83: The Sword Inquiry Sect attains enlightenment through the sword, while I reach divine power through the sword! Soul Palace Realm!!!

The Divine Martial Sword Venerable, Xie Tianjian!

This name once haunted Li Wangdian's memory like a nightmare.

Fifty years had passed since they last met!

When they met again, both were already in their twilight years!

"Old friend, it's been fifty years. I miss the old days, do you?"

Xie Tianjian hovered in mid-air with a faint smile, looking down at the entire Wenjian Sect.

This seemingly casual greeting, however, brought back very unpleasant memories for Li Wangdian!

"Xie Tianjian! What do you want to do?"

"Trespassing into my Wenjian Sect and leading people to attack our mountain gate Formation, aren't you being too presumptuous!"

The Grand Elder pointed at Xie Tianjian and roared.

The Great Qi Imperial Dynasty was said to have no Prodigies, but this was not entirely true.

Figures like Xie Tianjian and Situ Kuanglei were all Prodigies, and their Aptitude and talent were exceptionally high. It was just that they took different paths. By the time other Prodigies of their generation were being praised in the Jianghu, they had already entered the Three Departments.

Xie Tianjian and Li Wangdian were contemporaries and had clashed countless times!

Without exception, Li Wangdian had never won once!

After decades apart, seeing him now leading Three Divisions Experts to break through the Sect's Formation cast a shadow over Li Wangdian's heart.

Xie Tianjian glanced indifferently at Grand Elder Pei Feihu, and terrifying divine light burst forth from his eyes!

Boom!!!

In the clash of Qi, Grand Elder Pei Feihu felt a roar in his mind, and his Divine Soul experienced a tearing pain, with blood immediately flowing from his eyes!

"Ah!!!"

A painful wail echoed through the main hall.

Li Wangdian's face darkened, and he took a step forward, his Divine Profound Realm expert aura erupting violently.

"Xie Tianjian, are you taking me too lightly!"

Divine Profound experts clashed, their intentions like blades, sweeping towards Xie Tianjian in mid-air!

Dong!!!

A dull explosion of Qi sounded, and a terrifying current of Qi erupted across the entire sky!

The powerful Qi current transformed into an invisible wave, sweeping across the entire Wenjian Sect!

"Ah!!!"

"Sect Master!!! Save me!!!"

Inside the Wenjian Sect, screams of agony rose one after another!

The terror of the Divine Profound Realm was evident; this single clash of Divine Thought caused terrible damage to the Wenjian Sect!

Innumerable halls collapsed, and all Nine Peaks trembled!

"Xie Tianjian! Don't go too far!!!"

Li Wangdian clenched his fists, enraged beyond measure!

He had fallen into Xie Tianjian's trap!

Using his Divine Profound Realm Divine Thought to directly confront Xie Tianjian's Divine Thought attack, while it could block it for the Grand Elder,

the Divine Soul power unleashed by both of them was not something ordinary Disciples could withstand!

Even the aftershocks were enough to kill a large number of them!

In just a single exchange, the Wenjian Sect had already suffered heavy losses!

Li Wangdian's face was extremely grim, his killing intent undisguised!

"Too far?"

Xie Tianjian shook his head and said unhurriedly, "Who in the world doesn't know that you, Li Wangdian, forget your origins and betray trust?"

"I'm not interested in settling old scores from decades ago, but that doesn't mean we've forgotten."

"In these years, which of the things your Wenjian Sect has done wasn't two-faced? Which of them wasn't defying His Majesty of our Imperial Dynasty?"

"The secret plot against the Grand Minister of Justice of the Purgatory Division, Shen Tianxing, is now known throughout the land. Do you think His Majesty can still tolerate you?"

"Do you still think I'm going too far now?"

No one was unaware of the Empress's high regard for Shen Tianxing; she was openly backing him!

Dispatching Three Divisions Experts, along with the forces of the Demon Slaying and Monster Eradication Divisions, and Xie Tianjian personally arriving at the Wenjian Sect, was all to uproot this cancerous growth within the Great Qi Imperial Dynasty!

If Li Wangdian still didn't understand by now, then he deserved to die.

"Good, good, good!!! What a great Empress!!!"

"This old man knew long ago that a woman as emperor would definitely be unreliable!"

"If you want to eradicate our Wenjian Sect, you'll have to see if you, Xie Tianjian, have the strength!"

"Do you really think our Wenjian Sect is a soft persimmon that you can just crush whenever you want?"

As Li Wangdian's words fell, the Divine Profound Realm aura within him was no longer hidden, erupting without hesitation!

Rumble!

Above the long sky, dense clouds rolled, and lightning flashed!

Across thousands of miles of sky, the sound of the Dao rumbled!

A towering sword slowly emerged from within the clouds.

On its blade, Dao principles intertwined, and lightning flashed!

Heavenly Phenomena arose, and unusual signs appeared one after another!

The Wenjian Sect, originally like a fairyland, suddenly erupted with terrifying Sword Intent that shot into the sky!

From the Nine Sword Peaks, Sword Qi surged!

"Kill!!! Kill all invading enemies, and with this Sect Master, charge towards the Imperial City!"

Li Wangdian's voice echoed for a thousand miles!

All the Disciples of the Wenjian Sect revealed themselves.

Except for those who had died from accidental injury earlier, every survivor drew their swords, their Sword Qi boiling!

"Hahahaha..."

"Li Wangdian, it seems you still haven't clearly understood the situation."

"Very well!"

"Then I will personally see you off, it's the least I can do after we've known each other for nearly a hundred years!"

Li Wangdian, at the Ninth Layer of the Divine Profound Realm, was indeed astonishing enough. This level of strength, placed in any major Imperial Dynasty, would make him an absolute overlord, a presence that could walk unchallenged.

But unfortunately, he met Xie Tianjian!

Over so many years, he had never won once!

This time, he still wouldn't win!

Yin!!!

Above the sky, sword cries rose!

A towering ancient sword spanned heaven and earth!

Its cold light illuminated the nine provinces!

As if a peerless sword immortal had descended from the heavens!

"The Wenjian Sect achieves the Dao through the sword, but I achieve divinity through the sword!"

"Li Wangdian, this old man will only strike this one sword!"

"To send you on your way!"

Boom!!!

The towering sword spanning the sky, its edge unparalleled and sharp, made even Li Wangdian, a peerless sword Dao grandmaster at the Ninth Layer of the Divine Profound Realm, look solemn!

The two were high in the sky!

The battle on the Nine Peaks of the Wenjian Sect had also erupted!

Experts like Qin Zhanfeng and Gui Bufan, who had already entered the Carefree Realm, led the Zizai Realm experts from the Three Departments, relentlessly slaughtering the Disciples of the Wenjian Sect.

The Nine Peak Masters were entangled by nine Old Eunuchs, unable to break free.

These Old Eunuchs were all once famous figures, some from the previous Emperor's reign, others from the reign before that.

In their old age, they were dispatched by Yan Yuzhu to suppress the Wenjian Sect's foundation!

The vast Azure Dragon Mountain was enveloped by endless sword light!

Blood was scattered across the Nine Sword Peaks, terrifying Sword Intent continuously bloomed, mountains collapsed, the earth cracked, and the sun and moon lost their light!

"Xie Tianjian, after all these years, this old man has long been reborn."

"I want to see what Realm you have reached in the Dao of the Sword over these years!"

Om!

Above the vast sky, the terrifying giant sword, covered in infinite Dao principles, rapidly emerged from the clouds and thrust towards the towering ancient sword!

This sword strike seemed simple and unadorned, without any fancy moves.

But it contained the Divine Profound Realm expert's comprehension of the Dao!

This was a clash of the Dao!

The confrontation between two Divine Profound Realm experts, the collision of Dao and Dao, finally revealed its ultimate sharpness at this last moment!

The clear sky turned pitch black!

Endless torrential rain poured down from the sky!

Terrifying gales tore through the shackles of heaven and earth, as if to rip apart this very space!

Only at the very last moment did Li Wangdian realize the gap between himself and Xie Tianjian!

"Above Divine Profound..."

"You've already... begun to condense your Soul Palace?"

Li Wangdian looked like a puppet, staring blankly at Xie Tianjian, who was within arm's reach.

Soul Palace!!!

That was the Realm countless cultivators dreamed of achieving!

However, over countless years, how many so-called Prodigies were able to step into that level?

Even with the talent of someone as strong as Yan Yuzhu, she had to rely on the Luck of the Great Qi Imperial Dynasty and the Imperial Dao to reach it!

It was almost impossible for ordinary people to step into that level!

But now, in Xie Tianjian, he saw a glimmer of the Soul Palace's shadow!