Novel Full Chapter 1532: Revealed (I)
Chapter 1532: Revealed (I)
You!
The great void had been severed, and despair had already taken root in Xindu’s heart. The moment he turned around, he suddenly felt someone standing coldly behind him. His spiritual sense swept back and forth, yet it found absolutely no one there!
It’s over!
Xindu hailed from Mobei. Originally a tribesman, he had managed to cultivate to his current level through a mixture of luck and opportunity, and he possessed quite a few abilities of his own. If one were to speak of it seriously, he even had somewhat close ties with the Zhao imperial court. Yet the most formidable figure he had ever encountered before this had only been Mahas.
Only after following orders to head south to Lower Luo and meet Wei Xuanyin did he finally come face to face with immortal cultivators of the Grand Daoist Master level. Since the man belonged to the Pavilion Viewing faction, the encounter had secretly left him deeply shaken.
But the man in azure robes standing silently before him now left him in utter disbelief. His green-purple eyes were icy and detached, while astonishing divine abilities flickered through the heavens. The moment they entered Xindu’s spiritual sense, shock froze him in place.
All five divine abilities perfected… How is that possible… Every cultivator in the world who has perfected divine abilities possesses a renowned name. If someone like this could intervene, why would Murong Yan and Shilou Yingge personally risk themself? Who is this?!
His body trembled faintly; he no longer dared move recklessly. In an instant, the riverbank fell into dead silence.
Rumble!
Dark light gathered across the sky. Ning Wan silently lowered her head, while Chen Yin stared blankly in complete bewilderment. As those green-purple eyes swept across the surroundings, the four Merciful Ones were still clutching their stomachs in uproarious laughter.
They seemed completely unaware that anything was wrong. Their enormous golden bodies lifted their legs and waved their arms, laughing so hard they bent backward in the sky in a grotesquely comical display. Yet the heavens themselves remained eerily silent. Not a single sound emerged from the Merciful Ones, nor did they show the slightest intention of stopping.
“Welcome, Lord Suiguan…”
Ning Wan’s pleasant voice echoed through the air, crashing into Xindu’s ears like thunder.
Of course Xindu understood what such cultivation signified. In the current age, unless a True Monarch descended into the world, those with perfect divine abilities already stood at the absolute pinnacle of existence! But the moment the name Suiguan rang out, an even colder despair flooded his heart to the core.
Suiguan… the inhuman Suiguan who descended from Pristine Cadence Heaven, born from the transformation of divine abilities…
Though the gap in strength was vast, they were both still Purple Mansion Realm cultivators. Even if someone with all five divine abilities perfected was terrifying, as long as they were not a figure on the level of Mount Luoxia, Xindu had specially borrowed a treasure for this very purpose. The instant he abandoned his dharma body, he should still have had a sliver of hope for survival. Yet of all people, it had to be Suiguan!
There was not the slightest trace of Xindu reflected within Suiguan’s pupils. He merely admired the surrounding scenery in silence. It felt as though a long time had passed, yet also as though only an instant had gone by before he finally raised his hand.
Xindu felt a surge of hot blood rush straight to his head. He understood now that this Pristine Water Grand Daoist Master, whose divine abilities had reached perfection, had not come here to play around. He had come to take his life!
At last, the purple talisman that had hung hidden within his sleeve for many years, always ready to be used at a moment’s notice, was finally drawn out. It instantly leaped forth, erupting before Xindu into blazing streams of flashing radiance, while at the same time his hands were already forming incantation seals.
[Light-Hidden Pureheart Shifting Art]!
All the divine ability mana within his body surged into the art as he unleashed the escape spell that had preserved his life time and time again over the years, the very technique he had always taken greatest pride in!
Dazzling white light immediately burst from his body. Resonating with the divine ability he had cultivated, [Floating Cloud Body], it intertwined perfectly as he prepared to transform into a streak of white light and flee!
Yet the moment the talisman’s light flared up, it froze beneath Suiguan’s mocking gaze. It drifted away from Xindu of its own accord and lightly fell into Suiguan’s hand.
Holding the talisman between two fingers, Suiguan casually glanced at it. Xindu finally seized the chance to rise into the air, only for a point of azure-green light to suddenly appear before his eyes.
The light was no bigger than a thumb, yet within his pupils it transformed into an immense azure radiance that severed the world apart. Xindu’s pupils widened for an instant. Unable to tell whether he should advance or retreat, despair welled up inside him once more.
But an icy chill had already crept up behind his neck. Still, even amid boundless despair, a final sliver of hope still remained in his heart. A thumb-sized, hexagonal bronze object flew out from within the Dharma robe over his chest.
Once it unfolded slightly, its true shape finally became visible. It was a bronze sparrow no larger than a fingernail, sleek and exquisitely formed, its surface dotted with tiny specks of silver light. It swiftly flew into Xindu’s mouth.
The origin of this object was extraordinary. He had spent an enormous price borrowing it from a Daoist Master of the Zhao imperial court specifically to preserve his life during this southern expedition. Once activated, even ghosts and gods would struggle to find him!
All the divine abilities within his body surged toward the tip of his tongue as he desperately tried to pour every ounce of cultivation and power into one final gamble…
But the instant that thought arose, those green-purple eyes suddenly lit up. Xindu felt an unbearable heaviness flood his mind, and a large hand clamped around his neck.
As the deep radiance of Pristine Water enveloped him, the divine ability condensed around his body melted away like lingering snow beneath a blazing sun. All of it dissolved into the radiance and vanished completely, leaving him firmly trapped within that hand.
This northern devil cultivator had not even lasted three exchanges before being captured alive like a dead dog in Suiguan’s grasp!
The man in green robes still did not spare him even the slightest glance. He captured Xindu casually with one hand while staring into the far distance, a chilling smile on his face.
No one spoke a word. Only Li Zhouwei quietly restrained the expression on his face.
The great void had been isolated, leaving none of the divine ability cultivators present capable of observing it. Yet Li Zhouwei alone, relying on the immortal artifact, could see clearly that more than one great divine ability cultivator had long since appeared within the great void!
The great void had already become a chaotic tangle. Endless golden light and drifting luminous clouds filled one side, while Buddhist lands emerged across them with flowing brilliant radiance. Elsewhere, sinister coldness spread as white light churned and surged. Whether they had arrived earlier or only just appeared, all stood silently in place around Suiguan.
In the center, Suiguan merely smiled and raised his head.
At some point, dense water mist had blanketed the entire riverbank. The devil cultivators, rogue cultivators, Buddhist cultivators, and immortal cultivators battling in the north failed to notice the rolling fog gathering around them and continued fighting ever more fiercely within the mist…
The fog grew thicker and heavier, soon carrying waves of rolling black qi. It swiftly crossed the northern side of the great river and surged toward the lands of Floating South, swallowing the dark mountain ranges, the newly built temples, and the clustered villages whole.