663: Chapter 663 Peak of Fusion

[Year 260,]

[On the jade stone inside the Immortal Cave, you sit cross-legged, covered in dust and motionless, like a stone statue.]

[Xuantian had long since awakened. With the hundredfold time acceleration force imbued upon you, your hair and beard had grown long enough to drag on the floor.]

[Suddenly, you slowly open your eyes, a flash of brilliant light crossing your pupils.]

[Finally, you have accumulated one thousand Laws to Perfection.]

[An Aura of the Body Integration Peak radiates from you.]

[The dust in the Immortal Cave, as well as that on your body, is all decomposed and dissipated by the invisible Law Power.]

[You look down and see that your beard is dragging down to your thighs.]

[With a thought, your hair decomposes, your beard decomposes, and your face returns to its youthful appearance, though it carries a bit more of a weathered look.]

[Logically, you could continue to comprehend Laws, but one thousand is already enough; it is time to prepare for the Mahayana Breakthrough.]

[After all, once in the Mahayana stage, your comprehension of Laws should be deeper and easier.]

[You immediately decide: exit seclusion and search for the method to Breakthrough to the Mahayana stage.]

[You move your body and appear ten thousand miles high in the sky, then look down at the entire land, spreading your Divine Thought to cover nearly ten million miles.]

[The entire Tianxuan Star is almost entirely within the range of your Divine Thought.]

[Countless Yao Beasts, Cultivators, and Mortals are all under the observation of your Divine Thought.]

[In other words, you could kill all living beings on this Star Continent with a single thought.]

[This feeling... is very strange.]

[There are countless Sects, Immortal Dynasties, Gangs, and Families on Tianxuan Star. There are only three strongest ones, and hundreds that are second only to the Three Great Factions.]

[The Three Great Factions are the Tianxuan Immortal Dynasty, the Silver Moon Palace, and the Huanling Sect, which you once destroyed.]

[However, the third one is now the newly risen Haotian Sect.]

[You do not investigate further. Moving your body, you land in a remote, deserted alley in Tianxuan Immortal City, then walk out of the alley, onto the main street, blend into the crowd, and head toward the teleportation plaza.]

[As you walk, the sound of discussion coming from a nearby restaurant makes you stop.]

["Damn it, the Heavenly Palace has become increasingly unreasonable these past few years." A man shakes his head and sighs.]

["Indeed," a skinny man beside him agrees. "Every year, Sects are destroyed by the Heavenly Palace and the Liu Clan. The Heavenly Palace's Aura is currently at its Peak."]

["What other choice is there? They have many Prodigies. It is said that another person from the Heavenly Palace has broken through to the Mahayana stage." An old man at the next table interjects.]

["It seems Elder Qi broke through to the Mahayana stage thirty years ago. Who is it this time?" The man looks at the old man.]

["This time it is Liu Tianxing. It is said the Heavenly Palace is holding a grand banquet for seven days and seven nights because of this," the old man replies.]

["Damn it, they all walk over mountains of corpses and seas of blood to get where they are; that's no real skill." The skinny man picks up a cup of spirit wine and pours it into his mouth.]

["The Heavenly Palace has destroyed an average of one faction every year for these past few years, making everyone feel endangered," another young female Cultivator at the next table chimes in.]

["Yes, have you heard? The most tragic was that Heavenly Sword Sect over a hundred years ago; corpses were strewn everywhere, and not a single soul survived."]

["The Heavenly Sword Sect was truly pitiful. They always wanted to defect to the Wuji Immortal Sect, but they couldn't bear to move away... that is why they suffered such a disaster."]

["What kind of logic is that? I heard the Tianyin Sect was fine, hadn't provoked the Heavenly Palace, and was still destroyed."]

[Listening to these discussions, your fists clench involuntarily.]

[You did not expect so many things to have happened during your seclusion.]

[You originally wanted to leave, but the subsequent discussion makes you decide to stay.]

[That person says, "It is a pity for Ziyang Star; quite a few Sects, Families, and Immortal Dynasties were destroyed. Fortunately, the Lin Family left early. After coming to our Tianxuan Star, they sought protection from an academy and thus managed to survive."]

["Tsk, what you see is only the surface. Isn't the Heavenly Palace still assassinating the Haotian Sect's Geniuses, both openly and secretly?" Someone shakes their head.]

["I don't know what is going on with the Heavenly Palace's secret guards. They used to hide it, but now they don't even bother to pretend anymore; they are assassinating sword-wielding Geniuses from all major factions everywhere."]

[Listening to their discussion, you finally understand—the third faction that has recently risen is the Lin Family that fled from Ziyang Star, which was founded by Sect Master Lin Haotian's Family.]

[Now, Sect Master Lin Haotian is the Sect Master of the Haotian Sect and is already at the Soul Transformation Late Stage.]

[The Lin Family Old Ancestor is already at the Void Refining Middle Stage, specifically presiding from behind the scenes.]

[Thinking about it, it makes sense.]

[As the number one Family on Ziyang Star, the Lin Family had always been close to the Heavenly Sword Sect.]

[If they hadn't fled, they probably would not have escaped being wiped out by the Heavenly Palace.]

[The Lin Family is a Family; they could leave whenever they wanted, and the losses from relocating were not that great.]

[The Heavenly Sword Sect was different; they had too many entanglements. Once they moved, firstly, they would conflict with local forces, and secondly, their overall strength would drop by a tier.]

[When the Lin Family moved to Tianxuan Star, it was also thanks to you—if you hadn't destroyed the Huanling Sect, leaving all the major factions on Tianxuan Star trembling in fear, the Lin Family wouldn't have been able to take advantage of the situation, let alone rise.]

[After the Lin Family moved to Tianxuan Star, they changed their closed Family model to a Sect model, which led to the current Haotian Sect.]

[You still remember that over two hundred years ago, Sect Master Lin Haotian was already at the Nascent Soul Stage.]

[Now that over two hundred years have passed, with his Aptitude, being at the Soul Transformation Late Stage is reasonable.]

[Thinking of this, you spread your Divine Thought, covering the entire Tianxuan Continent, and quickly find the Haotian Sect's mountain gate.]

[Just as you are about to withdraw your Divine Thought, the conversation between two people in the backyard of a "Linglong Trading Firm" in the west of the city is captured by you.]

[It is Zhong Linger and Immortal Master Yulong.]

[Now, their cultivation levels have also increased significantly, one at the Early Nascent Soul Stage, and the other at the Middle Nascent Soul Stage.]

["Linger, this mission from the Liu Clan is to go to the Haotian Sect and investigate a female Cultivator named Meaty. What do you think?" Immortal Master Yulong looks at the Jade Slip in his hand with a serious expression.]

[The content in the Jade Slip is very simple: a name, a portrait, and Spotless Sword Body.]

["It is said that this Meaty was the only survivor of the Heavenly Sword Sect back then. Sword Nameless risked his life to send her away; she must be extraordinary to be valued so highly. Over a hundred years have passed; her strength is likely not what it used to be," Zhong Linger says with a serious expression.]

[She pauses and looks at Immortal Master Yulong: "And look, she has the Spotless Sword Body. Even if the two of us join forces, we might not be her match."]

[Clearly, Zhong Linger is very smart; after all, Meaty is already at the Void Refining Early Stage now.]

["The Liu Clan and the Heavenly Palace are really strange. Every year for the past few years, they have destroyed one or two Sects, and they are all Sword Cultivators. What on earth are they doing?" Immortal Master Yulong frowns.]

[He pauses and then says: "But the reward for this mission from the Liu Clan is generous; if we ignore it, will we be held accountable?"]

[Zhong Linger frowns; this matter is indeed troublesome.]

[They are now at the Nascent Soul Stage; if they want to use this identity to sneak into the Haotian Sect, the others aren't fools.]

[The Haotian Sect's recruitment is strict to begin with; they generally only accept Mortals who have just awakened their Spiritual Roots, Qi Refining, and Foundation Establishment Cultivators.]

[Once at the Golden Core stage, one must undergo strict screening—memories, Divine Soul, Illusion Array, layer upon layer of tests.]

[With their Nascent Soul cultivation, wanting to muddle through and deceive Soul Transformation, or even Void Refining experts, is almost impossible.]

[This kind of mission from the Heavenly Palace and the Liu Clan is issued to all vassal forces. The number of people participating in the mission is vast; it is impossible to provide everyone with means of concealment.]

[Listening to their conversation, your expression darkens.]

[Without hesitation, you lift your foot and take a step, turning ten miles into an inch, appearing directly in the courtyard where the two are.]