137: Invincible under heaven, yet an enemy comes from beyond?

"Sect Master..."

"Sect Master, are you alright?"

"This—"

Looking at the tearful, frail Venerable Weiyun, whose Qi and blood were declining, the surrounding Dao Foundation Elders looked at each other in dismay.

At this moment, regardless of whatever schemes or thoughts they harbored in their hearts, they couldn't help but feel a surge of sorrow and sighed inwardly.

The once high-spirited Grand Elder Weiyun, now the Sect Master of the Qingyuan Sect, could be called the number one person in this world.

He was also the person closest to the Mystic Fetus Realm.

Even he was about to fade away.

A moment later.

Venerable Weiyun composed his emotions, his pale face returning to calm as he turned to look at everyone.

"I do not have much time left. From now on, the Qingyuan Sect will have to rely on all of you."

As soon as these words were spoken, the expressions of sorrow on everyone's faces deepened.

What did these words mean if not a final testament?

"Fortunately, thanks to the old Sect Master's final action, our Sect is now invincible in the world. As long as you do not start internal strife, there is no need to worry about the Sect's Legacy. Do you understand?"

"Rest assured, Sect Master, we understand."

"Yes, please rest assured, Sect Master!"

"If anyone dares to do anything detrimental to the Sect in the future, rest assured Sect Master, I will be the first one to show them no mercy!"

"Exactly!"

"Me too!"

The various Elders spoke up one after another to give their guarantees.

As for what they were thinking in their hearts, no one knew.

"Good, good, good..."

Venerable Weiyun said the word 'good' three times in a row, but there was no expression of joy on his face, and no one knew what he was thinking.

He raised his hands and looked at the wrinkled skin on his arms, momentarily lost in a daze.

Although he was only about two hundred years old, according to the normal Lifespan of a Dao Foundation Peak Cultivator, he should still have several decades to live.

What a pity!

After the failed Breakthrough, his Qi and blood had been constantly declining, and his Dao Foundation Origin was dissipating.

"Three days... three days..."

He felt a premonition that he only had three days left.

Should he go out and walk around, take a look?

He thought to himself.

But then he gave up on the idea.

"Forget it, what's the point at this stage?"

Venerable Weiyun shook his head and turned stumblingly, walking toward his seclusion Immortal Cave.

"All of you, disperse. The Disciples are in a state of panic and need to be reassured."

"Sect Master, should we—"

"No need!"

In his final moments, he wanted to Pass Away and die quietly by himself.

"...Yes, Sect Master!"

Everyone exchanged glances, bowed to Venerable Weiyun's retreating figure, and were about to turn and depart.

Suddenly.

A sharp-eyed Elder looked up at the horizon; beneath the distant starry sky, a dark shadow was approaching at extreme speed.

"What is that??"

He muttered to himself in confusion, fixing his gaze upon it.

High in the distant heavens.

A streak of reddish-black light tore through the night sky, which had just regained its calm, without any warning.

It was like a blood-colored meteor trailing a tail of flame as it tore through the air, rapidly enlarging at an incredible speed, falling straight toward the main peak of Qingyuan Mountain!

By this time, the other Elders had also noticed it.

"Enemy attack—!!!"

The roar resounded through the sky.

However, some were surprised, some were shocked, and some were mocking.

But not one person was afraid.

They were the Qingyuan Sect, the sole overlord of the world. What was there to fear?

"Is this some thief coming to provoke us?"

"Which thief dares to come uninvited? Are they seeking death?"

"Kill him!"

"Yes, kill—"

As the clamor grew louder, none of them thought to notice the abnormality of the Mountain Protecting Grand Formation.

Just now, in order to support the Sect Master's Breakthrough, the Spirit Stones at every node of the third-grade Mountain Protecting Grand Formation had been exhausted, the Disciples were slumped in exhaustion, and the underground Spiritual Vein had no time to replenish the Formation's energy.

Now, the power of the Mountain Protecting Grand Formation was less than one-tenth of its original strength, leaving only a pale golden light screen as thin as a cicada's wing, its radiance pitifully dim.

Or perhaps they simply didn't care.

After all, in today's Cultivation World, who would dare to come and provoke the Qingyuan Sect?

At that moment, the black light arrived overhead.

"BANG——————!!!"

Accompanied by a deafening explosion.

As if a glass cup had been struck by a sledgehammer, that layer of Formation barrier—the symbol of the Qingyuan Sect's dignity—failed to block it for even an instant, shattering completely like a soap bubble in the sunlight and turning into golden specks of light drifting across the sky.

The black light did not pause at all, carrying a chilling Aura that seemed to annihilate everything as it crashed onto the square halfway up the main peak.

"BOOM!!!"

In an instant, the earth shook and the mountains trembled.

The square's ground, harder than fine iron and carved with Formation runes, saw spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly from the point of impact; rubble shot out as billowing dust rose into the sky like a Dragon.

The violent shockwave, carrying a bone-chilling Evil Qi, swept outward; Disciples with weaker cultivation within a radius of hundreds of yards were struck as if by a heavy blow, spitting blood as they were sent flying, their faces turning as pale as golden paper upon landing.

This was only because Yu Xuzi's Divided Soul had intentionally controlled the force.

Otherwise, the destructive power would have been far greater than it was now, and the entire Qingyuan Peak would have shaken.

As the dust slowly settled, the Qingyuan Sect fell into a deathly silence.

All the Disciples were stunned by this sudden turn of events, especially the Elders, who could not believe the Mountain Protecting Grand Formation had been broken just like that.

Everyone's gaze converged on the mountainside square, where a deep crater ten yards in diameter was clearly visible.

At the bottom of the crater stood a nine-foot-tall figure.

With three horns on its head and wings on its back.

A thick Dragon tail lashed forcefully behind it, producing bursts of explosive sounds that shattered the air.

It was precisely the shrunken form of the taiyin demon puppet!

"Who...?!"

"The Sect's defense was broken?"

"Enemy attack!!"

"What an ugly monster! Could it be some strange Yao Beast?"

A Disciple cried out in shock, their voice becoming distorted.

The Dao Foundation Elders also fell into a rage; once they regained their senses, they descended from the sky one after another, their Auras fully released as they shouted curses without restraint.

"Thief, prepare to die!!"

Without another word, they prepared to strike.

After all, Yu Xuzi's way of 'greeting' them was a bit too 'special' and not very friendly.

Upon their first meeting, he had taken advantage of their vulnerability to smash their Mountain Protecting Grand Formation. If they didn't attack now, what were they waiting for?

However, at that moment, Venerable Weiyun's voice suddenly rang out.

"Wait! Everyone, stop!"

Everyone looked up in disbelief, only to see the Sect Master, supported by an Elder, flying down unsteadily from the mountain peak.

He could no longer fly on his own.

"Sect Master?"

"What is there to talk about with this kind of ghostly thing? Just kill it!"

"We have the advantage of numbers, we aren't afraid of him!"

"Exactly, Sect Master, just watch me—"

Venerable Weiyun sank his Qi into his Dantian and said in a deep voice, "I said, everyone stop!"

"Do you all stop listening just because you see I'm about to die?"

The square immediately fell silent.

The Elders withdrew their Auras with ugly expressions, glaring fiercely at the taiyin demon puppet at the bottom of the crater.

Seeing this, Venerable Weiyun coughed loudly several times, forcing down the blood in his throat as he fixed his gaze on the demonic figure in the giant crater.

Although he had never seen such a strange-looking thing before, and he could feel from that bloody Evil Qi that it was not a friendly visitor.

But seeing those eyes flickering with deep blue light, he could still clearly sense a kind of 'spirituality.'

The demonic figure before him possessed intelligence.

Moreover, judging by this powerful Aura alone, it had at least the strength of the Dao Foundation Peak. Going head-to-head right now was not the best choice.

Therefore, there was no need to rush into a fight.

The most important thing right now was to find out 'this person's' Origin and motive.

"May I ask, who is Your Excellency?"