Chapter 1819: A Change In The Severed Arrowhead (I)

[Severed Crimson Arrowhead].

Thunder rolled through heaven and earth. Blood-red light unfurled around Guangchan like a painted scroll, revealing a crimson desert strewn with weapons and armor. Battle cries and roars rose one after another, drawing every gaze nearby.

Above Baixiang Valley, where divine abilities clashed, a vast domain suddenly appeared. It resembled a grotto heaven suspended in midair, or a desert terrace borne aloft by the clouds. Rolling yellow sand and blood-red light spilled over its edges, blotting out every color in the sky and leaving the earth beneath in deep, impenetrable darkness!

High above the desert, a man with golden eyes and an ink-black robe slowly drew a long halberd, his expression cold.

The same three words sounded in everyone's mind, Li Zhouwei...

The middle stage of the Purple Mansion Realm!

The Maha above Baixiang Valley studied him through a thousand shifting eyes, while the Jade True sword cultivator turned to look. Disbelief appeared on Tinglan's pale face, but a trace of color suddenly returned to her cheeks.

[Severed Crimson Arrowhead]... He wasn't healing. He was breaking through...

To the Daoist Masters outside, the divine ability appeared as a desert terrace. But Guangchan, trapped within it, felt as though he stood inside an immense grotto heaven. The other Daoist Masters had vanished from the sky. All he could see was darkness so thick he could not make out his own hand, and an enormous setting sun that filled most of the heavens.

The setting sun illuminated the desert’s horizon. The gigantic head rapidly dissolved under its light, and countless streams of brilliant light poured down like waterfalls, revealing the monk's human form.

[Severed Crimson Arrowhead].

Of course Guangchan knew this divine ability. He, Li Jieyi, had once been a Bright Yang cultivator at the middle stage of the Purple Mansion Realm! Yet he had sought this divine ability in vain. It was only after entering the Buddhist Dao and gaining mastery over the Jeweled Fang Golden Land that he had attained anything resembling its wonders!

A complicated look entered Guangchan's eyes, but only for an instant. He cast the feeling aside.

The Brilliant Yang King's Axe... That cumbersome king's axe came down from the sky, yet it still struck me. The white cicada is injured, and my connection to Jeweled Fang has been shaken...

The monk had a smooth brow and handsome features. The wind lifted his gold-patterned kasaya and stirred the long brown robe beneath it. A little golden blood ran from the corner of his mouth, but he paid it no heed. He stared at the figure suspended between the desert and the sky.

Li Zhouwei.

Li Zhouwei's [Brilliant Yang King's Axe] had not struck Guangchan's body. It had done something more dangerous, cutting into the white cicada at the root of his power and shaking his connection to Jeweled Fang. At the same time, the monk dared not show any weakness before his fellow cultivators. He suppressed the injury, and the golden blood at his lips soon disappeared.

"So you are Li Zhouwei!"

The only answer was a golden halberd blade that suddenly blazed between heaven and earth!

Guangchan raised his head, his expression turning solemn. He reached into empty air, and a golden spear of Radiant Fire appeared in his hand. His eyes flashed as he lifted the spear, killing intent surging from him!

I, Li Jieyi... am no Daoist monk like Mingxiang, who knows only how to cast arts!

The spear of Radiant Fire gathered crimson flames as it shot forward and met the halberd in midair. This was the treasured spear that had once nearly severed the divine ability of the [Supplementary Court Verdant Profound Cauldron], yet its brilliance dimmed beneath the blood-red light. The radiance of [Da Sheng] erupted, forcing the monk down and driving him back a step!

Then another arc of light leaped from the halberd and swept toward his neck!

Guangchan watched the light sweep toward him, parted his red lips, and caught it between his gleaming white teeth with a metallic clang.

He commanded, "Go!"

A gale burst from his mouth, laden with sand and blood. Vivid red and stripped bare of all other colors, it dissolved the pale golden light and twisted like a thrashing venomous snake toward Li Zhouwei's face!

At that instant, the spear of Radiant Fire in Guangchan's hand suddenly grew light. All the blood-red radiance before him vanished, leaving only a single point of deep crimson. Others might not have recognized it, but Guangchan had once cultivated Bright Yang. He knew exactly what that light was.

[Karma Transforming Pure Yin Light]!

This light appeared when Bright Yang shifted position and the emperor or imperial crown prince examined himself. Within the divine ability, it shone as [Severed Crimson Arrowhead] dispersed, shifting the Principal Position, allowing the emperor to travel in disguise, and disturbing his opponent's mind!

This light... should only appear once [Severed Crimson Arrowhead] has been cultivated to perfection. Bright Yang favors him so greatly that he was born with it!

Sure enough, the crimson streak struck empty space. Baixiang Valley reappeared, and Li Zhouwei materialized behind Guangchan's head. With one hand gripping the halberd's butt and the other braced against its shaft, he thrust the long weapon down from above!

Guangchan was ready. His face swung around to the back of his head, both mouths opened wide, and the white cicada appeared again!

"Roar!"

The tremendous roar shook heaven and earth. The Li Zhouwei before him broke apart into countless wisps of Yin Qi and scattered like smoke.

It was an illusion formed by the divine ability [Severed Crimson Arrowhead]!

The emperor travels in disguise...

Li Jieyi had never managed to cultivate [Severed Crimson Arrowhead]. Though he had cultivated its Immortal Foundation and knew the Dao well, he had miscalculated and overlooked this move.

As [Severed Crimson Arrowhead] dispersed, the real Li Zhouwei had shifted to the very edge of the divine ability's domain. [Da Sheng] swept through the air, its point driving straight toward Tuoba Ci's back!

Tinglan had barely withstood a few exchanges against her three attackers and was already in dire straits...

Tuoba Ci's expression changed at once. Dark and yellow light flared between his brows as he swung his halberd around. A seal descended behind him, slamming into [Da Sheng]!

Tuoba Ci belonged to the Tuoba Family, and was the reigning King of Dai's nephew. Proud as he was, he had fought Li Zhouwei in Wanlin Heaven and knew what the King of Wei could do. Now that Li Zhouwei's divine ability had grown so much stronger, Tuoba Ci dared not be careless. He immediately abandoned his attack on Tinglan and gave Li Zhouwei his full attention!

Li Zhouwei had relieved Tinglan, leaving Guangchan behind. The monk reacted quickly. Instead of going to Tuoba Ci's aid, he immediately looked for Li Jiangxia and the others.

Li Zhouwei may be able to escape, but how could Li Jiangxia and the others? Without his protection, Guangchan needed only ten breaths to sense Jeweled Fang and claim one of them first!

But just as he raised his gaze, a radiant heavenly gate descended from above. Colorful phoenixes soared around it, and figures in golden armor stood in ranks. Seated atop the gate was a man in white-golden Daoist robes.

How could Guangchan fail to recognize him?

Li Ximing!

He isn't at Moongaze Lake... No. He waited until we headed north, received word, and then crossed the river after us. Yang Ruiyi arranged this from the very beginning!

The realization made Guangchan smile, both startled and delighted. "Instead of staying safely tucked away at the lake, you dared come all the way here. But there is nothing holding me back in this place!"

He gritted his teeth and raised his brows. Bright light suddenly shone from the center of his brow as he opened his mouth wide. The white cicada, half of it broken away, beat its wings incessantly as if ready to ride the wind out at any moment. The sky changed color, and darkness fell over heaven and earth.