Chapter 1072: Great Battle

Chen Mobai felt his body grow heavy. As his divine sense circulated, he immediately recognized his attacker, and a hint of surprise flickered in his eyes.

"You're finally here."

It hadn't been in vain that for years, he had consistently flown between Golden Star Valley and Dongling Immortal City instead of instantly teleporting.

His innate pure yang energy circulated, and his immortal robes instantly erupted with scorching flames, transforming into crimson fire dragons. These dragons forcibly propped him up in mid-air, battling against the ceaseless gravitational pull emanating from the earth.

At the same time, Chen Mobai pointed his sword-finger at the barren mountain with his right hand. A purple lightning bolt suddenly flashed in the clear sky, transforming into a massive Violet Lightning Divine Sword that crashed down with a roar.

"Oh!"

Following the perplexed sound, a dark yellow shield materialized out of thin air atop the barren mountain, enveloping the entire peak.

The Violet Lightning Divine Sword descended from the sky, striking the shield and unleashing a violent roar.

The ground began to quake, and cracks spread outward from the barren mountain, raising clouds of dust into the sky.

Standing on the mountaintop, Su Taifeng felt Chen Mobai's fifth-tier sword intent, and a hint of shock appeared on his face.

Although he had learned from Mu Youyi that this Five Elements Sect Master was an unparalleled sword cultivation genius who had mastered fifth-tier sword intent long ago, there were still different levels within the fifth tier.

The Purple Radiance Sword Intent before him was already at the peak of the fifth tier.

If not for his artifact, the Mount Tai Seal, which could elevate his spell's tier by a minor level, he might not have been able to withstand this sword strike.

"Su Wuming, it's quite surprising that you managed to hold back until now before making your move," Chen Mobai's voice echoed from the sky. Following his words, torrents of scorching heat surged forth, accompanied by dragon roars. Nine massive fiery dragons abruptly burst out from the dust in front of Su Taifeng, lunging towards him with bared fangs and claws.

Facing yet another fifth-tier attack, Su Taifeng's expression had already calmed.

"Good. You are worthy of my full attention."

As he spoke, the dark yellow glow around Su Taifeng intensified. The barren mountain beneath him seemed to suddenly come alive, transforming into a spirit beast. Its rocky walls twisted as earthen yellow claws extended, seizing the nine surging fiery dragons before clenching tightly.

With a *bang*, the nine fiery dragons instantly scattered like fireworks, turning into a rain of crimson fire. However, amidst the fiery downpour, a hidden, orange-red glimmer subtly concealed its fluctuations, dropping from Chen Mobai's sleeve and blending into it.

After crushing the Nine Fire Fiery Dragons, Su Taifeng's dark green pupils gleamed with an eerie spiritual light, his gaze as cruel as a wild beast's. He extended his hand, making a grasping motion towards Chen Mobai in mid-air.

In an instant, dozens of earthen yellow claws tore through the air, appearing before Chen Mobai and grasping at his vital points: his head, neck, limbs, internal organs, and more.

Yet, Chen Mobai remained motionless against this assault. He opened his mouth and exhaled a vibrant, multicolored stream of energy.

The moment the earthen yellow claws made contact with his Primordial Chaos True Qi, they disintegrated into grayish-white dust even more rapidly than the Nine Fire Fiery Dragons, filling the entire sky with a murky haze.

At that moment, a warning flashed through Su Taifeng's mind.

His fifth-tier true power circulated, and a dark yellow light barrier emerged from his body, blocking an orange-red glow that had landed on his neck at some unknown point.

Amidst grinding sounds, his protective light barrier began to twist, even crack. Su Taifeng's expression subtly changed.

He immediately opened his mouth and spat out a golden-yellow, square grand seal. Once the Mount Tai Seal materialized, his protective light barrier, which had almost been severed by the Yuan Yang Sword Aura, barely stabilized.

Su Taifeng watched, secretly astonished, as the Yuan Yang Sword Aura, after being blocked by the Mount Tai Seal, retreated and vanished into Chen Mobai's Pure Yang Immortal Robe's sleeve. "You've actually mastered two peak fifth-tier sword intents!" he exclaimed.

It was well known that in the Sword Cultivation Path of the Sky River Realm, even the most exceptionally talented cultivators initially pursued a path of singular specialization.

Only after perfecting the sword intent most suited to them would they attempt to condense other sword intents, typically to break through their current realm.

Those who reached this stage were usually venerable Transformation God realm cultivators who had already achieved the "One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Spells" mastery in swordsmanship.

Su Taifeng could understand Chen Mobai mastering fifth-tier sword intent, and even accepting that he had comprehended "One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Spells."

However, two fifth-tier sword intents, both having reached the realm of "One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Spells," was something Su Taifeng, who had always held himself in high regard, found impossible to accept.

"Your artifact is impressive; it saved your life," Chen Mobai stated. As he spoke, he lightly waved his sleeve, and the dust and stone powder lingering in the air instantly vanished, leaving it perfectly clear.

He looked at the Mount Tai Seal in Su Taifeng's hand and nodded in approval.

This artifact was at least a peak fifth-tier item, and he could sense a dense power of the Earth Dao circulating within it.

"As expected of a successor to True Monarch Yiyuan, you are indeed extraordinary. What a pity you met me today," Su Taifeng said.

Although Su Taifeng knew he had indeed underestimated Chen Mobai, he certainly wouldn't show weakness in his words.

As he spoke, he decided to hold nothing back.

As the Mount Tai Seal in his palm flickered with spiritual light, a fifth-tier Li Li beast stepped out from it, landing beside Su Taifeng.

The moment the Li Li appeared, Chen Mobai's expression suddenly turned grave.

"A fifth-tier true spirit?" he murmured, looking at the Li Li with a hint of unperceived excitement in his voice.

"Indeed. To be able to make me go all out, you can consider your death glorious," Su Taifeng declared, his face impassive, looking at Chen Mobai as if he were already dead.

"Before we fight, may I know your true name?" Chen Mobai suddenly asked.

"I'm a rather wicked person; I like to leave my opponents confused ghosts," Su Taifeng replied, refusing to answer. The Li Li beast at his feet opened its mouth and exhaled a stream of earthen yellow vital energy, which Su Taifeng absorbed.

After receiving the essence from the fifth-tier true spirit, Su Taifeng's true qi, which had already surpassed the Nascent Soul realm's limits, surged dramatically to another level.

Amidst a thunderous roar, the barren mountain beneath him truly came alive. With violent tremors, it transformed into a colossal mountain giant hundreds of meters tall, cradling Su Taifeng in its palm, aligning him with Chen Mobai in the sky.

"You've misunderstood," Chen Mobai said. "I only ask my opponent's name because I dislike slaying nobodies." Looking at Su Taifeng, who stood in the mountain giant's palm, Chen Mobai uttered words that made the former unable to suppress a furious roar.

"Very well. I had originally intended to leave your corpse intact, but now I've decided to grind you to dust," Su Taifeng said, his voice cold. The Mount Tai Seal in his hand suddenly disintegrated, transforming into numerous stone plates that covered his entire body like armor.

Then, a dark yellow long mace materialized out of thin air.

"The Mount Tai Seal actually has these forms?" Chen Mobai thought. Seeing this, he felt that the artifact refining techniques of the Sky River Realm weren't as inferior as he thought. Both the current artifact and the Heaven-and-Earth Armillary Sphere were exquisitely refined.

Perhaps, the further one delved into artifact refining, the more divergent paths converged.

As he pondered this, the mountain giant beneath Su Taifeng's feet also condensed earth and stone in its other hand, forming a massive hundred-meter-long mace.

With bursts of sonic booms, it smashed down onto Chen Mobai's head.

Chen Mobai once again opened his mouth and exhaled Primordial Chaos True Qi.

The moment this stream of true qi touched the hundred-meter-long mace, the mace, composed of countless stones and earth, began to peel and shrink as if its internal framework had dissolved.

"Tsk." Su Taifeng frowned slightly upon seeing this.

Although the Primordial Chaos True Qi of the Yiyuan Dao Palace was renowned due to True Monarch Yiyuan's ascension, the Yiyuan Dao Palace had declined after Su Taifeng's birth. It was no longer comparable to the Three Great Sacred Lands like the Nine Heavens Demon Extermination Sect, which could send their Dao children and Saintesses to train in the Central State.

Thus, Su Taifeng had only heard of this divine ability but had never experienced it himself.

Testing it today, he found it truly lived up to its reputation, being highly suppressive against Five Elements spells and cultivation methods.

However, Chen Mobai's Primordial Chaos True Qi had not yet reached the fifth tier. In contrast, with the enhancement of the Li Li's fifth-tier essence, Su Taifeng could even withstand a few moves from a true Transformation God realm cultivator.

Under the incredibly potent true qi infused by Su Taifeng, the hundred-meter-long mace only had one-fifth of its mass stripped away by the Primordial Chaos True Qi. It continued to descend upon Chen Mobai's head with a terrifying force capable of shattering space.

With a loud *boom*.

A colossal finger emerged from behind Chen Mobai, piercing out like a sharp sword and tapping the hundred-meter-long mace.

This finger radiated a pure, clear spiritual light, forming a third fifth-tier sword intent, completely different from the previous ones. Within this sword intent, Su Taifeng perceived a scene of bright sunshine, burgeoning vegetation, clear air, visible phenomena, and vibrant vitality.

Evidently, this was the sword intent of a wood-attribute sword art, perfectly countering his earth-attribute true power.

After two breaths of stalemate, green sprouts began to emerge from the hundred-meter mace wielded by the mountain giant, and from various cracks and crevices in its arm.

Under the wood-attribute fifth-tier sword intent, these green sprouts grew wildly, like countless soft yet tough and sharp sword lights. After dismantling and severing the hundred-meter mace and the long arm, they began to spread and grow across the mountain giant's upper arm, shoulders, and entire body.

Facing this third fifth-tier sword intent, Su Taifeng was utterly bewildered!

He widened his eyes, swinging the long mace in his hand and directly smashing off the mountain giant's shoulder and arm, which had been corrupted by the green sprouts.

But at that moment, a second finger extended from the void behind Chen Mobai. This finger unleashed another wood-attribute sword intent, most effective against earth, and struck down towards Su Taifeng's head.

The long mace, formed from the Mount Tai Seal, swung heavily, clashing with this enormous, translucent green sword-finger.

Amidst a massive boom, the mountain giant supporting Su Taifeng seemed unable to withstand the residual power of these two streams of fifth-tier true energy and began to crack.

However, the fifth-tier Li Li, which had remained idle until now, stomped its chicken-like forefeet. A dense, pure stream of earth-attribute true energy surged forth, restabilizing the mountain giant.

By this time, Su Taifeng had also shattered the wood-attribute sword intent.

Compared to the two peak fifth-tier Purple Radiance and Yuan Yang Sword Intents from before, this Clear Bright Sword Intent was much weaker, barely at the fifth-tier level.

This fact allowed Su Taifeng to breathe a sigh of relief.

If Chen Mobai had truly mastered three peak fifth-tier sword intents, he might have had no choice but to let the fifth-tier Li Li directly intervene today.

"Your talent in the way of the sword ranks among the top three I've ever seen," Su Taifeng said. "If this Eastern Continent hadn't constrained you, your achievements might not have been inferior to that person from the Grand Supreme Palace. What a pity..." Su Taifeng's words surprised Chen Mobai.

*There's someone in this world whose sword talent surpasses mine?*

*Absolutely impossible.*

He knew that by simply copying Yu Baiguang's answers, he had comprehended all twenty-four sword intents of the Immortal Gate Sword Art, each at the fifth-tier level.

As long as one was human, it was impossible to achieve such a feat at the Nascent Soul stage.

"The Grand Supreme Palace is one of the top three Sacred Lands in the Central State, so Brother Su, it seems you're from the Central State," Chen Mobai said. "However, you must be mistaken about one thing: when it comes to swordsmanship, at the same cultivation realm, I am number one under heaven!"

This confidence was bestowed upon Chen Mobai by Yu Baiguang.

Even she, a Void Refinement cultivator, had not achieved Chen Mobai's current level of sword mastery at the Nascent Soul stage.

Chen Mobai didn't believe there was anyone in the Sky River Realm whose sword talent surpassed Yu Baiguang's.

If he surpassed Yu Baiguang, it meant he surpassed all sword cultivators in the entire Sky River Realm!

"I actually would quite like to see you go to the Central State and spar with Yu Taiping and those two from the Qingwei Sword Sect," Su Taifeng said with a hint of regret. "It's just a pity that you must die by my hand today."

Among the Ten Great Sacred Lands of the Central State, the Grand Supreme Palace and the Qingwei Sword Sect were both renowned for their swordsmanship. The "Two Swords" among the Sky River Realm's top fifteen Transformation God True Monarchs referred to the ancestors of these two sects.

Among them, Yu Taiping, the Dao child of the Grand Supreme Palace, had already entered the Transformation God realm a century ago, a figure even Ye Qing deeply admired.

As for the Dao child and Saintess of the Qingwei Sword Sect, though they had never left their sect, they possessed a pair of sixth-tier immortal swords descended from the Upper Realm and were widely regarded as future peerless sword cultivators.

"The Central State? If I have time in the future, I might indeed go and spar with that Yu Taiping. As for those two from the Qingwei Sword Sect, they haven't reached the Transformation God realm yet, so I won't bully them," Chen Mobai replied, his words leaving Su Taifeng speechless.

He didn't know if Chen Mobai was genuinely arrogant or merely speaking mockingly.

Su Taifeng had always considered himself immensely proud, but at this moment, he realized that compared to this 'Chen Tortoise Immortal' before him, he was actually quite humble.

At the very least, he admitted his inferiority to Yu Taiping.

And those two from the Qingwei Sword Sect would be respected out of consideration for their sixth-tier immortal swords.

"Go spout your grand words in the Yellow Springs!" Su Taifeng snapped. He had initially felt it a pity to kill such an unparalleled sword genius as Chen Mobai here, but now he believed that if he didn't kill such an arrogant person, they would eventually die at the hands of a Transformation God True Monarch anyway.

*Better for me to be the villain here.*

Amidst a buzzing sound, the long mace formed from the Mount Tai Seal in Su Taifeng's hand began to rotate slowly.

With every inch of rotation, Chen Mobai felt the surrounding gravity double. Within mere breaths, the gravity in the area where they stood had intensified a hundredfold.

Even moving his eyelids required a tremendous amount of true qi.

However, under the amplification of gravity, the mountain giant beneath Su Taifeng's feet grew even more powerful. With an arm that had regenerated, it clenched its fist and smashed down heavily towards Chen Mobai, wielding a force a hundred times greater than before.

At this moment, the void itself seemed unable to withstand the opponent's terrifying power, and black fissures began to crack along the trajectory of the mountain giant's fist.

Facing this void-shattering punch, Chen Mobai finally became serious.

The translucent finger that had emerged from the void behind him began to reveal its full form, transforming into a massive hand. Its five fingers spread, and as golden, wood, water, fire, and earth five-colored lights flowed, five streams of fifth-tier Five Elements sword intent converged into a Five Elements Sword Fiend Array!

The mountain giant's fist slammed onto the Sword Fiend Array, which the Myriad Swords Dharma Body had pushed out with its palm. The already cracking void finally gave way, shattering completely.

"Yiyuan Dao Body!" Su Taifeng exclaimed. Su Taifeng, who had long known about this powerful technique from Mu Youyi, saw the colossal avatar emerging from behind Chen Mobai and pulled a bull-headed bronze statue from his storage bag.

This was also a fifth-tier artifact.

The Li Li beast at his side once again opened its mouth and exhaled a stream of fifth-tier essence, helping Su Taifeng activate the artifact's full power.

The bull-headed bronze statue instantly came alive, transforming into a spirit beast phantom with a bull's body and a human face, before merging into the mountain giant's head.

"Yayu?" Chen Mobai immediately recognized the origin of this spirit beast phantom. Like the Li Li, it was a type of earth-attribute true spirit. In ancient times, when the human race was still weak, this true spirit was particularly fond of devouring humans.

Therefore, after humanity's rise, the Yayus had been almost completely wiped out.

Only occasionally could traces of them be found in the deepest parts of the desolate ruins.

With his artifact refining expertise, he naturally discerned that Su Taifeng's bull-headed bronze statue was forged from a living fifth-tier Yayu. Combined with a special refining incantation, it could be summoned when needed to attach itself to rocks and earth, manifesting fifth-tier power.

As expected, the mountain giant, whose arm had been shattered once more by the Five Elements Sword Fiend Array, twisted and reshaped like putty after the bull-headed bronze statue merged into it, transforming into a massive Yayu.

"I think I know who you are now. I didn't expect the Yellow Dragon to attract someone of your caliber," Chen Mobai said. Chen Mobai recalled the Dao children and Saintesses of the Central State's Ten Great Sacred Lands that Ye Qing had introduced to him. Coupled with the iconic spirit-controlling method of the Yayu bronze statue, he had already guessed Su Taifeng's origin.

"I cultivate the Earth element, and I'm only a divine sense breakthrough away from my Nascent Soul transformation into the Transformation God realm," Su Taifeng stated. "While Li Li, Yayu, and even the fifth-tier earth-type Tulou and Yayu beasts kept by my sect possess complete true spirit bloodlines, they can only reach the sixth tier at most. Given my status, I naturally seek the very best. The Yellow Dragon's bloodline, if cultivated to its extreme, can reach the seventh tier. If you present it to me now, when I achieve the seventh-tier True Immortal realm in the future, I might remember this gesture and reincarnate you as one of my disciples, granting you a chance at eternal life."

As Su Taifeng spoke, the Yayu phantom, formed from a mountain beneath him, opened its mouth and spat a sharp stone thorn at Chen Mobai.

The stone thorn also pierced through the void, but its speed was several times faster than the previous mountain giant's attack, reaching Chen Mobai's glabella in the blink of an eye.

Yet, Chen Mobai remained still against this attack. His Myriad Swords Dharma Body, refined from dozens of clusters of Nine Heavens Clear Qi, enveloped his main body. Then, he unreservedly unleashed the Heaven-Severing Sword Domain.

These streams of clear qi would naturally be far from enough if he were to fight a true Transformation God realm cultivator.

But against a half-baked opponent like Su Taifeng, it was entirely sufficient.

After the sword domain unfolded and covered the area, the imposing Yayu suddenly weakened by twenty to thirty percent. Its originally solid body rustled, and dust and earth scattered.

Fortunately, at the crucial moment, the Li Li beast once again spat out a mouthful of essence to bolster it, stabilizing it.

Meanwhile, the stone thorn that had pierced the Myriad Swords Dharma Body shattered under the Six Imperial Sword Fiend Array, causing no harm to Chen Mobai.

*Boom!*

At the same time, the Myriad Swords Dharma Body closed the five fingers of its right hand and drew the true form of the Violet Lightning Sword from the void. The Violet Lightning Sword instinctively transformed into a colossal, elongated form to suit the Dharma Body, radiating dazzling lightning brilliance like a purple aurora, tearing through the heavens and earth as it struck down.

This sword strike was the true Purple Radiance Sword Intent of "One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Spells"!

The Yayu phantom, which had been charging right behind the stone thorn, was cleaved directly down the middle by this sword. The Violet Lightning Sword, with unstoppable momentum and a thunderous force, continued straight towards Su Taifeng, who stood on the Yayu's back.

Su Taifeng's face changed dramatically. He felt that Chen Mobai's sword strike was powerful enough to pierce his defenses and even slay him.

"Senior Li Li, please intervene!" In a moment of life or death, Su Taifeng finally couldn't help but call out to the Li Li beast beside him.

"This isn't quite what we agreed on before," Li Li said. "There needs to be an additional condition: after we get that Yellow Dragon, she has to become my wife."

Despite its words, the Li Li had already risen, extending its two forepaws. Under its control, vast earth-attribute true power condensed the countless fragments of earth and stone from the shattered Yayu into two colossal claws, firmly clamping down on the descending Violet Lightning Sword.

"Alright," Su Taifeng replied, a flicker of struggle on his face. "But only after I reach the Transformation God realm." If he were to achieve Transformation God using the Yellow Dragon True Spirit bloodline, the little Yellow Dragoness would be his destined companion, and the thought of her becoming Li Li's wife made him feel a little nauseous.

However, at this moment, he had no other choice.

Although Li Li was a true spirit nurtured by the Myriad Spirits Sect, at the fifth-tier level, its status was second only to the sect's Transformation God realm cultivators. Moreover, the contract for Li Li was not in his possession; he had only been able to bring it by relying on the prestige of his master, True Monarch Tianling.

After considering everything in an instant, Su Taifeng accepted the fact that he couldn't defeat Chen Mobai and entrusted the task of handling the rest to Li Li.

"Hahaha, excellent, excellent! I never thought I'd have a day when I could lay claim to a noble Yellow Dragon!" Li Li burst into laughter upon hearing Su Taifeng's agreement.

Its bloodline could only reach the sixth tier, but if it could combine with the Yellow Dragon, it might be able to use the latter's top-tier true spirit bloodline to optimize its offspring, giving its lineage the potential to reach the seventh tier in the future.

At the thought of this glorious future, Li Li felt that coming to the Eastern Continent had been the right decision.

With immense satisfaction, it surged its fifth-tier true power, completely neutralizing the terrifying fifth-tier Purple Radiance Sword Intent. Then, rubbing its two claws together, it crushed the myriad lightning bolts that fell with the sword intent into countless tiny, snake-like currents.

However, "One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Spells" was no small matter.

After nullifying this sword strike, Li Li's earth-and-stone-condensed claws were left tattered and pitted.

"To be able to unleash such a powerful 'One Sword Breaks Ten Thousand Spells' strike as a Nascent Soul cultivator... your sword talent is something I haven't seen in thousands of years in the Western Continent," Li Li mused. "But you are only a Nascent Soul, after all. You can at most unleash two or three such strikes..."

Aside from exhaling essence to help Su Taifeng activate powerful fifth-tier artifacts like the Mount Tai Seal and the Yayu bronze statue, Li Li had been observing Chen Mobai's techniques.

When the Myriad Swords Dharma Body appeared, its fifth-tier aura was truly shocking. As the Heaven-Severing Sword Domain unfolded, even a fifth-tier true spirit like Li Li was affected, feeling nearly twenty percent of its earth-attribute true power unable to be summoned.

However, Li Li quickly noticed that after Chen Mobai unleashed that sword strike, one of those two percent of true power broke free from the sword domain's constraint.

This meant that Chen Mobai's Myriad Swords Dharma Body had already expended nearly half of its power.

"Indeed. Outside the Five Elements Sect's territory, my Myriad Swords Dharma Body truly can't deal with a pig like you," Chen Mobai conceded, looking at Li Li's appearance.

Without the amplification of the Dao Law Fruit, the Nine Heavens Clear Qi he had painstakingly collected over the years was only enough to defeat someone like Su Taifeng.

Against a true fifth-tier being like Li Li, an existence equivalent to a Transformation God realm cultivator, he could unleash at most three sword strikes before his true limitations were exposed and the Heaven-Severing Sword Domain could no longer be maintained.

"I'm not a pig! I am the earth-attribute divine beast Li Li! Are you blind, boy?!" Li Li roared, seemingly enraged by Chen Mobai's words. Although it somewhat resembled a pig, what it hated most was being called one.

"That's not important," Chen Mobai calmly stated, standing within his Myriad Swords Dharma Body. "What's important is that you're a fifth-tier true spirit. If I kill you, your essence blood can be used to refine Transformation God Pills." Chen Mobai watched the enraged Li Li, yet remained perfectly at ease, standing within his Myriad Swords Dharma Body.

"Bastard boy, I'll tear you to shreds and feed you to pigs!" Li Li thundered.

Seeing the thoroughly enraged Li Li, Su Taifeng felt a pang of regret. *Why didn't Chen Mobai call Li Li a pig from the very beginning? Then I wouldn't have had to make any concessions; Li Li would have acted regardless.*

With a furious roar, Li Li manifested its true form, towering higher than a mountain.

The moment this true fifth-tier existence revealed its aura, even Dongling Immortal City, thousands of miles away, felt a heavy sense of suppression.

"There's actually a wild fifth-tier true spirit?" Palace Master Biluo, who was recuperating from injuries, abruptly stood up, looking towards the direction from which the aura emanated. Comparing it to previous distributions, she quickly realized it was in the Kun position.

This was an area under the Five Elements Sect's responsibility.

"It seems Sect Master Chen's luck isn't very good!" Palace Master Biluo thought, a look of pity on her face as she recalled the vibrant young man in white.

Even for her, facing a fifth-tier true spirit, the best outcome would be to rely on the secret arts of the Grand Void Ethereal Palace to flee in disarray.

A Nascent Soul cultivator could not possibly be a match for a fifth-tier true spirit.

At this thought, she feared that this wild fifth-tier true spirit might rampage through Dongling Immortal City. She immediately ordered the city's formation masters to activate the city's protective array. Over the past two years, the three great sacred lands had once again invested vast resources, elevating Mount Dongling's spirit veins back to the fifth tier. With the Heaven-and-Earth Armillary Sphere also present, the city could hold out for a while even against a fifth-tier true spirit's siege.

Palace Master Biluo also dispatched disciples simultaneously to deliver a message via teleportation array to Shituo Ridge, requesting Shenxi to come and oversee the grand array.

After doing all this, she still felt it wasn't secure enough. She took out a talisman that could contact True Monarch Dakong, wrote a message on it, and activated it with a pang of heartache.

As for sending people to rescue the Five Elements Sect, that thought didn't even cross her mind.

She could only wish internally that Chen Mobai, as a fortunate man, would somehow escape the rampage of the fifth-tier true spirit.

***

"Junior Brother Jiang, if you spend all your days fishing instead of cultivating, you'll just end up as a pile of yellow earth in the future!"

"You rebellious disciple! I told you to forge flying swords, and you forged fishing rods!"

"Senior Brother, you're losing your ambition to trivial pursuits. We're ultimately not on the same path. My ambition lies in the immortal path; as for you, good luck!"

When a seasoned fishing enthusiast accidentally transmigrated into a world where one could cultivate to immortality...

Jiang Chuan's first order of business was to scout for fishing spots around the sect's entrance.

Cultivate to immortality?

Is cultivating to immortality as enjoyable as fishing?

"Congratulations, Host! You have successfully fished up an eighteen-jin Qi Condensation stage Blue-scaled Dace, earning 2 achievement points!"

"Congratulations, Host! You have successfully fished up a ten-thousand-jin Transformation stage Flood Dragon, earning 1000 achievement points!"

Years later, as tribulation clouds scattered across the sky, a fishing rod pierced directly into the clouds, tearing them apart.

And when numerous cultivators saw clearly who was undergoing the tribulation...

"Good heavens! That fishing enthusiast who only ever fished is actually undergoing the immortal ascension tribulation!"