The Path Toward Heaven

The striking palm of the Chief Nun of the Water-Moon Nunnery had proven that her and Jing Jiu’s guess was wrong.

The Immortal Taiping didn’t use the “possession of the body” via the attachment of spiritual soul.

Liu Shisui was not possessed by the spiritual soul, so why did he become the Immortal Taiping?

An aged and trembling voice rang out in the sky outside the cliff.

“Is it the Two-Mind Connection?”

The speaker was a highly accomplished monk at the Fruit Formation Temple, and Jing Jiu had thought of the same possibility.

Since the Immortal Taiping succeeded in the total transformation, he became someone who existed like a spirit, and his ability to implement Two-Mind Connection grew stronger, yet he could control another person’s mind only within a short distance. Which part of Liu Shisui’s body was he hiding on?

“The capability of the One-Cottage House is truly strange. That young guy didn’t figure out my intentions, but he was warned somehow. He sent me to Green Mountain to seek out your help, but he failed to recognize that this was also a part of my plan.”

What the Immortal Taiping referred to was the exchange he had with Xi Yiyun. Unfortunately, Xi Yiyun thought that the Immortal Taiping had done something to Liu Shisui at the time but failed to realize that he had already been controlling Liu Shisui’s mind.

Xiao He was also affected by his spiritual soul, but she had no idea where her emotions of fear and bewilderment came from.

Jing Jiu said, “Shisui is very talented and has strong willpower after cultivating the upright energy for more than 100 years. It’s impossible for him to be controlled by your Two-Mind Connection.”

“Even if you could predict everything, didn’t you think of the effect of the devil pill he took back then?” the Immortal Taiping retorted.

“No matter where you are, you have nowhere to escape to so long as I kill him,” said Jing Jiu expressionlessly.

The Immortal Taiping said while letting loose a mocking grin, “You weren’t even willing to kill Bai Zao back in Zhaoge City, let alone this little guy.”

Having said this, he wiped the blood from the corners of his mouth.

Smelling the scent in the wind, Jing Jiu wondered, “The Pill of Heavenly Supplement? The Lotus of Seven Leaves?”

The Immortal Taiping said, “You’re indeed my Young Brother, the one who knows me best.”

“I’ve read your diary,” snapped Jing Jiu.

Hearing this, the Immortal Guangyuan and two experienced elders of Shiyue Peak had a sudden change of expression on their faces, though the others didn’t feel anything.

The Immortal Taiping said, “As you know, I don’t care about this body at all, so there’s no need to remind me of the dangers of the Pill of Heavenly Supplement and the Lotus of Seven Leaves.”

Jing Jiu stopped talking. All of a sudden, he turned his palm upwards and aimed at the sky.

The quivering of the Inherited Heaven Sword had suddenly subsided, becoming exceedingly bright.

The faint sword wills around the opening of the sheath shot out like reversed raindrops. They passed through the Great Formation of Green Mountain and left a dozen holes in the high sky.

Those holes were very high in the sky. They were actually in the Empty Realm.

The blue and crimson colors could vaguely be seen inside those holes, probably the thunder in the Thunder Region.

The Immortal Taiping curled up his fingers.

The Inherited Heaven Sword started quivering again, more violently than before, as if it were struggling with something.

The sword wills emerging from the opening of the sheath were like the willow branches in the Thousand-Mile Wind Corridor. They were drifting everywhere and difficult to control.

The Great Formation of Green Mountain was shut soundlessly. The peculiar phenomenon in the Thunder Region had faded away.

The sword bracelet that had been staying quietly on his wrist had suddenly transformed into a small sharp sword along with a crisp sound, heading toward the center of the Immortal Taiping’s brows.

The Lone Sword had been silent on its way from the One-Cottage House to the top of Tianguang Peak, as if it were submissive. It wasn’t until now that it awakened a small part of Liu Shisui’s spiritual awareness and launched this sneak-attack!

Besides the All in One, the Lone Sword was the sharpest sword with the highest fairy state. Its attack with full strength was surely a powerful strike.

Whiz!!!

The Lone Sword halted its attack in front of the Immortal Taiping’s eyes and couldn’t move an inch forward.

The Immortal Taiping, with a flash of cold intent in his eyes, clamped the Lone Sword between his two fingers and flicked it forcefully.

The Lone Sword turned into a flash of sword light and flew to the distant Sword Peak, penetrating deeply into the cliff. It was unclear when it could come out again.

…

The fog on Yunxing Peak had mostly dispersed. Many flying swords poked their tips out of the rocks in the cliff, and some of them had already arrived in the sky.

Sensing the summoning of the sheath of the Inherited Heaven Sword, they were about to greet the new sect master of Green Mountain; but unexpectedly, a dramatic incident occurred.

Without any spiritual awareness, these flying swords could only act according to the sword wills.

A fine hole suddenly appeared on the highest spot of the highest cliff.

It was created by the Lone Sword.

The flying swords on the peak seemed to be triggered by something and flew up one after the other. The rock chips kept falling down from the cliff, causing a great deal of smoke and dust.

A gray flying sword broke through the air and was on its way to Tianguang Peak.

Dang!!! Dang!!!

A light green flying sword flew up diagonally and knocked it to the ground.

After that, more and more flying swords started attacking each other. It was evident that some of them were attacking Tianguang Peak while others were intercepting them.

The figures of the flying swords were seen everywhere in the sky, and the sounds of flying swords clashing with each other and pursuing each other could be heard. Countless sword wills spread in all directions, and the iron eagles had flown away a long time ago in fear. The clouds and fog remaining in the cliffs were sliced into pieces and vanished without a trace.

Ping Yongjia was sleeping in that grotto on a high spot of the Sword Peak. He was immensely sensitive to the sword wills. His energy grew chaotic as the sword wills on the peak ran amok. His face turned exceedingly pale, blood trickling down from his ears.

The chaotic fights between the flying swords had gradually subsided. They separated into two camps and faced each other, as if a rainstorm was suspended in the sky. It was an eerie yet amazing scene.

…

Innumerable desolate and pure sword wills emerged from the sheath of the Inherited Heaven Sword, dispersing to the peaks of Green Mountain. Heaven and earth had sensed them wherever they went.

The people on the top of Tianguang Peak sensed the peculiar activity on the Sword Peak, but they couldn’t see what was going on clearly.

The Immortal Guangyuan and Nan Wang had grave expressions on their faces at the thought of the battle between their Master and Senior Master for the control of the Inherited Heaven Sword reaching a critical moment.

It wasn’t until now that they had realized that the control center of the Sword Formation of Green Mountain was the Inherited Heaven Sword.

That was why the sect rules of Green Mountain stipulated that only the person who had the Inherited Heaven Sword was qualified to be the sect master of Green Mountain.

What was the All in One, then? Was it the source of the Sword Formation of Green Mountain?

But then, when the Inherited Heaven Sword was absent, how did Yuan Qijing control the Great Formation of Green Mountain?

The waves formed in the ocean of clouds before the cliff on Tianguang Peak, the color of which grew darker and dimmer. The clouds had suddenly condensed into countless water drops before shooting out.

A rainstorm headed toward Jing Jiu and the Immortal Taiping at the edge of the cliff.

“Don’t!!” the Immortal Guangyuan yelled at a spot on the top of Tianguang Peak.

Over at the spot, the Master of the Great Marsh was operating a large flag with a grave expression on his face.

The large flag seemed to contain endless thunder and lightning, and the rainwater poured down like the sea water falling reversed.

It was the legendary “Wind and Rain Flag of Eight Sides.”

The Master of the Great Marsh had gathered the energy of heaven and earth in an effort to strike a fatal blow to the Immortal Taiping.

Like all the Cultivation practitioners of various sects, he believed that the Green Mountain Sect should be able to deal with the matter by themselves. They hadn’t anticipated that the Immortal Taiping would be so powerful when he returned to Green Mountain.

The Chief Nun of the Water-Moon Nunnery must have attacked the Immortal Taiping at Jing Jiu’s request. Under the circumstances, the Master of the Great Marsh thought he should do the same.

Sizzle!!!

The rainstorm that filled the sky had suddenly disappeared, the ocean of clouds looking as flat as a carpet.

The Master of the Great Marsh spat out a mouthful of fresh blood, his face extremely pale. Looking at the Wind and Rain Flag of Eight Sides with a broken corner in his hands, he remarked with uncertainty in a trembling voice, “What has just happened?!”

The Immortal Tan supported him by holding his elbow and instilled a waft of spiritual energy into his body, sighing. “This is the Sword Formation of Green Mountain.”

…

Countless sword wills were intermittently visible at the edge of the cliff.

They were sliced to pieces by the blowing wind.

The sword wills glittered when the sunlight shone on them.

These sword wills were surrounding Jing Jiu and the Immortal Taiping; to put it more precisely, the sword wills encased the two of them in the proximate radius of the sheath of the Inherited Heaven Sword.

In the eyes of the people, the two of them were glowing with countless sword lights.

The Immortal Guangyuan had intended to stop the Master of the Great Marsh. He did it out of concern for the safety of the Master of the Great Marsh rather than that of the Immortal Taiping’s.

Contending for control of the Inherited Heaven Sword was actually the fight for the Sword Peak and the ownership of the Sword Formation of Green Mountain.

The Sword Formation of Green Mountain hailed from the All in One.

Hence, contending for the control of the Inherited Heaven Sword was also the fight for the custody of the All in One.

The swords were all up in the air, and the Sword Formation of Green Mountain had born down on Jing Jiu and the Immortal Taiping, but it was unclear who would be the one being pierced through the heart by tens of thousands of flying swords.

In fact, the two of them were protected by the Sword Formation of Green Mountain and isolated from the outside world. Nothing, whether it was the Wind and Rain Flag of the Great Marsh or the magic treasures like the Scenic-Cloud Bell, could pass through it.

The Chief Nun of the Water-Moon Nunnery could do nothing to help at the moment.

All she could do was watch the pair of brothers fight it out at the edge of the cliff.

The sword wills increased dramatically and became increasingly more formidable and frightful, and the sword lights grew brighter as a great many ruptures appeared on the cliff walls, and the ocean of clouds dropped slowly downwards.

The people on the peak top had a harder time withstanding the pressure. Zhao Layue and the others who stood close to the edge of the cliff had many rips on their clothes, locks of hair falling off now and then.

The energy of heaven and earth grew more chaotic.

The Great Formation of Green Mountain showed its true nature. An endless green light encased the peaks, with some fractures vaguely visible amid the surface of the flowing light rays.

A dark cloud suddenly appeared on the top of the distant Bihu Peak. Thunder rumbled, and lightning bolts struck down, illuminating the patch of the blue lake and a thousand heaps of snow on the lake, all of it looking rather daunting.

A snowstorm suddenly fell onto the top of Shangde Peak. It took merely a minute for the snow to accumulate a few feet deep. The pine trees couldn’t bear the weight of the snow and broke off with a loud cracking noise.

The bolts of lightning could be seen in the blue sky. The sword wills on Yunxing Peak grew more dreadful and chaotic while the cliffs collapsed unremittingly