Plundering Incense, Sword of All Living Things

“Old Ancestor, save me!”

Yan Chongtian’s soul then spoke to the distance, in the direction of the Yan Family.

At the same time, rolling demonic energy spewed out from his soul.

This demonic energy rapidly converged, forming a demonic armor that blocked Yan Chongtian’s soul!

“Alas!”

Just then, a sigh emerged from deep within the Yan Family, and a dark pottery jar flew out from its depths.

From within the pottery jar, terrifying black gas erupted, transforming into streaks of dark sword light that met all of Xuan Daozi’s sword lights.

Thousands of sword energies collided, and terrifying Sword Qi swept through the surroundings, scaring the onlookers into retreating.

Piercing screams echoed, and although most of the sword lights were annihilated, some still cut into Nine Pill City.

Wherever the sword light passed, houses continuously collapsed, leaving long ravines!

The longest ravine stretched for dozens of miles, destroying countless houses.

Before Zhou Yuan and the others, several sword lights also flew, but Tan Heming directly obliterated them with a palm.

At this moment, everyone looked towards the Yan Family’s direction. Unbeknownst to them, an old man had appeared before the Yan Family members.

Upon seeing this old man, countless people on the scene gasped.

Blood continuously dripped from the old man’s body, smelling terribly foul.

This blood wasn't from an injury, but because his entire body was rotting!

The old man was as thin as a stick, with a bloody hole in his face, and a thick aura of death enveloped his body.

Just then, a golden-yellow gas suddenly surged from the old man’s body. After this gas appeared, his previously rotting body rapidly recovered.

At the same time, a special five-pointed star mark appeared between the old man’s eyebrows, with eight light points illuminating on it.

Upon seeing this old man, the Yan Family members were instantly overjoyed, all cupping their fists and bowing to the old man, saying, “Greetings, Old Ancestor!”

The old man ignored the Yan Family members and instead looked at Xuan Daozi, his expression extremely solemn!

Xuan Daozi did not attack again. He stared at the old man, then burst into laughter: “Yan Jiudan, you really didn’t die, and you even became a remnant of the Demon Race!”

“I found it strange when I heard you died back then, but I was severely injured, so I didn’t come to find you!”

“Passing through Nine Pill City this time, I saw your statue, and I knew you weren't dead!”

“A dignified eighth-grade Alchemist, ultimately falling into the Demonic Path. How lamentable, how regrettable!”

Xuan Daozi’s words spread throughout the surroundings, and those who heard them were dumbfounded.

“How is that possible? Yan Jiudan is an old monster from over a thousand years ago, didn’t he die long ago? How could he still be alive?”

“Could it be that what this Senior said is true, that Yan Jiudan deliberately faked his death to deceive everyone!”

“Don’t you think that the events in Nine Pill City back then might have been self-directed and self-performed by someone?”

Amidst the crowd, Xuan Daozi’s words caused an uproar. Some even directly questioned the events from a thousand years ago.

As soon as these words came out, countless people in the crowd couldn't help but slightly shrink their pupils.

This person’s questioning was not the first time it had appeared; many aristocratic families in Nine Pill City had this confusion.

The reason for this was that they discovered something: the few families who witnessed Yan Jiudan do all of this back then were later annihilated.

This inevitably raised suspicion, but without evidence, they could only remain at the stage of suspicion!

“Xuan Daozi, you’re about to die, why bother stirring things up again? Doing so will only cause Nine Pill City to run red with blood!”

Yan Jiudan directly admitted his identity, but at the same time, his eyes were filled with murderous intent.

Xuan Daozi looked at Yan Jiudan, then coldly said: “Yan Jiudan, I wanted to destroy that eighth-tier demonic core back then, but then I found it missing!”

“Actually, I suspected you took it at the time!”

“You have always been hypocritical and afraid of death. If not for your identity as an Alchemist, how would you be qualified to stand with us!”

“What you just said is right, I don’t have much longer to live either. Eradicating this cancerous tumor today can be considered the last thing I do for this world!”

After Xuan Daozi finished speaking, his aura gradually ascended, and a giant sword several thousand zhang in size appeared behind him—this was his Sword Dao Dharma Aspect.

In the previous exchanges, he had not used his Dharma Aspect, but he clearly knew that Yan Jiudan, empowered by the eighth-tier demonic core and the power of incense, was extremely terrifying!

“Yan Jiudan, if you don’t want to destroy Nine Pill City, let’s battle in the sky!”

After Xuan Daozi finished speaking, his body directly merged into the several-thousand-zhang giant sword behind him, then ascended a thousand zhang.

Yan Jiudan’s face was exceptionally grim, and his eyes revealed endless murderous intent. With a wave of his hand, the dark pottery jar flew towards him and landed in his hand.

Behind his body, brilliant golden light erupted, and a ten-thousand-zhang golden phantom appeared.

Within these phantoms, Auspicious Beasts such as divine dragons, fire phoenixes, white tigers, and Vermilion Birds danced, and an extremely terrifying aura erupted from his body.

Upon sensing Yan Jiudan’s aura, the surrounding people’s expressions changed drastically; this mere aura shocked them!

Zhou Yuan looked at the ten-thousand-zhang golden phantom and felt the Life Sword in his body stirring, then he understood—that was the power of incense.

He hadn’t expected the power of incense to be so terrifying!

“Alright, I’ll help Xuan Daozi. This cancerous tumor of the Yan Family should indeed be eradicated!”

As Zhou Yuan thought this, a hint of greed couldn't help but appear in his eyes.

The ten-thousand-zhang golden phantom behind Yan Jiudan was the power of incense collected by the Yan Family over more than a thousand years.

With such a vast power of incense, it would be enough for the Life Sword to transform into the Sword of All Beings, and also enough to support the Sword of All Beings’ transformation into a Quasi-Saint Weapon.

“System, plunder the power of incense!”

【Ding! Plundering the power of incense requires consuming one thousand years of Lifespan. Do you wish to plunder?】

“Plunder!”

【Ding! One thousand years of Lifespan consumed. Plundering power of incense in progress, duration thirty breaths. Please receive, Master!】

As the System’s voice fell, a golden-yellow aura suddenly appeared in Zhou Yuan’s Dantian, and it was continuously surging out.

The Life Sword was exceptionally excited and instantly flew out, emitting a terrifying suction force.

As soon as this golden-yellow aura appeared, it all surged into the Life Sword.

As these golden gases poured in, the originally emerald-green Life Sword began to change, and golden patterns continuously appeared!

Zhou Yuan originally thought that the golden patterns would occupy the entire Life Sword, but a moment later, he realized he was wrong.

The golden runes and the emerald-green runes each occupied half the space, clearly distinct, but the power surging from within the sword body became increasingly terrifying.

Zhou Yuan suddenly had an epiphany: the Sword of All Beings, 'All' refers to the myriad common people, the vast multitude; and 'Beings' still represents life, vitality!

The Sword of All Beings is a higher level of the Life Sword.