868: A messenger arrived from the Heavenly Palace; the Nine-Headed Serpent Lord.

Half an incense stick later.

Xie Buxian's cultivation directly advanced from the initial Xuanhuang Realm to the peak of the Xuanhuang Realm, just one step away from entering the Shackles Realm.

At this moment, he was enveloped in Vast Righteous Qi, an incredibly pure Vast Righteous Qi, as if he possessed a natural spiritual bone of Vast Righteousness.

"Peak Xuanhuang Realm, this opportunity is quite good."

Xie Weilou released his divine soul and examined Xie Buxian's body.

All the bones in his body had completely transformed into spiritual bones, and his cultivation had successfully advanced to the peak of the Xuanhuang Realm, which was excellent.

Fortunately, Xie Buxian had fallen into an epiphany, so he immediately sat down and earnestly comprehended.

The book of vast righteousness contained the Great Dao of Vast Righteousness; helping him improve his cultivation was only one aspect. The most crucial part was the Dao of Vast Righteousness contained within it. If he comprehended it seriously, he would surely gain immense rewards.

Buzz!

Xie Weilou flicked his sleeve, and a surge of power sealed the room. He walked out with a smile.

"Hmm? Killing intent..."

The moment Xie Weilou stepped out of the room, he sensed several terrifying killing intents assaulting him, directly sealing off the inn.

Xie Weilou's figure moved, and he instantly appeared outside the inn. Those several killing intents struck again, sealing him off. Their target was him!

This was a familiar killing intent; the First Hall had sent people. They were like lingering ghosts, arriving faster than he had imagined.

"..."

Xie Weilou released his divine soul and found an open area. He instantly vanished from his original spot.

He reappeared.

He had already arrived at a massive plaza.

Buzz!

The instant Xie Weilou stepped onto the plaza, the sky turned crimson, and the myriad starlight was obscured by a bloody glow, imbued with killing intent and the scent of blood.

Standing on the plaza, Xie Weilou said with a faint smile, "Since you've come, all of you, show yourselves!"

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh!

Around the plaza, dozens of First Hall assassins, clad in black robes and wearing masks, appeared.

And not far away, four Mysterious Persons in blood-red robes emerged. They exuded the might of Creation, and all four were in the early Creation Realm.

The First Hall had many branch halls in the Eastern Barrens, and they came from one such branch hall, sharing it with the Twin Sons, both under the jurisdiction of two Venerables.

Xie Weilou looked at the four Mysterious Persons in the Creation Realm and said with a smile, "Without even reaching the Venerable Realm, you dare to seek trouble with This Xie?"

One of the Mysterious Persons looked at Xie Weilou and said indifferently, "Xie Weilou, hand over the spirit suppressing coffin and the corpse beating whip. Today, we will not make things difficult for you."

They were here only for the spirit suppressing coffin and the corpse beating whip.

Both items were Supreme Treasures, belonging to the two Venerables of their branch hall.

Previously, these two treasures were given to the Twin Sons, but unfortunately, the Twin Sons were suppressed and killed by Xiu Tianchen, and the two treasures fell into Xie Weilou's hands.

The two Venerables of the branch hall could not allow their items to remain outside, so they naturally sought to retrieve them.

Xie Weilou chuckled, "Four Creation Realm cultivators, if it were before, you could indeed suppress This Xie, but now, it's not enough!"

"Four Creation Realm cultivators are indeed not enough, especially since this is my Sword Emperor City. How can people from the First Hall come here to run wild?"

Just then, a faint laugh rang out.

Atop a pavilion opposite the plaza, a white-haired middle-aged man holding a wine cup appeared.

The person who arrived was the Sword Emperor.

"Sword Emperor!"

When the four Mysterious Persons saw the Sword Emperor, their eyes narrowed. They said, "We have no intention of making an enemy of the Sword Emperor, but this Xie Weilou possesses items belonging to our First Hall. He must hand them over today. We hope the Sword Emperor will not interfere."

The Sword Emperor smiled and said, "What if I insist on interfering?"

If it were elsewhere, he wouldn't care how the First Hall dealt with Xie Weilou.

But this was Sword Emperor City. For the First Hall assassins to come here was to disrespect him.

How could he not intervene in this matter?

"..."

The four Creation Realm cultivators fell silent for a second, then looked towards the sky.

They were only in the Creation Realm; even if they exerted their full strength, they could not be the Sword Emperor's match.

However, they were not the only ones who came today... "Since the Sword Emperor wants to meddle in this matter, let's have a spar."

In the sky, a chilling voice rang out, and an invisible killing intent permeated, changing the color of the world and sending shivers down one's spine.

The Sword Emperor narrowed his eyes: "Venerable..."

He then looked at Xie Weilou and asked with a smile, "Kid, do you have confidence in dealing with four early Creation Realm cultivators?"

"Full confidence!"

Xie Weilou said with a calm expression.

"Good!"

The Sword Emperor laughed heartily, then flew directly into the sky and said, "Since you want to spar, I will accompany you to the end!"

Buzz!

The sky trembled, and a mysterious power permeated. The Sword Emperor's figure vanished, entering a domain with the First Hall's Venerable.

On the plaza.

Xie Weilou looked at the surrounding people and said with a faint smile, "All of you, attack together!"

"Kill!"

The four Creation Realm cultivators exchanged glances and immediately waved their hands.

"Attack."

The dozens of black-clad figures did not hesitate, instantly charging at Xie Weilou from all directions.

Terrifying killing intent permeated, the temperature of the world suddenly dropped, and a strong scent of blood swept through.

Xie Weilou's smile deepened. As these black-clad figures rushed over, he flicked his sleeve, and the Corpse Skeleton of the Twin Sons appeared before him. Both Corpse Skeletons exuded the aura of Peak Creation Realm.

Xie Weilou grabbed the heads of the two Corpse Skeletons and directly smashed them out.

Boom!

The moment the two Corpse Skeletons were smashed out, the might of Creation erupted. Those black-clad figures, upon approaching, were immediately shattered into blood mist by the two surges of Creation might, all dying tragically.

Bang!

The two Corpse Skeletons fell to the ground, creating two large craters.

"Damn it... he actually used the Corpse Skeletons of the Twin Sons as weapons..."

Seeing this scene, the four Creation Realm cultivators couldn't help but look extremely gloomy.

The Twin Sons were powerful experts at Peak Creation Realm; if they combined, they could fight a Venerable, truly extraordinary.

They never expected that after their deaths, their Corpse Skeletons would be in Xie Weilou's hands. This guy didn't even spare the Corpse Skeletons of the deceased, making him even more sinister than these assassins. This was completely an evil cultivator!

"They are just Corpse Skeletons; without a divine soul, their power is limited and cannot harm us."

The four Creation Realm cultivators' tones sank. They immediately formed hand seals, and an indestructible Four Symbols Blood-colored Great Array appeared, directly trapping Xie Weilou within it.

"Release the Nine-Headed Serpent Venerable!"

The four once again formed hand seals, and a blood-colored treasure bottle appeared within the great array. As they injected power into the treasure bottle.

"Roar!"

A huge blood-colored array seal appeared at the mouth of the treasure bottle, and a gigantic blood-colored demonic beast rushed out.

This was a nine-headed python, whose aura was extremely terrifying. It was a demonic beast in the Venerable Realm, and also their great reliance for this mission. To deal with Xie Weilou, they naturally dared not be careless, bringing their trump card was the safest approach.

"Nine-Headed Serpent Venerable, kill him!"

The four Creation Realm cultivators' eyes were chilling.

This Nine-Headed Serpent Venerable was a demonic beast in the Venerable Realm. Previously, the two Venerables of the branch hall had paid a huge price to suppress this beast.

To this day, the branch hall still found it difficult to completely suppress this beast.

However, setting up an array to let this beast slaughter Xie Weilou within the array should not be a big problem.

Once this Nine-Headed Serpent Venerable was released, it meant it had already escaped. They could not interfere with what happened next.

The already ferocious Nine-Headed Serpent Venerable would surely first kill Xie Weilou within the array...