451: Chapter 451 The New Clone

[You look down.]

[Over a hundred thousand Disciples, faces filled with despair, are trembling with fear.]

[Expressionless, you flip your hand.]

[The Spirit Treasure "fentian pearl" soars into the sky, hanging in the center of the firmament.]

[In the next moment, heaven and earth change color.]

[Countless fireballs condense in the air, like a meteor shower of fire, densely packed, covering the entire sky.]

[This is the Law of Fire Divine Ability inherent to the Spirit Treasure—]

[Burning Heaven Fire Rain!]

[Countless fireballs smash down; pavilions collapse, the mountain gate is shattered, and spiritual peaks turn into scorched earth.]

[Screams, wails, and cries ring out from everywhere.]

[Over a hundred thousand Disciples flee in all directions, yet they cannot escape the blockade of the heaven-shrouding compass.]

[Some kneel on the ground begging for mercy.]

[Some flee desperately.]

[Some hold the corpses of fellow Disciples and weep loudly.]

["Senior, have mercy! I just joined the Sect, I don't know anything..."]

["I'm not from the Huanling Sect! I'm a spy, I'm a spy! Spare my life!"]

["If there is an afterlife, I will surely make you..."]

["How bloody unlucky... just joined the Sect on the first day..."]

[One Disciple after another collapses onto the ground, looking at the fire rain filling the sky, weeping without tears.]

[You stand in the sky with your hands behind your back, looking down at all this. Your gaze is as calm as water.]

[A moment later.]

[The fire rain gradually subsides.]

[The smoke and dust dissipate.]

[Below—]

[The once magnificent Huanling Sect has been turned into ruins.]

[Pavilions have toppled, the mountain gate is shattered, and spiritual peaks have collapsed.]

[On the scorched earth, debris is everywhere.]

[Your Divine Sense sweeps across—]

[Among the ruins, countless spiritual lights flicker.]

[There are qiankun rings, Storage Pouches, Magical Artifacts, Magic Treasures, Medicinal Pills...]

[The harvest is quite bountiful.]

[You beckon with your hand.]

[Countless spiritual lights fly up from the ruins, pouring into the qiankun ring in your hand.]

[In the sky, the Torch Dragon slowly shrinks, turning into a faint light and flying back.]

[You put away the fentian pearl and the heaven-shrouding compass.]

[Then you throw the identity jade token of the Heavenly Palace Law Enforcement Guard, along with the Tracking Jade Slip given by the Venerable Tianming, into the ruins.]

[Finally, you take one last look at the ruins below.]

[Turn around.]

[Transforming into a stream of light, you disappear into the horizon.]

[Behind you are clouds of dust and endless ruins.]

[Huanling Sect.]

[Wiped out from this day forward.]

[Shortly after,]

[You arrive at the imperial capital of the Tianxuan Immortal Dynasty.]

[Your main body has long been waiting here.]

[You find a quiet house in the suburbs and settle down.]

[Subsequently, the Clone returns to its place and merges back into the main body.]

[You sit cross-legged, operating the xuantian treasure mirror, and begin to Cultivate "Void-Reality Seamlessness."]

[After this incident—your identity as part of the law enforcement team, along with that Clone, can only be abandoned.]

[Fortunately, the Clone used the Illusionary Form Technique to change its appearance and conceal its aura from start to finish; outsiders only know "Qin Tian" and not that it is you, Qin Chen.]

[As for whether the Heavenly Palace has the means to trace the true body...]

[You do not know either.]

[You only know that the most important thing right now is to first reach the entry level of "Void-Reality Seamlessness."]

[Several days later.]

["Void-Reality Seamlessness" has finally reached the entry level.]

[You open your eyes and begin to condense a new Clone—]

[With a thought, the Clone forms.]

[Void and reality are seamless; the self is as one.]

[The Primordial Spirit within your body feels a splitting pain.]

[A moment later.]

[A brand-new Clone condenses into shape.]

[You and the Clone look at each other and smile simultaneously.]

[This feeling is very strange—]

[In the previous method, the Clone and the main body were one soul in two bodies.]

[Now, it is two souls in two bodies.]

[Yet the consciousness is unique.]

["This 'Void-Reality Seamlessness' is truly profound," you sigh,]

["In this way, I'm afraid it won't be that easy to find my main body."]

[You size up this new Clone before you, and a strange thought suddenly pops into your head—]

[If I let the Clone take the form of a woman... I wonder if it would have the ability to become pregnant?]

[You rub your chin, quite curious about your own wild idea.]

[The Clone instantly senses your thoughts, and his expression darkens, as cold as midwinter ice:]

["Put away those filthy thoughts of yours."]

["Otherwise—" he says, emphasizing every word,]

["I will self-destruct."]

[You quickly wave your hands and say with a grin: "Just a joke, don't take it seriously, don't take it seriously."]

[Saying that, you toss over a qiankun ring containing a large amount of Spirit Stones and a set of handy Magic Treasures.]

[The Clone catches it, snorts coldly, turns around, and leaves.]

[You watch his departing back and rub your nose.]

[Quite a temper.]

[Subsequently, you sit cross-legged, take out the Spirit Treasures "xuantian seal" and "fentian pearl," and begin to comprehend the Law.]

[It must be said that the Liu Clan's foundation is indeed deep—]

[Even a Clone carries Spirit Treasures.]

[Unlike that Ancestor Huanling's Clone, which was dirt poor.]

[Fortunately, after wiping out the Huanling Sect this time, you've harvested a massive amount of Heaven And Earth Treasures, Magic Treasures, and Spirit Stones.]

[These things are of little use to you.]

[You keep two sets of Magic Treasures and 120,000 Top-Grade Spirit Stones, and throw the rest to Qin Han as snacks.]

[That little fellow is so happy he's rolling around.]

[Who knows how much time has passed.]

[With the help of the "xuantian seal" and "fentian pearl," your Law of Light and Law of Fire have finally both reached the entry level.]

[You open your eyes and condense two more Clones.]

[You hand the "xuantian seal," the "fentian pearl," two sets of Magic Treasures, and the Divine Thought jade token from the Venerable Tianming to them respectively.]

[The two Clones take them and immediately transform into two ordinary-looking appearances, blending into the city.]

[Then, through the teleportation Formation, they head to the Heavenly Palace.]

[Upon arriving at the Heavenly Palace, the two Clones disperse and go into hiding, waiting for an opportunity.]

[At the same time,]

[On Tianxuan Star, inside the Wangxian Tower in the Tianxuan Imperial Capital, it is bustling with people.]

[Your first Clone sits by the window, holding a teacup, eyes fixed outside, but listening to the storytelling downstairs.]

[Recently, this Clone of yours has only been doing two things—]

[First, gathering the Materials to refine the fourth immortal slaying sword; now only the last item is missing—the heart of the vermilion bird.]

[Second, gathering information on the Heavenly Palace's movements.]

[And in this Wangxian Tower, the most popular story is none other than the destruction of the Huanling Sect.]

[In the center of the first-floor hall, the storyteller strikes his gavel, his voice booming like a bell:]

["It is said that on that day—!"]

["Dark clouds pressed down, and the sky suddenly darkened. A giant Dragon appeared out of thin air, blotting out the sun!"]

["That Dragon opened its mouth and inhaled, and boy—that Void Refining Clone of the Ancestor Huanling didn't even make a sound before being swallowed whole!"]

["Following that, fire rain filled the sky like falling meteors."]

["Pavilions collapsed, the mountain gate was shattered, and tens of thousands of spiritual peaks turned into scorched earth!"]

["The over a hundred thousand Disciples of the Huanling Sect cried for their parents and fled in all directions."]

["But flee? Could they escape?"]

["High in the sky, a Formation had already sealed everything off; even with wings, they could not fly away!"]

[The storyteller gets more and more excited, gesturing wildly, spit flying everywhere.]

["Finally—!" ]

["That person stood in the sky with his hands behind his back, his robes fluttering, looking down upon all living beings, and only indifferently left one sentence—"]

[He clears his throat, imitating an expert's manner, hands behind his back and head held high:]

["This young master is—Yun Xiaozi!"]