163: Su Yu departed, and the Spirit Demon was born.

"Fellow Daoist, why must you be so aggressive!"

Immortal Master Tian Yue was also somewhat incensed; this person before him should not think he could do as he pleased just because he had caught the eye of that person from the Saint Heaven Palace.

As a fellow Integration Stage Cultivator, his intervention would not be considered a senior bullying a junior, and even if the matter reached the Profound Heaven Hall, he would not be afraid.

"It is your Tian Yue Sect that has gone too far!"

Su Yu gave a cold snort, and a vast power of the Divine Soul pressed down toward Immortal Master Tian Yue.

Seeing this, Immortal Master Tian Yue showed no fear and released his own Divine Soul to clash with it.

As the Divine Souls of two powerful experts in the Body Integration Stage collided, the Void Realm seemed like a stirred water vat, surging with agitation!

Crack, crack—it seemed the world itself could not withstand this power, as transparent fragments could be seen falling from the sky!

The Mid Integration Stage was actually this terrifying!

Meanwhile, True Person Hua Yue, who was watching the battle from within the Void Realm, clicked his tongue in secret amazement.

The person before him was actually so formidable that, having just stepped into the Body Integration Stage, he could hold his own in a Divine Soul clash against Immortal Master Tian Yue.

If he were to stabilize his Realm and steadily improve, wouldn't he be able to slay a Mid Integration Stage Cultivator?

Su Yu had already released ten percent of his Divine Soul power, yet he hadn't expected the old man before him to still have strength to spare.

Knowing his Divine Soul strength could not surpass his opponent's, he summoned the xuanxiao sword and slashed forward.

No matter what happened today, True Monarch Longhai had to die!

The two fought for hundreds of rounds. Relying on the power of the Profound Thunder Slaying Firmament Sword Art, Su Yu was actually able to trade blows back and forth with this Peak Mid Integration Stage expert.

"Fellow Daoist, do not go too far!"

Seeing Su Yu's relentless persistence, Immortal Master Tian Yue also grew angry. He suddenly erupted with his full strength, and a gale swept forth, pushing Su Yu a hundred miles away.

However, Su Yu's expression remained calm. He simply cupped his hands toward Immortal Master Tian Yue, turned around, and left.

Immortal Master Tian Yue was somewhat confused by this, but suddenly, the Nascent Soul of True Monarch Longhai beside him began to twist in a bizarre manner.

A streak of black Qi erupted from True Monarch Longhai's Nascent Soul, and an incomparably evil aura polluted the sky everywhere.

It was none other than Demonic Poison!

Su Yu had obtained this when he killed Saintess Du La in the Human Realm. Although its raw power wasn't much, it was peerless at corrupting the Divine Soul.

In particular, this poison was colorless and odorless, showing no signs when one was afflicted until it was too late once it erupted.

If True Monarch Longhai had been at his Peak, this poison would have been nothing to fear; even if his Nascent Soul stood right there, it wouldn't have been able to harm him.

But now, not only was True Monarch Longhai's Physical Body destroyed, his Nascent Soul was also incredibly weak. With one careless slip, he was directly obliterated by the Demonic Poison.

Immortal Master Tian Yue froze for a moment, then became instantly enraged.

To kill someone right in front of him—this brat had some nerve!

Just as he wanted to give chase, True Person Hua Yue blocked him.

"Fellow Daoist, if you give chase now, the Karma will become too great.

His slaying of True Monarch Longhai was a personal vendetta; if you pursue him, you will force him into a life-and-death struggle with the Tian Yue Sect.

With this person's Divine Ability, does Fellow Daoist Tian Yue truly have the ability to keep him here for good?"

As a bystander, True Person Hua Yue saw things very clearly.

Furthermore, he had some understanding of how the events had unfolded.

The people of the Tian Yue Sect, along with those from other prefectures, wanted to establish a large Merchant Alliance to do business in the Northern Border.

They just happened to be lacking an Artifact Refining Grandmaster they could control, so True Monarch Longhai took the initiative to visit, using overt and covert threats to pressure Su Yu into joining the alliance.

But once Su Yu joined the Merchant Alliance, it would be difficult to leave.

An Artifact Refining Grandmaster without any background was naturally destined to be exploited.

One couldn't blame the man; if it were him, he would likely have been even more radical, as no one is willing to place their life and property in the hands of others.

"Is it just going to end like this? It is a sheer humiliation!"

Hearing this, Immortal Master Tian Yue looked coldly at True Person Hua Yue and spoke in a frigid tone.

"Not necessarily. Just say that this youth possesses a True Spirit Bloodline and an ancient spiritual body. Exaggerate the matter a bit, so at least your Tian Yue Sect doesn't lose face.

Moreover, only a few people know about this. Surely Fellow Daoist knows how to silence them?"

True Person Hua Yue chuckled and offered Immortal Master Tian Yue a suggestion.

"Hmph, such conduct certainly fits your usual style. No wonder Haotian Lingzun values you so highly!"

Although Immortal Master Tian Yue was disdainful of this, he also felt that True Person Hua Yue's words were reasonable.

No wonder Haotian Lingzun had so many elite troops and capable generals; this person's importance was no less than those few Late Integration Stage Cultivators.

Furthermore, he had fought that youth for a while; although he held the upper hand, it would still be very difficult to take him down.

Unless he could win in a single strike, it was truly unwise to further entrench the grudge.

Thus, he simply watched Su Yu depart.

As for Su Yu, although he had achieved a Breakthrough to the Body Integration Stage, he had only absorbed most of his cultivation.

A small portion of his cultivation had been forcibly suppressed by him; currently, he was somewhat strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

It was fortunate that Immortal Master Tian Yue did not give chase, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to keep up the act.

Su Yu breathed a sigh of relief, then fled tens of millions of miles away to find a place to peacefully enter seclusion and recover from his injuries... A thousand years later.

"Who is Your Excellency, and why are you blocking me?"

Within a massive swamp spanning millions of miles, the area was filled everywhere with poisonous miasma that even Void Refinement Stage Cultivators avoided.

At this moment, in the center of the swamp, an ordinary-looking man with a prominent forehead was being blocked by someone.

That person wore a purple robe and looked like an Exiled Immortal Man, tall and elegant, as gentle as jade.

He held an ancient, unsheathed longsword in his hand and looked calmly at the plain-looking man who had spoken.

"I am Xuan Xiao, and I would like to borrow some Spirit Stones from you to spend."

The Exiled Immortal Man spoke with a smile.

And the Daoist title of Xuan Xiao was so familiar—it turned out the man before him was actually Su Yu!

However, Su Yu's cultivation was now at the Peak of the Mid Integration Stage, and his terrifying aura was even close to the Peak of the Body Integration Stage!

While the man before him was merely at the Late Integration Stage.

"It seems you are the one who has been called the spirit demon Xuan Xiao in the Savage Land for the past thousand years?

Your cultivation appears to be only at the Middle Stage of Body Integration, yet your aura is so powerful.

Your strength must be extraordinary!

But I have not met an opponent since I stepped into the Late Integration Stage ten thousand years ago. Since you want to borrow Spirit Stones from me, let me test your skills!"

The plain-looking man with the prominent forehead gave a cold snort, clearly wanting to have a fight.

In the Savage Land, for the past thousand years, there had been an Integration Stage Cultivator engaged in the business of robbing Spirit Stones.

Because the Savage Land was a very dangerous forbidden area on the Tianyuan Continent, countless foreign races came here to seek treasures.

Coupled with its vast area and innumerable dangers, no single race was willing to include this place within their territory.

Weak races couldn't do it, and strong races didn't want it.

It was a lawless no-man's-land.

As a result, many evil and demonic Cultivators who killed for treasure hid here.

The chances of running into them were usually small, and even if one did, their cultivation was generally average.

Around the Early Integration Stage at most.

But this spirit demon had started at the Early Integration Stage, and after robbing many Integration Stage Cultivators in the Savage Land, he had stepped into the Middle Stage five hundred years ago.

During that time, he had provoked many strong experts from foreign races to surround and suppress him!

But after four or five Integration Stage Cultivators died at his hands, many Cultivators gave up on the idea.

Even if they knew he possessed a great Opportunity, they had to be alive to enjoy it.

There was even a Late Integration Stage Cultivator who was defeated by him head-on, so the matter was dropped.

The man before him clearly knew this, but he believed his own strength was superior. The person defeated by Su Yu was likely just an Integration Stage Cultivator from a small race; so what if they were at the Late Stage?

He himself belonged to the Lu Lin Clan, which possessed a top-tier Bloodline of the Yao Race!

If it were him, he could also have defeated that person!