Chapter 529 - 524: Gazing into the Distance

At the outskirts of Li Mountain, cultivators from all directions soared into the sky, looking towards the location of Li Mountain.

From different directions, powerful Great Cultivators of the Seven Realms appeared simultaneously.

"Boom..."

Among them, a silhouette summoned a divine presence, shadowing both heaven and earth. The divine shadow reached a thousand zhang in height, and a sense of the Great Dao emanated from it, pressing down on Li Mountain.

This divine presence extended its hand, and a golden bell appeared above the main hall of Li Mountain, rotating rapidly. Strands of golden divine light flashed, resembling the power of the mysterious and yellow Great Dao, and the bell’s chime resounded through the sky, causing many cultivators at Li Mountain to tremble at the soul.

"This is the dharma form of a top-level Great Cultivator." Cultivators in the distance felt a deep awe. The process of Qi Refinement cultivators involves continuously condensing and strengthening their dharma forms, even integrating magical treasures into them. Upon reaching the Seven Realms, the dharma form embodies the Great Dao, and its power is terrifying.

"This person should be from the Qi Family in the capital, perhaps it’s the Qi Family elder. Why would he be so desperate?" someone speculated.

"His age seems close to his life’s limit, perhaps he’s risking it all for the future of the Qi Family?" someone beside replied. If his life’s limit was nearing, it would be understandable.

"I will suppress his primordial spirit, everyone join forces to erase him," the Qi Family elder roared. Countless divine lights fell from the golden bell, striking at Li Fan.

Dual attacks on the body and primordial spirit—this was the dharma form condensed by the Qi Family elder, the God Suppressing Bell.

Turbulent auras swept down from above Li Mountain, with Li Fan’s body suspended over the main hall. From afar, the figure in white seemed to be directly under the storm, as if he might be engulfed and annihilated at any moment.

In another direction, purple knife light shone in the sky, seeming to cleave a rift in space, slashing towards Li Fan.

"Boom!"

Countless divine lights poured down, crashing onto Li Fan. Within the sea of consciousness, infinite divine light transformed into the God Suppressing Bell, striking down upon the Sword of the Primordial Spirit.

Li Fan slightly raised his head, gazing up at the golden bell, his eyes showed no disturbance whatsoever.

The purple knife light that split space descended, as if trying to sever Li Fan’s body, simultaneously striking him as the attack from the God Suppressing Bell fell.

However, under countless gazing eyes, the white figure in robes above the main hall of Li Mountain stood there silently, lifting his gaze towards the sky.

He slowly extended his hand, as a colossal shadow appeared behind him, embodying Fatian Xiangdi, also extending its hand to grasp at the God Suppressing Bell dharma form.

"Bang..."

As the enormous hand descended, the God Suppressing Bell instantly cracked with endless fractures, golden divine light bloomed frantically, but as the Big Palm Seal united, the divine light seemed gathered within the palm, bursting the dharma form.

In the distance, the Qi Family elder muffled a sound, with blood spilling from the corner of his mouth, his face instantly paling, aged in an instant.

"How could it be!"

His heart was filled with horror, looking at the silhouette high above Li Mountain.

He saw the embodiment of Fatian Xiangdi, saw those eyes, one like the sun, the other like the moon. In an instant, blazing divine fire and ultimate coldness concurrently descended, as though standing beneath the sun and moon, a god was looking down upon him. He had never felt so insignificant.

Sun and moon divine brilliance fell, transforming into countless sharp swords. The Qi Family elder’s dharma form was already severely damaged; he attempted to forcibly support his primordial spirit in transformation, but as the divine brilliance struck down, an extreme piercing pain arrived, shattering his defense instantly.

"How could anyone reach such a level?"

The Qi Family elder’s heart filled with grief and indignation, despair washed over him, only then realizing that even with Li Fan alone holding Li Mountain, without a saint to emerge, he was already invincible in the world.

In the distance, cultivators watched as the Qi Family elder’s body was gradually erased until it disappeared between heaven and earth, their inner shock beyond compare.

That white-clad silhouette hadn’t even moved yet had erased a powerful figure from the capital from a distance.

Countless disciples on Li Mountain looked up, feeling surging emotions, wondering if the Sword Master’s power had reached such a startling realm.

The attacking knife master was also stunned and shocked, his purple long robe flaring, hair flying, eyes glowing with purple light, and a sense of domineering pressure.

He was the founder of a top sect in the Great Li World, also once hailed as the first sword cultivator in Da Li. Later, he passed on the sect master’s position and went into seclusion to cultivate, paying no heed to worldly affairs for many years.

However, now he perceived that great changes were coming to the world, and the opportunity for a saint to appear might descend.

The Da Li Court promised great rewards to those who could attack Li Mountain, and for destroying Li Mountain and killing Li Fan with first merit, the chance to comprehend the Saint’s Method and an opportunity to enter sainthood.

It was this temptation that drew him out of seclusion. Once he saw the opportunity, he charged straight into Li Mountain, delivering a slash.

But that slash on Li Fan’s body failed to shake his flesh, and afterwards, the Qi Family elder was erased.

Turning to escape, he saw the sky’s turbulent clouds, and above stood a concentrated divine presence from Li Fan, who presided over this realm.

This realm was bound by an invisible Tao Power, the knife master’s expression turned to horror. Grasping the knife in both hands, it continually enlarged, purple lightning flashing in the sky, seemingly apocalyptic, seeking to cleave the space of this realm.

A gigantic palm descended from the sky, suppressing the countless striking thunders, and then fell upon the gigantic dharma form behind the sword cultivator, squeezing fiercely.

"Boom..."

The widespread sword intent dispersed, the sword cultivator’s body shattered under the gigantic hand. As the sky’s massive hand vanished, so did the silhouette, with only droplets of blood falling from high above.

"That was the purple knife master, a renowned sword cultivator for over a century," someone recognized the erased knife master from the distance, their inner shock incomparable.

Crushing defeat, two top cultivators were ground to dust by Li Fan like ants.

The cultivators coming from other directions, who were ready to join forces to invade Li Mountain, had no will to fight left, and all turned to flee.

The sky’s dao shadow transformed into a towering figure, the Primordial Spirit reflected upon it, where the Great Dao lay, heaven and earth were restrained, the Great Dao suppressed them, making those who wanted to escape feel as if trapped in a quagmire.

"Li Fan has already touched the threshold of the Saint Realm."

A thought arose in their hearts, and they no longer had the will to come forward.

"Boom..."

The sky sounded as if with a crack of thunder, one great cultivator’s expression changed dramatically, summoning a Dharma form to protect himself, only to see that Li Fan’s true form had arrived, smashing a punch, shattering the Dharma form, landing on his head under his despairing gaze.

After that, similar scenes unfolded in different directions, and in just a few breaths, those mighty top cultivators from various paths were all obliterated, not one was spared.

"Kill all that come!"

Li Fan’s voice transformed into endless ripples transmitting far away, and he himself turned around, stepping back onto the steps in front of the main hall.

The cultivators of Li Mountain all looked at that back, reverence in their eyes reaching the pinnacle.

A thought emerged in their minds, without a saint, who could oppose him, one person is enough to guard Li Mountain.

Li Fan landed in front of the main hall, and a graceful figure approached, Lu Yuan’s bright eyes revealing a faint smile, "In this way, the allied forces of the court, Ten Thousand Buddha Temple, and Taiping Temple should temporarily retreat."

"The three great powers have been prosperous for a thousand years, the court need not be mentioned, and Taiping Temple and Ten Thousand Buddha Temple have accumulated power for many years, never revealing anything on the surface, also it is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface, what we know may only be the power they show overtly."

Li Fan said, on his journey to the South Sea, he learned some secret knowledge and realized that the three great powers must have hidden aces.

If it were only these powers shown openly, the present Li Mountain would no longer fear them.

"Yes, but when can I join the battle?" Lu Yuan’s beautiful eyes looked into Li Fan’s.

After decades of hard cultivation, Lu Yuan had also become one of the top Great Sword Cultivators in the Great Li World.

However, in the assignment of tasks for this battle, Li Fan did not let Lu Yuan go to fight.

"Rest assured, after this battle, the other party will surely invade in large numbers, and then I want to see the cold of Taiyin, and Li Mountain’s disciples will also see the most outstanding female sword cultivator of Li Mountain Sword Peak from years past." Li Fan said with a smile.

Lu Yuan gave him a meaningful look, she naturally understood that the task of this battle was to annihilate the opponent’s forward team, and should a powerful opponent be encountered, one needed to withdraw quickly.

And she did not yet possess such combat power.

If facing the top combat power of the three great forces, she might not be able to retreat.

"Hmm?"

At this moment, Li Fan’s eyes suddenly shot out a dazzling light looking into the distance, his expression changed slightly.

"What happened?" Lu Yuan asked upon seeing this.

"Brother Mo Yang is in danger." Li Fan said.

"Master..." Lu Yuan’s expression changed slightly, who in Da Li could threaten Master?

"Little Senior has arrived, it should not be of great concern."

Li Fan closed his eyes, as if looking across endless space at the distant battlefield, he saw a domineering cultivator appear in the sky, like a blazing sun, also like an emperor of the human world, with unmatched elegance.

......

Ye Changge stood high in the sky, his Dharma form behind him shone like a god over this world, in the distance, strands of sword light escaped, he did not pursue.

In every direction, more and more cultivators gathered towards this place, looking at the figure in the sky like a deity, countless people bowed: "Greetings, Your Highness."

Today they marched to Li Mountain, but along the way, they were intercepted and killed, many battlefields collapsed, and the casualties were heavy.

The Eldest Prince Ye Changge descended like a god from the sky, causing the cultivators of various battlefields to flock here.

"It was said before that His Highness the Eldest Prince had been in seclusion for intense cultivation, now he should have reached the threshold of the Saint Realm, an extraordinary talent."

Many cultivators looked to Ye Changge, revering him like a deity.

Even the top cultivators of the older Seven Realms lowered their heads in shame.

"Pass down the command, gather outside Chuzhou’s borders, halt advancing, and await my orders." Ye Changge spoke aloud, his voice resounding through the heavens.

He gazed into the distance, his eyes seemed to see upon Li Mountain a white-robed figure looking back at him across limitless space.