Chapter 501 - 496: Breaking Illusion

Li Fan looked up at Ku Chan, whose sinewy muscles were glowing with a gold hue, his body seeming as if cast from pure gold.

The Buddhist Sect has an exceptionally strong Body Refinement method, and Ku Chan’s physical body seems to have reached the Transformation Realm, Vajra Unbreakable.

"You killed members of my Buddhist Sect, now abolish your cultivation willingly and come with me to the Ten Thousand Buddha Temple. We Buddhists, with compassion, will chant the Rebirth Scripture for you, guiding you in your next life," Ku Chan said, his eyes like those of the Angry-eyed Vajra, as he stared at Li Fan.

Li Fan did not respond; instead, he raised his hand and slashed out with a sword. The sword light pierced the Buddhist aura in an instant, reaching Ku Chan, who did not evade or dodge, allowing the sword light to strike his Golden Body, emitting a crisp sound without even leaving a sword mark on Ku Chan’s flesh.

To know that with Li Fan’s current attack power, even a casual sword strike is enough to easily slay an early-stage Seventh Realm Cultivator, and a mid-stage Seventh Realm Cultivator would assuredly sustain injuries from a single sword strike, yet the attack couldn’t even break Ku Chan’s outer skin.

Li Fan slashed out this sword merely to test it. As expected, Ku Chan had mastered the art of Body Refinement, ordinary attacks couldn’t even breach the defense, let alone kill the opponent.

Ku Chan’s eyes held a contemptuous gaze towards Li Fan; though he was a prodigy of Li Mountain, it would take years for him to pose a threat, yet he dared to challenge him when he had just entered the Seven Realms?

He has been at the Peak of Seventh Realm for many years; even decades ago when Wen Haoran and Zuo Canglan roamed the world, he was already at this realm, and there are few across the world who can threaten him.

"Boom..."

The air issued a cracking sound, golden Buddhist light pierced through the void; Ku Chan’s body vanished from its original spot, an overwhelmingly oppressive aura came over, Ku Chan’s figure appeared in front of Li Fan, his arm’s muscles bulging, his fist smashed straight towards Li Fan, even the air roared with noise, its speed so fast it defied the naked eye.

Li Fan’s body retreated violently, shadows appeared only to be instantly shattered by the fist glow, as a huge golden fist punched straight ahead, its golden brilliance ten thousand feet, causing Li Fan’s Divine Soul to tremble as he rapidly retreated.

The Vajra Demon Suppression Fist, capable of shattering mountains, suppressing demons, destroying ten thousand laws, and smashing Primordial Spirits.

Li Fan’s Divine Sword blasted forward, converging into a single ten thousand feet sword beam, instantly colliding with the Demon Suppression Fist, terrifying forces tearing everything apart, myriad fist shadows smashed towards Li Fan’s flesh through the Divine Sword.

Bang!

Li Fan’s body was once again blasted away, emitting a muffled sound, his internal blood and essence rolling, such domineering power, capable of attacking the Primordial Spirit, if it were an ordinary Seventh Realm Cultivator, fear a single punch would shatter them.

Before he could recover his senses, Buddhist light surged towards him again, Li Fan moved his thoughts, Sword Aura shot skyward, awakening a sword within his body.

But at that moment, a blue divine radiance from the sky blasted down, transforming into the shadow of a True Dragon.

Boom... the destructive airwaves buffeted Li Fan’s body, but Ku Chan’s attack was intercepted, revealing a look of surprise, he looked up towards the sky above, seeing a figure in blue ancient robes stepping upon the clouds, eyes exuding a domineering aura.

Ku Chan furrowed his brows, looking up towards the figure, only to see the arriving figure staring at Li Fan and saying, "I am taking him away."

"Greetings Sect Master."

In the distance, the Great Demon of the Demon Race shouted loudly upon seeing the newcomer, and Li Fan guessed the identity of the person, the mysterious Sect Master of the Green Emperor Sect.

"Azure Dragon, there should be a sequence to this, shouldn’t there?" Ku Chan said coldly, clearly recognizing the other.

Upon hearing his voice, Li Fan understood; the court, Taiping Temple, Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, these top-tier forces of Da Li, were more familiar with the Demon Race than he had imagined.

The arriving person was indeed the Sect Master of the Green Emperor Sect, Azure Dragon.

The Da Li Demon Race is now governed by the Demon Court, under which there are four major Demon Sects, and the Green Emperor Sect is one of them, its Sect Master, a Demon Dragon at heart.

"Both of you here contesting this child’s allegiance, you’re still premature," another voice approached as a figure seemingly appeared in the sky out of nowhere, a Daoist.

"Tai Hao, you’ve come too," Ku Chan looked towards the arriving figure; Master Taihao, one of the four Zhenren of Taiping Temple, whose cultivation surpassed that of Lingxiao Zhenren.

Seeing this scene, Li Fan couldn’t help but find it amusing, for him, these top-tier cultivators coming this time were comparable to the lineup of besieging the Xuanyuan Sword.

The Demon Race is after the demon within him, but why do the Taiping Temple and Ten Thousand Buddha Temple insist on his death?

"What’s your intention?"

Azure Dragon looked towards Master Taihao and asked.

Tai Hao’s gaze landed on Li Fan, his eyes seeming to comprehend the heavens, attempting to see through Li Fan.

"Back when the court went to Li Mountain, for what? You all seem to have forgotten it," Tai Hao spoke, "Now it can be confirmed, this child has acquired the inheritance of that Sword Scripture, so, he should have another sword in hand."

Li Fan felt a chill through his heart, gazing at Tai Hao, the Taiping Temple knows a lot.

"Moreover, an old friend has arrived, aren’t you aware?"

Tai Hao continued, with Ku Chan’s Divine Sense sweeping out, but before he could locate the person, a figure was already approaching from afar.

"Hm?"

Ku Chan looked towards the approaching person; their speed incredibly fast, crossing over the void in a few steps, standing at Li Fan’s side, it was an Old Blind Man.

"Zuo Canglan?"

Ku Chan recognized the person at once and said, "Even if he arrives, what does it matter, not to mention his half-crippled current self, even at his peak back then, I could still kill him."

"You, the head of the Precepts Institute, are still a bit rash, Zuo Canglan appearing here surely means he has recovered from the Daoist injury," Tai Hao retorted.

"So what?" Ku Chan scoffed, crippled for so many years, his peak long past, missed the prime times of old, what use is recovery now? His blood and essence must be near withered.

"Why don’t you give it a try?"

Zuo Canglan’s voice was calm, like a quiet blind man, without any strong fluctuations, nor world-shattering sharpness.

This was unlike the Zuo Canglan of the past.

"Very well, I shall try."

Ku Chan roared, his voice like thunder. Just as his words fell, his wild body stepped forward instantly, raising his hand in a domineering Vajra Demon Suppression Fist.

"Dang..."

The golden fist’s aura surged, as the Old Blind Man quietly took a step forward and unleashed a sword.

The sword was invisible, a stream of light in an instant, arriving first despite being released later. The Vajra Demon Suppression Fist had yet to reach its peak, when the Sword Aura slashed, as though it sliced through the domineering aura of the Vajra Demon Suppression Fist, causing its intent to weaken instantly.

"Boom..."

Bundles of sword light slashed through, severing the Vajra Demon Suppression Fist, shattering it into pieces.

"Arriving later but striking first, cutting through the Great Dao’s aura." Master Taihao did not act, watching from the side. At this moment, the calm old blind man seemed even more terrifying than the once sharp Canglan Blade.

"That sword was not bad."

Ku Chan shouted, with Buddhist mantras swirling around him, a thousand-zhang Vajra Buddha figure appearing, moving alongside Ku Chan’s body, unveiling the Demon Suppressing Arhat Golden Body, Vajra Demon Suppression Breaks Ten Thousand Laws.

"Break."

The sky-piercing Vajra Demon Suppression Fists roared out simultaneously, covering the heavens and earth, transforming into countless golden meteors, causing the void to tremble, as if to bury that realm.

Zuo Canglan remained calm, taking a step forward to face the sky-filled attack. The sword in his hand was equally unremarkable, but as his arm lifted, streams of invisible currents emerged within the heavens and earth, as if the aura of heaven and earth was being swirled.

The blind man lifted the sword, holding it horizontally before him.

"Breaking Illusion."

The sword came forth, and the vast space seemed to have a rhythm, drawing the aura of the Great Dao into motion.

In an instant, three thousand swords.

The next moment, the crowd saw an extremely shocking scene, where the sky-filled Vajra Demon Suppression Fists almost simultaneously exploded high in the air, transforming into scattered golden Buddha Light, as if the foundational paths had been severed.

"How powerful, what kind of Sword Dao is this from the Old Blind Man?"

Li Fan watched from behind. In the moment when his master swung the sword, he felt the entire world being drawn into motion, the sword integrating into all things of heaven and earth.

Three thousand swords, severing the foundational roots of the sky-filled Vajra Demon Suppression Fists.

Breaking Illusion.

Cutting through the Dao?

"The elephant is formless, the great sound is silent, great skill appears clumsy... Zuo Canglan, it’s unexpected that after losing your sight, you see more clearly, able to perceive and sever the aura of the Great Dao."

Ku Chan stared at Zuo Canglan and said, "It seems I underestimated you."

He was a top Great Cultivator from Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, with incredible insight. As Zuo Canglan made his move, he naturally understood that Zuo Canglan now had a deeper understanding of the Great Dao than he did.

Blinded, yet able to discern the Great Dao instead?

"This wasn’t your ability before." Ku Chan’s expression became extremely serious.

"Over the years, my sight is gone. Naturally, things aren’t as they were before. Now, I’ve comprehended two swords; the first is called Breaking Illusion. Since you’ve made your move, it’s time for you to receive my sword."

With that, Zuo Canglan stepped forward once more, sword in hand, and the vast heavens and earth began to stir, wind everywhere, and thus the sword was everywhere.

"Boom..."

Finally, Zuo Canglan was no longer so ’quiet’. Sword light flashed, and in an instant, the sky filled with Sword Intent, sealing the heavens to form his Sword Domain. Within this Sword Domain, Ku Chan felt as if he had fallen into an icy cellar, as if he could no longer hear voices, his Divine Sense also cut off and sealed.

This Sword Domain was like a terrifying Sword Array, locking in the aura of the Great Dao within this realm.

Although Taihao and Azure Dragon were outside the Sword Domain, they also knew its power. Their expressions turned serious, and a thought arose in their hearts; Ku Chan was in for a hard time.

Dang...

Ku Chan seemed unable to borrow the Heaven and Earth Power, yet he also practiced Body Refinement. Dao emanated from within to outside; the Golden Body shone, his physique constantly swelled, blood pierced through the heavens, countless Buddha lights flashed, Buddhist mantras swirling, continuously expanding outward, forming its own realm.

A gigantic figure appeared from his body, quickly expanding, soon growing to a thousand zhang.

The Buddha’s image bore three heads and six arms, holding a Vajra Pestle, Demon Suppressing Stick, Precepts Knife...

"Unmoving Ming King Dharma Aspect."

Taihao whispered, Ku Chan was putting forth everything he had.