood appearance, though they hadn’t crossed paths since.

While Li Qingyi headed toward the Ye Family, time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, three days had passed.

On this day, deep within Wuyang Mountain.

"ROAR!"

A massive roar echoed throughout the mountain range.

A girl in clothes as white as snow stood at the peak of the forest, silently watching the boy in the woods ahead who was currently engaged in a brutal slaughter with a hundred-foot-long Celestial Python. Her beautiful eyes were filled with both admiration and shock.

She watched as the hundred-foot python moved with unstoppable momentum. Terrifying bestial power rippled outward, causing countless ancient trees to fall in swathes. Its combat power was horrifying.

At a certain moment...

"Qinghe Sword Technique!"

A soft shout rang out. Suddenly, Sword Qi crisscrossed throughout the entire primeval forest, stirring the winds and clouds as it shattered the void.

A sky full of Sword Qi descended, shaking the heavens and the earth.