14: Chapter 14 Ye Qingcheng Breaks Through to Foundation Establishment! Slaying the Evil Cultivator!

The back mountain of the Hehuan Sect, the [Yin Yang Creation Spirit Spring].

The white mist had become so thick it was almost impossible to disperse.

After a full day and night of "overtime," the water level of the Spirit Spring had dropped by a third.

Boom!

Just as the setting sun was about to sink below the horizon and the blood-red full moon had just begun to peek out, a terrifying Spiritual Pressure soared from the spring water, directly shredding the clouds and mist across the sky!

[Ding! Congratulations, Host! Your Dao Companion Ye Qingcheng has successfully broken through the Bottleneck of a major Realm!]

[Current Realm: Foundation Establishment Stage First Layer!]

[Domain Expansion Mechanism triggered (Major Realm Bonus): Radius +1000 meters!]

[Current Domain Radius: 1430 meters -> 2430 meters!]

But it wasn't over yet!

If it were an ordinary Foundation Establishment, it might have stopped there.

But Ye Qingcheng possessed the SS-rank potential of the Flawless Body, was Cultivating a Divine-Grade Cultivation Technique, and had this entire pool of liquid spiritual energy...

That rising aura showed no intention of stopping!

"Break for me!"

From within the spring, Ye Qingcheng let out a clear, long cry.

Foundation Establishment First Layer... stabilized!

Foundation Establishment Second Layer... Breakthrough!

Foundation Establishment Third Layer... Peak!

Only when it touched the threshold of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage did that violent spiritual energy slowly calm down.

[Ding! Detected that Dao Companion Ye Qingcheng has accumulated much and released it all at once, breaking through three stages in a row to reach the Foundation Establishment Early Stage Peak!]

[Domain Reward Mechanism triggered!]

[Domain radius skyrockets again by +2000 meters!]

[Current Domain Radius: 4430 meters!]

"Whew..."

Wang Yang leaned against the edge of the pool, his face slightly pale, but looking at the startling numbers on the System panel, he couldn't stop smiling.

"4.43 kilometers..."

Wang Yang's Divine Sense instantly expanded.

Although it was still a few hundred meters short of completely covering Qingshi Town five kilometers away, this distance was already enough to reach the outskirts of the town!

Splash.

Water splashed everywhere.

Ye Qingcheng stood up from the water.

At this moment, her skin was as white and translucent as jade, her body surrounded by a layer of faint icy Spiritual Qi, and her eyes seemed to hold the birth and death of stars.

The nobility and dominance belonging to the Tianshui Holy Maiden not only returned completely at this moment but were even greater than before!

She beckoned with her slender hand, and the Low Grade Spiritual Artifact "water-severing blade" seized from the Iron Fist Sect automatically flew into her hand.

Though a blade wasn't as familiar as a sword, with the support of her Foundation Establishment Stage spiritual energy, the blade was instantly covered in a layer of ice-blue light.

"Husband."

Ye Qingcheng turned around and looked at the slightly exhausted Wang Yang, her eyes full of tenderness and heartache.

"Go."

Wang Yang waved his hand, his smile bright and arrogant:

"That 'Blood-Handed Butcher' should have arrived by now."

"Go tell him that Qingshi Town is Hehuan Sect territory."

"Those who trespass on my territory shall be executed, no matter how far away they are!"

"Yes!"

Ye Qingcheng's figure flashed, turning into an ice-blue streak of light that tore through the night sky, flying on her blade toward Qingshi Town!

...

Qingshi Town, nightfall.

The once bustling streets were now deserted, with every household's doors and windows tightly shut.

In the town square, a mournful wind howled.

A gaunt middle-aged man wearing a blood-red robe was suspended in mid-air.

In his hand, he held a small pitch-black banner, and countless souls seemed to be wailing faintly on its surface.

This person was none other than the "Blood-Handed Butcher," Li Feiyu.

"Jie jie jie..."

Li Feiyu looked down at the deathly silent town, a cruel red light flashing in his eyes.

He looked up at the full moon in the sky.

"The hour has come."

"Three thousand living souls, enter my Blood Banner! Help me achieve Major Achievement in my divine technique!"

Li Feiyu suddenly waved the Blood Banner in his hand.

Weng—!

A streak of crimson blood-light instantly enveloped the entire square and began spreading toward the surrounding residences.

"Ah!!"

From the nearest residence came a shrill scream.

The roof was blown off by the blood-light, and a family of three floated up uncontrollably. Their essence blood seemed to be drawn by some force, about to burst from their bodies!

"Stop!!"

Just then, an angry shout rang out.

The branch pavilion master of Wanbao Pavilion, an old man at the Peak of Qi Refining, rushed out with a dozen guards at the Early Stage of Qi Refining, attempting to stop him.

"Hmph, ants."

Li Feiyu didn't even look at them, casually waving his sleeve.

Poof!

Before the Peak Qi Refining old man could even sacrifice a Magical Artifact, he was struck as if by lightning, spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood as he was sent flying, crashing heavily into a wall, his fate unknown.

"It's over... it's all over..."

The townspeople hiding in their houses saw this through the cracks in their doors, their hearts filled with despair. Even the strongest person in town, the Wanbao Pavilion Master, couldn't withstand a single blow. Who could save them tonight?

Li Feiyu laughed wildly: "In this remote place, I am the Heavens! Who can stop me? Who dares to stop me?!"

Just as the blood-light was about to consume the first batch of townspeople.

Swoosh—!

An ice-blue saber glow, like a flying immortal from beyond the heavens, carrying biting frost, arrived in an instant from the direction of the mountains ten miles away!

This strike was fast to the extreme! Cold to the bone!

Li Feiyu's laughter stopped abruptly, his hair standing on end as he felt a threat of death.

"Foundation Establishment Stage?! How is that possible?!"

He didn't have time to kill anyone, as he hurriedly brought his Blood Banner back to defend.

Clang!!

A loud metallic collision rang through the night sky.

Li Feiyu was knocked back dozens of meters by the terrifying force, and a deep crack appeared on his Blood Banner, the souls within screaming repeatedly.

"Who is it?!"

Li Feiyu looked in terror toward the direction the saber glow had come from.

In the night sky, a beautiful woman in white as pure as snow came flying, holding the water-severing blade.

With her arrival, the sweltering air that had been filled with the smell of blood instantly turned into a frigid winter Domain!

Ye Qingcheng looked down from above, her gaze fixed on Li Feiyu as if looking at a dead man. Her cold voice spread throughout Qingshi Town:

"Hehuan Sect, Ye Qingcheng."

"By order of the Sect Master, I have come... to slay you!"

"Hehuan Sect?"

Li Feiyu was taken aback, then felt the terrifying Spiritual Pressure of the other party at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage Peak—even slightly suppressing his own. His face became extremely ugly. "When did such a person appear in this godforsaken place?"

"Fellow Daoist!" Li Feiyu's eyes darted around as he said with feigned bravado, "We are both at the Foundation Establishment Stage. Why risk your life for mere Mortals? I'll give you half the treasures in this town..."

"Die!"

Ye Qingcheng didn't waste any words.

Thinking of her husband's words "executed, no matter how far away," and the evil deeds this cultivator intended to commit, the long blade in her hand instantly erupted with brilliant blue light.

Supreme Yin-Yang Creation Scripture—Extreme Yin Slash!

Swish, swish, swish!

Three arcs of Saber Qi formed a triangular pattern, blocking all of Li Feiyu's paths of retreat.

This Saber Qi not only contained extremely cold ice Qi but was also mixed with a hint of the most rigid and yang power of lightning (from the Dual Cultivation bonus with Wang Yang).

"Damn it! You're crazy!"

Li Feiyu hadn't expected this woman to be so unscrupulous, using her ultimate move right at the start.

He could only bite the tip of his tongue and spray a mouthful of essence blood onto the Blood Banner.

"Blood Demon Protection!"

Boom, boom, boom!

Blood-light and blue light collided violently in the air.

However, the blood-evil Qi that Li Feiyu was so proud of was like snow meeting a blazing sun before Ye Qingcheng's "Yin Yang spiritual energy," melting instantly!

"Impossible! What kind of spiritual energy is this?!"

Li Feiyu let out a scream as his protective blood-light shattered. His left arm was directly severed by a streak of Saber Qi, blood gushing out.

He was afraid.

This woman not only had a higher cultivation than him, but her technique completely countered his!

"Run!"

Li Feiyu was also decisive, abandoning his severed arm and damaged Blood Banner to turn into a blood shadow and flee toward the deep mountains.

"Trying to run?"

Ye Qingcheng snorted coldly.

"My husband said that tonight, you must die."

She took a deep breath, pouring the thick Yin Yang spiritual energy within her into the blade, and slashed toward the fleeing blood shadow from a distance.

"Frozen... for a Hundred Miles!"

Crack! Crack!

A visible white cold current instantly caught up with the blood shadow.

Still in mid-air, Li Feiyu didn't even have time to scream before he was instantly frozen into a lifelike ice sculpture.

Then.

Bang!

The ice sculpture fell from the sky, crashing onto the bluestone pavement of the square and shattering into pieces.

The infamously renowned "Blood-Handed Butcher" had fallen just like that, turned into a pile of crushed ice.

The world fell into a deathly silence.

A moment later.

"An immortal... an immortal has saved us!"

"Many thanks to the Hehuan Sect! Many thanks to Fairy Ye!"

The townspeople pushed open their doors and windows, looking at the figure in the sky who seemed like a goddess, kneeling and bowing one after another, weeping with joy.

Ye Qingcheng stood with her blade sheathed, looking at the faces below that had survived the disaster. The pent-up frustration she had carried for so long finally dissipated completely.

She looked in the direction of the Hehuan Sect, a smile that could captivate all living beings appearing at the corners of her mouth.

"Husband, I have fortunately fulfilled the mission."