Chapter 1021: A Malicious Visitor Arrives

Chapter 1021: Chapter 1021: A Malicious Visitor Arrives

For a cultivator of Shen Mo’s realm, even a magic duel between the Divine Bridge Realm holds little appeal.

While a fraction of his mind attends to the duel within the scroll, the True Immortal figures in the Cloud Palace either drink and enjoy music, or discuss profound truths, or exchange information on the various immortal continents...

Among them, the seventh-order True Dragon Taiao Yunhui from the dragon’s ancestral land in Kunlun Continent, spoke of matters that piqued Shen Mo’s interest!

Earlier, Cao Ren used the Scale-Scraping Pool in the ancestral land to transform into a Pure Blood True Dragon, gaining the recognition of the True Dragon Clan. At the same time, the ancestral land True Dragon, informed by the brothers Ao Hua and Ao Kang, learned more about the Dragon Rearing Pool Master from Cao Ren.

The seventh-order True Dragon within the ancestral land regards the Dragon Rearing Pool Master with significant attention.

While this True Immortal is said to consume cultivators who have distorted into dragon beasts through the [Transforming Dragon Curse], rather than Pure Blood True Dragons, his mannerisms, preferences, and cultivation methods are all inherited from the mortal enemies of the dragon clan, clearly having received their legacy.

Once the Dragon Rearing Pool Master grows stronger, to satisfy his taste buds and also for his own cultivation, he will inevitably walk the path of the dragon’s mortal enemy, capturing True Dragons for food everywhere.

Therefore, the dragon’s ancestral land issued orders to True Dragon habitats, including the Hidden Dragon River, instructing all seventh-order True Dragons not guarding the Heavenly Gateway nor on an expeditionary path, to hunt down the Dragon Rearing Pool Master, in hopes of eliminating this future enemy of the dragon clan during his ’early cultivation stage’!

The True Dragon Clan, truly a renowned powerful race in the Universal Realm, could not hide the Dragon Rearing Pool Master under their relentless search, eventually forcing him out of his old lair in the Cangwu Continent.

However, although he has only cultivated up to the Human Immortal Realm, his skills are indeed not weak. He evaded the siege of seven-order True Dragons and is currently in hiding, possibly having escaped to the Lower Realm, or maybe still somewhere in the Immortal Realm!

The seventh-order True Dragon Ao Hui hopes that other members of the Xuanyuan Alliance would remain vigilant and immediately notify the True Dragon Clan if they discover his whereabouts on their territory; of course, if they can directly capture or slay him, that would be even better, as the True Dragon Clan will prepare generous gifts in gratitude!

"This person is able to escape from the siege of many True Immortal Dragons, his strength is truly extraordinary!" Shen Mo thought to himself.

Strictly speaking, he and the Dragon Rearing Pool Master have no life-and-death animosity.

However, since Cao Ren is a member of the dragon clan and of the Red Flame Sect, even if purely to eliminate this potential danger, Shen Mo is willing to act if he has the capacity, not to mention this is a request from his alliance member!

After listening to Ao Hui, Shen Mo, Xuanyuan Tongzhen, Jade Spring Fairy, Taiqing Sect Law Master Meng Chenyang, and other True Immortals all nodded in agreement.

...

In the cultivation room of the Guanyun Mansion, Shen Mo’s real body sat cross-legged, elevating his mastery of the "Performance Martial Arts" Destiny in the Mixed Yuan Qi Technique while attempting to condense his Dharma Body.

Beside him in the void, a vast profound humanoid outline appeared intermittently, but compared to the beginning, 206 bone fragments had condensed over half.

However, these bones differed from normal skeletons, seemingly forged from dense sword hairs, with strange sword patterns permeating them. If anyone were nearby, they couldn’t gaze directly at these bones, and probing with sense would be directly severed, injuring the soul.

Only True Immortal figures could scrutinize with their five senses and not only that, they might even comprehend profound truths of swordplay and the Sword Path from any bone!

"Buzz!"

A profound, Dao sound-like sword ringing arose, the humanoid outline’s left hand had a finger bone that formed, if closely contemplated, the aura of the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation appeared on this Dharma Body.

Moments later, the Dharma Body outline slowly vanished into the void.

Shen Mo opened his eyes, his gaze dazzling like sword light, he blinked to completely restrain this brilliance.

"Thus, the Big Dipper Array has also been added to the Dharma Body. Once the Primordial Dao Fruit fully forms, the killing power of this sword array will elevate further!"

Since ascending to the Immortal Realm, Shen Mo gathered a large amount of Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures with extreme elements such as Gold-thunder Demon Pearl, Wood-Thunder Demonic Pearl, and Red Heaven Gold, refining them into the corresponding Big Dipper Dao Sword, until the material of each Dao Sword reached the pinnacle and could progress no more, only then halting this step.

Afterwards, using his own primal Essence and Qi and the Spiritual Wisdom skill, for a century, he nurtured them, ultimately elevating the seven Dao Swords into middle-grade spiritual treasures, slightly inferior to the Taiyi Sword.

Moreover, the martial arts and cultivation method of the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation underwent five iterations and was cultivated back to the "Reaching the Peak" level yet again, with additional skills such as Sword Body and By the Stars fortified during execution... these various components compounded, rendering this sword array exceedingly fierce, even a Ghost Immortal in the True Immortal Realm should perish under the sword array’s edge.

Now by shaping the Dharma Body’s sword bones with this martial arts technique, when the Primordial Dao Fruit manifests, utilizing the Dao fruit to command the sword array, even if Shen Mo hasn’t achieved True Immortal status, he could potentially slay a Human Immortal or directly confront an Earth Immortal!

Just as Shen Mo prepared to continue seclusion, adding further sword cultivation methods onto the Dharma Body, his expression shifted slightly.

Moments ago, the Earth Yuan Array’s hub, imprinted with his soul, sent back a fluctuation, an inadvertent intruder entered the formation’s range, and the intruder possessed substantial strength, easily a Ghost Immortal; however, this person seemed to have noticed the extensive formation encompassing millions of miles around Five Dragon Mountain, and upon contacting the formation’s edge, rapidly exploded with astonishing escape speed and vanished.

"Didn’t expect the embryonic form of the big array to be put to use so soon!"

Shen Mo muttered, then his figure slightly blurred, vanishing from the cultivation room, within a few flicks of the finger, a dash of escaping light arose from the outer mountain gate of the Red Flame Sect at Five Dragon Mountain, darting toward the region where the formation’s fluctuation emerged.

He hadn’t yet arrived, but already unleashed a flash of Universe sword Qi, slashing towards the True Immortal figure concealed beyond the formation...

With the Earth Yuan Array as a support, regardless if the intruder was an Earth Immortal, Shen Mo had no concerns, and the sneaky demeanor clearly wasn’t that of a formal visitor, most likely an unwelcome guest, first to force out the real body before anything else!

"Clang!"

Under the terrifying spiritual surge, a square Jade Pool emerged, attempting to block the radiant sword light.

Yet the pool’s owner evidently did not anticipate the formidable sword Qi, as the pool was instantly cleaved a corner off, and substantial spiritual liquid gushed out, vaguely revealing in the turbulent water, a myriad of strangely colored dragons poking their heads, roaring thunderously towards the source of the sword slashing.

Seeing the pool cleaved but unable to halt the sword’s attack, the sneaking visitor immediately summoned two Heaven-Lifting Jade Pillars-like magic treasures, bombarding the sword light repeatedly, ultimately shattering it into scattered glimmers.

"Your murderous intent is severe, fellow daoist!"

A clear, melodious female voice sounded, yet laced with sharpness.

In the next moment.

Adorned in the Thousand Laws Karma Lotus Robe, Shen Mo manifested, his face filled with an odd expression!