84: A single glance can bring life and death, paving the way to the underworld! The Empress had already foreseen everything!

"You guessed right, but it's too late!"

Xie Tianjian sneered, his true essence surged, and his overwhelming Sword Intent transformed into a hundred-thousand-zhang sword beam, striking down with a single slash!

The dark clouds were scattered, and the sky became clear!

Thunder and strong winds were shattered by this sword!

In the air, intense explosions continuously echoed!

Ten thousand layers of anomalies were all annihilated by one sword!

"You want me dead? It's not that easy!!!"

Li Wangdian's mouth was bleeding, and his pale face was as eerie as a Ghostly Entity.

His hair was disheveled, blood Qi erupted, and a dazzling sword glow appeared on his forehead!

"Immortal Finger Sword!"

This was his last light!

On the nine sword peaks, Sword Qi erupted, forming an invisible sword river that rapidly converged towards the sky!

This sword was like an Immortal's strike, the sword coming from the heavens!

Where the sword peak pointed, mountains collapsed, and the countless years of Sword Dao essence contained within the nine sword peaks were all completely extracted!

Boom!!!

The violent tremor seemed to tear a hole in the sky itself!

"What's going on? The sword peaks collapsed?"

"How could this be? How could the sword peaks collapse!"

"Impossible! This isn't real! Wenjian Sect won't be defeated, so how can the sword peaks disappear? Even the earth Meridian essence and qi is gone!"

Countless Wenjian Sect Disciples wailed.

They had no idea that the nine sword peaks contained the Sword Qi of the Wenjian Sect's Ancestral Master, sealed away for countless years!

Only the Wenjian Sect's Sect Master could activate these Sword Dao true intents.

And at this moment, it was also the moment of life and death for the Wenjian Sect!

"Who disturbed my slumber?"

"And who dared to attack my Wenjian Sect Disciple!!!"

Boom!!!

In the world, a terrifying Sword Intent suddenly appeared!

Vast, desolate, imbued with endless vicissitudes!

This Sword Intent seemed to have existed since ancient times, endured long years, was buried underground, and absorbed endless Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

Until now, it burst forth from the earth!

As soon as the Sword Intent emerged, the two terrifying Sword Intents belonging to Xie Tianjian and Li Wangdian in the sky were instantly shattered!

Bang!!!

Enduring such terrifying Sword Intent, neither Xie Tianjian, who was at the Half-step Soul Palace Realm, nor Li Wangdian, who was at the Divine Profound Ninth Layer, could resist!

Their entire bodies were sent flying dozens of miles away!

Terrifying!

Powerful!

An unimaginably strong expert!

Xie Tianjian looked at the appearing Sword Intent, his expression deepening a few shades.

"Soul Palace Realm!!!"

"I've long heard that there's an Old Ghost still alive in the Wenjian Sect, and now it seems it's true!"

Xie Tianjian was not seriously injured; after all, he was a mighty figure at the Half-step Soul Palace Realm. The Wenjian Sect's Old Ancestor's move was purely instinctive and not aimed at him.

It was fortunate, otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to resist!

"Old Ancestor! Welcome, Old Ancestor, to your awakening!"

"The 120th generation Disciple of Wenjian Sect, Li Wangdian, welcomes the Old Ancestor!!!"

Li Wangdian was overjoyed, even though blood spurted from his mouth, he didn't care about it.

As the Sect Master, he had long known that an Old Ancestor of the Sect was still in slumber, but unless the Sect was in peril, they would only awaken on their own, otherwise they would not appear.

He used the nine sword peaks as a supplement, absorbing the Sword Intent left by previous Seniors, which was precisely the method to awaken that Old Ancestor!

This was also a fortunate coincidence!

"I have slept for three hundred years, and I never expected that the Great Qi Imperial Dynasty would come knocking on our door."

"Hmph! Do you really think all the old bones of our Wenjian Sect are dead?"

In the air, an Old Man in a green robe, completely without hair or beard, stood there.

A pair of eyes like a Ghostly Entity stared at Xie Tianjian, and a sinister voice followed.

"Old Ancestor! The current Emperor of Great Qi wishes to destroy our Wenjian Sect, please, Old Ancestor, deliver justice for us!"

A mighty figure at the Divine Profound Ninth Layer, now clutching the Withered Old Man's clothes, crying like a child.

Xie Tianjian was dumbfounded!

Li Wangdian's shamelessness truly left him speechless.

"Half-step Soul Palace Realm, no wonder you dared to come to my Wenjian Sect. To have such cultivation before a hundred years old is quite something."

"Look at him, and then look at you. As the Sect Master of One Sect, you've completely shamed our Wenjian Sect!"

"Remember, Wenjian Sect never admits defeat, and never fears anyone who dares to invade!"

"Today, Old Ancestor will lead you to restore the supreme glory of Wenjian Sect, and then I will take you to meet the current Emperor of Great Qi!"

The Withered Old Man took a step forward, and an aura unique to a Soul Palace Realm expert merged with the Great Dao!

In an instant, the world seemed to transform into an invisible net!

Dao principles intertwined, the aura vast!

Every flower, every blade of grass, every branch, every leaf, within this invisible net, experienced life and death, illusion and destruction, an endless cycle!

This was the power of the Dao!

Only martial arts integrated with the Dao could control the creation and destruction of all things!

"Perish!!"

The Withered Old Man extended his withered hand, pointed at Xie Tianjian, and softly uttered.

The Heavenly Phenomenon Realm suddenly changed, an invisible Sword Intent, as if it had forcibly opened a path to the Yellow Springs in this mortal world!

On that dark path, images of Yellow Springs flowers blooming and all things perishing continuously appeared.

"One glance, life and death; the Yellow Springs path opens!"

A faint voice, like the Heavenly Dao's manifestation, what was said became law!

Within this invisible net, all living beings, except Xie Tianjian and Li Wangdian, were instantly annihilated!

Seeing this, Xie Tianjian was greatly alarmed!

Even though he was prepared, he hadn't expected that this Soul Palace Realm expert would act so decisively!!!

"Shameless Old Bastard!!!"

"Do you think only your Wenjian Sect has a foundation?"

"Do you think I came to destroy your Sect without any preparations?"

"You just wait!"

This was the first time Xie Tianjian had cursed so unreservedly.

After cursing, he quickly bowed respectfully in one direction.

"Please, Old Eunuch, make your move!!!"

The conflict between the Great Qi Imperial Dynasty and the Twelve Orthodox Sects had a long history; successive emperors had always wanted to eliminate the disobedient ones.

The intelligence gathered over the years had almost thoroughly investigated the details of the Twelve Sects.

Without any backing, they certainly wouldn't have made a move!

The Empress was unparalleled in wisdom and never did anything without certainty!

Xie Tianjian was merely the overt executor; for any potential unforeseen circumstances involving the Twelve Orthodox Sects, ample backing had already been prepared!

"Cough, cough, cough..."

Just as Xie Tianjian was about to be finished by that Dao principle Sword Intent, a series of coughs suddenly came from the sky.

The voice was intermittent, conveying pain, as if an Old Man on the verge of death was silently gasping for breath.

Boom!!!

As the coughing sound came, the Sword Intent on the long sky, which contained the power of a Soul Palace Realm expert, instantly collapsed!

It came quickly and left just as quickly!

As if it had never appeared!

"Where did that Old Ghost come from? Get out, Old Ancestor!!!"

This scene stunned Li Wangdian.

The Withered Old Man, the Old Ancestor of Wenjian Sect, was furious, his voice like thunder, shaking the nine heavens!

"I'm old, and before I enter my coffin, I wanted to come out for a stroll."

"I wonder how much longer I can live after coming out this time."

At some point, in front of Xie Tianjian, an Old Eunuch appeared, on the verge of death, with a head full of white hair.

His voice was very effeminate, and because he hadn't spoken for many years, his words carried a strange quality.

He wore a purple Dragon robe and was stooped.

No one noticed when he appeared, and no one knew the true origin of this Old Eunuch, who looked as if he was about to die!