175: Chapter 175 Sign-in at Yaochi, Immortal Slaughtering Formation Diagram!

The Pantao Immortal Realm was brimming with vitality everywhere.

Since this place came back to life and the gods were enshrined, it was even more vibrant than it had been in the ancient times.

The Immortal Maidens walked back and forth, their skirts fluttering, as they carefully tended to every peach tree, all of them beaming with joy.

Not far away, a few children were laughing and playing.

Li Changsheng, having nothing better to do, was there whittling a wooden sword.

Every stroke of his sword carried the rhythm of the Dao, and whenever his Sword Qi accidentally grazed the ground, it left a deep gash.

Li Qingyue sat beneath a peach tree, a wisp of Lunar Power swirling around her fingertips as she teased a butterfly drawn by the Spiritual Qi.

Li Yuanbao took out his little abacus, calculating back and forth over the orchard of peach trees, constantly muttering incomprehensible terms like "depreciation rate" and "brand premium."

Ao Qingxue held the soundly sleeping Li Yao, chatting in private with the other wives, occasionally bursting into laughter at the children's antics.

This scene looked so peaceful.

Li Xuan stood under the pantao mother tree, watching it all, feeling quite content.

Wasn't conquering the world just for this?

All the strife, killing, and schemes were cast far away at this moment.

He closed his eyes and let the warm breeze, mixed with the scent of peach blossoms and earth, brush against his cheeks; this was the feeling of home.

It was time to get down to business.

He had been waiting for this moment ever since the days at the Yaochi Ruins.

This big item had to be given enough Face; it had to appear in the best place.

There was no place more suitable than under this revived pantao mother tree.

"System."

Li Xuan gave the command in his heart, feeling especially pious.

"Sign in under the pantao mother tree."

As soon as the thought arose, the System's voice chimed in impatiently.

This time, that cold, mechanical voice seemed to carry an irrepressible excitement.

[Ding! Detected that the host is at a special sign-in location—Yaochi Core · pantao mother tree!]

[This place is the core node of the Ancient Heavenly Court's Luck, having undergone destruction and rebirth, containing supreme fortune and the opportunity for destruction!]

[Sign-in conditions perfectly triggered!]

[Ding! Congratulations to the host for triggering a hundred-million-fold critical reward!]

A hundred-million-fold!!

Li Xuan's spirit trembled as well.

He knew the reward this time would be extraordinary, but he hadn't expected the System to drop a trump card right away.

Usually, those ten-million-fold or hundred-million-fold critical hits were nothing compared to this "hundred-million-fold" one.

This wave was definitely going to send him soaring!

[Ding! Reward generating... Generation complete!]

[Ding! You have obtained one of the components of the Ancient Number One Killing Array, the "four swords of zhuxian"—[lu xian sword] (Innate Treasure)!]

[Ding! Detected that the host possesses a fragmented zhu xian array map; it has now automatically fused with the Array Law contained within the [lu xian sword], and the array map is now one-quarter complete!]

The System's prompt finished.

In front of Li Xuan, there was no earth-shattering scene.

A sword.

An ancient sword that looked plain, even a bit broken, floated out of thin air without a sound.

It didn't glow, had no complex runes, and even the blade was pitch black; it looked like it had been around for ages.

On the bronze sword body, one could seemingly see faint bloodstains, as if the blood of gods, immortals, demons, and buddhas from countless years ago had solidified on it.

It just floated there quietly, a forgotten antique.

However, the moment Li Xuan reached out to touch it.

The whole world changed.

"Hum—"

An indescribable, pure-to-the-extreme Killing Intent erupted violently from that ancient sword!

It wasn't aimed at anyone.

It was the very essence of the word "kill" itself!

In an instant, everything in the Immortal Realm went quiet.

The wind stopped, the children's laughter ceased, and even the humming sound of Spiritual Qi flowing could no longer be heard.

The playing children froze in their tracks.

The busy Immortal Maidens stood motionless.

Even the wind, the clouds, and the immortal spirit energy drifting in the air were suppressed by this aura and stopped moving.

Everything living in heaven and earth, before this primitive and pure Killing Intent, had only one fate.

That was—death!

In the Pantao Immortal Realm, all the flowers and grass that had grown later were hit by the remnants of this aura and withered and decayed right before their eyes, turning into fly ash.

Those Yaochi Immortal Maidens, who had just been enshrined by Li Xuan and had their immortal bodies reconstructed, were pale, feeling as if their immortal bodies were about to fall apart in the next second and revert to nothingness.

This was absolute suppression from the very roots!

In front of this sword, they, who had just become immortal officials, were incredibly fragile.

However, there were exceptions.

Li Changsheng, who usually couldn't be bothered with anything, felt this aura, shuddered violently, and sprang up from the ground.

His eyes, which were usually always sleepy, were now wide open, staring fixedly at the ancient sword in Li Xuan's hand.

There was no fear on his Face, only a sense of fanaticism and obsession!

The wooden sword in his hand, pressed by this Killing Intent, made a "crack" sound and broke inch by inch.

But he didn't care.

He just walked towards that sword, dazed, step by step, uncontrollably.

"Quiet."

Seeing that this Killing Intent was about to spiral out of control and destroy the entire Immortal Realm, Li Xuan shouted coldly.

His hand had already firmly grasped the hilt of the [lu xian sword].

The moment he grasped the hilt, the Hongmeng Chaos Body within him began to operate on its own.

A more ancient and domineering Chaos Qi surged along his arm and into the sword.

The fierce sword, which had originally been unruly and wanted to destroy the whole world, emitted a joyful sword hum upon encountering this power.

It had found its home.

The Killing Intent, which could make a Grand Unity Golden Immortal tremble, suddenly receded, all retracting into the sword, and nothing could be seen anymore.

The "paused" world began to move again.

"Huff... huff..."

Everyone could move again, panting heavily, their Faces full of lingering fear.

They didn't know what had happened just now; they only felt that their souls had just strolled at the gates of hell.

Li Xuan didn't care about everyone's reaction; his mind was entirely in a more awesome world right now.

In his mind, that tattered array map, which originally only had one corner, was frantically devouring a new stream of information, filled with the Laws of destruction and ending.

Ancient, bloody golden divine scripts containing the Great Dao of slaughter flashed, combined, and evolved rapidly on the array map.

Li Xuan saw it.

He saw a Taoist in green robes, holding four immortal swords of different colors, standing on the array map.

He saw countless immortals, gods, demons, and buddhas falling in rows within the sword array, their Primordial Spirits shattered and their true spirits extinguished.

He saw hundreds of millions of stars, stirred up by the sword array, turning into the coldest dust in the Universe.

"Neither copper nor iron nor steel, once hidden beneath Mount Sumeru."

"No need for Yin and Yang to refine, how could there be no water and fire to temper the edge?"

"Zhu Xian is sharp, lu xian brings death, Xian Xian raises red light everywhere."

"absolute immortal has infinite changes, Grand Unity Golden Immortals stain their robes with blood!"

An old ballad slowly echoed in his heart as the array map was completed.

Zhu Xian Sword Array!

This was the true Ancient Number One Killing Array!

The [lu xian sword] in his hand was just one of the four keys to open this peerless killing array!

But even so, it was enough!

This was his most powerful... trump card in this Immortal Realm to deal with the unknown chaotic times ahead!

"Dad..."

A voice, trembling slightly but full of longing, interrupted Li Xuan's thoughts.

He snapped back to reality and looked down, seeing Li Changsheng's flushed little Face and those terrifyingly bright eyes.

The little guy looked up, his eyes fixed entirely on the [lu xian sword] in his hand.

"Dad, what... what's its name?"

"lu xian."

Li Xuan said casually.

He could feel the pure longing for the sword on Li Changsheng.

Just like himself back in the day.

"lu xian... lu xian... Good name! Truly a good name!"

Li Changsheng muttered it over and over, drooling, "Dad, can... can you let me take a look? Just one look?"

"This isn't a toy."

Li Xuan smiled, shook his head, and with a wave of his hand, put away the lu xian sword, stuffing it directly into the deepest part of his Grandmist world, nurturing it with Chaos Qi.

Just kidding, the Killing Intent of this thing could even injure the Dao body of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal; how could he let a few-year-old brat play with it?

Although his son wasn't an ordinary child either.

Seeing the divine sword disappear, Li Changsheng's Face fell instantly; he was extremely disappointed, and his whole demeanor turned gray.

"Waa—!"

A loud cry broke the somewhat heavy atmosphere.

It was Li Yao, who was still in swaddling clothes. The little one was probably frightened by the terrifying Killing Intent just now, and was now crying with her little mouth open, wailing heart-rendingly, looking so aggrieved.

In an instant, Chaos ensued.

The Pantao Immortal Realm, which had felt like the end of the world just a moment ago, returned to its nature as a "nursery."

Watching this scene, Li Xuan's tense shoulders relaxed unconsciously.

This was his Dao.

Protection requires more strength than destruction.

He had just turned around to coax his daughter when, as if sensing something, his gaze suddenly sharpened, shooting towards the spot where the black dagger had been crushed by him earlier.

There, a wisp of black smoke, countless times thinner than a hair, was silently emerging from the air.

This black Qi seemed to have a mind of its own.

It didn't stop after emerging, instantly turning into a very eerie rune mark, which looked like it represented destruction and corruption.

Then, without waiting for Li Xuan to react.

"Rip!"

The black mark had already torn through layers of space, penetrated the barrier of the Immortal Realm, and with a black Qi that made even him feel flustered, disappeared into the depths of the endless Void Realm.

Li Xuan's expression darkened.

The mark just now was not to attack anyone, nor to curse anyone.

It was a coordinate.

A distress signal sent to the depths of the endless boundary sea!

He had been marked by someone.