26: I walk alone in the world

The palm force was solid, like a shooting star chasing the moon, crushing mountains and splitting rocks wherever it passed.

The purple-robed Cultivator was drenched in cold sweat, his feet moving rapidly as he retreated.

Only after fully mobilizing the Spiritual Qi within his body did he stabilize his footing, manifesting a cyan-blue protective Gang Qi.

Boom— With a shocking explosion, a ten-mile radius shook in unison.

The dozen or so nobodies beside the purple-robed Cultivator were simultaneously blasted into the Void Realm by this unparalleled force, vanishing into nothingness before they could even let out a scream.

"Ugh, pfft~"

The purple-robed Cultivator relied entirely on his thick Foundation to barely survive the lethal blow, but this resulted in his meridians being damaged. After spitting out a spray of blood, he was left with only one breath remaining.

"How is this possible..."

Shen Lian's voice suddenly rang out from inside the netherworld chariot.

"To be able to take a palm strike from me and not die, you are qualified to leave your name."

"May I ask, Senior, who exactly are you, and why do you want to wade into these muddy waters?"

"I retract what I said just now. Your name is no longer important. Go to your death."

As the words fell, another palm strike, swifter than lightning, was launched from within the chariot.

The purple-robed Cultivator's pupils constricted, unable to react in time...

"Ah~"

The palm force passed through his body, leaving behind a scream and the echo of a body bursting apart.

Witnessing this scene, Yun Piaoyang looked at the eerie netherworld chariot, his eyes filled with deep dread.

"Give you an inch and you take a mile? Is there anything in this world that I, Shen Lian, dare not meddle in? trash never has a clear positioning of their own identity, which is why such tragedies are brewed."

Shen Lian left behind this sentence, and the netherworld chariot began to move forward slowly again.

Seeing this, Yun Piaoyang immediately stepped forward to bow and thank him: "Many thanks to Senior Shen for the rescue. Yunlei Valley Sect Master, Yun Piaoyang, thanks you here!"

"Do not block the way, get lost!"

What greeted him was a sharp shout.

The sound wave blasted out, directly forcing Yun Piaoyang back several steps.

"Not everyone has the opportunity to speak with me. You are not qualified enough!"

Dropping this incredibly arrogant remark, the netherworld chariot had already sped off towards the depths of the Monster Beast Mountain Range.

"Senior, thank you!"

Although Shen Lian did not like him, he had truly saved him.

Yun Piaoyang, who had always been clear about right and wrong, continued to kowtow respectfully in the direction where the netherworld chariot had disappeared, firmly keeping this life-saving favor in his heart!

The netherworld chariot sped all the way, guided by the memories in Shen Lian's mind, heading towards the place where the beast lair was sealed.

At this moment, Shen Lian had already crushed that level-seven essence core, absorbing all its essence into his body.

The moment the Demonic Beast essence core entered his body, even though Shen Lian had experienced ninety-nine lifetimes and was well-prepared, he felt earth-shattering changes occurring within him.

Especially at his dantian sea, a violent power rampaged, surging along his meridians to wreak havoc, thereby performing a brand-new reinforcement of his bones and Foundation.

A drop of sweat rolled down Shen Lian's forehead. He closed his eyes, silently enduring the pain of rebirth, refusing to utter a single word.

Until the first stage of Body Tempering passed, Shen Lian had basically adapted to the changes that had occurred within his body.

"Withdraw!"

"Whoa!"

Spitting out a word, the netherworld chariot immediately turned into black clouds and entered Shen Lian's body.

Shen Lian immediately found a relatively hidden cave nearby and began to enter deep meditation to continue the second stage of Body Tempering.

This meditation lasted until nightfall.

At this moment, Shen Lian's Demonic Beast core Body Tempering had entered its final phase. What he needed to do now was to stabilize his Foundation.

After the final stage of Body Tempering was truly successful, it would be time to prepare to accept the Lightning Tribulation and begin Undergoing Tribulation.

Shen Lian was certain that once he began Undergoing Tribulation, based on his understanding of the Heavenly Dao, the Lightning Tribulation he would have to endure would inevitably be ten or even a hundred times that of an ordinary person.

Who told him to go against the Heavenly Dao for ninety-nine lifetimes, repeatedly ruining the scripts it arranged, and even winning ninety-nine times in a row?

Regarding this, Shen Lian did not care at all, nor did he blame the Heavenly Dao for targeting him like this; it was all caused by him being too arrogant.

But if one is not arrogant, it is a waste of youth. In this cultivation Xuanhuan world, for countless Prodigies, being several hundred years old is just the beginning stage of life.

"After tonight, I will find a suitable place tomorrow to undergo the tribulation. As long as I enter the Tribulation stage, the descendants of that Old Wall Lamp in the Heavenly Feather Sect will no longer be able to do anything to me."

The Old Wall Lamp in Shen Lian's mouth was the founding Old Ancestor of the Heavenly Feather Sect, a dog-thing that protected her own to an unreasonable degree.

Of course, those she protected did not include Shen Lian.

Compared to Shen Lian, Ye Fan was the Disciple the Old Wall Lamp of Tianyu valued the most, even though Ye Fan's contribution to the Sect was zero to this day.

Even though the rise of the Heavenly Feather Sect was almost entirely created by Shen Lian, it could not shake her Heaven-Defying behavior of stepping on one to praise another.

Every time the Sect had matters that needed someone to take responsibility, Old Ancestor Tianyu's first thought was to have Shen Lian resolve them, but if there were benefits to be gained, the first to benefit was always Ye Fan, the Son of Destiny.

Ye Fan's bone age was only a hundred years, yet he had already stepped into the Late Stage of the Spirit Transformation Realm; in the end, it was all thanks to Shen Lian.

And even though Shen Lian had gone through several near-death experiences and almost died for the Sect, he had never received a single word of praise from Old Ancestor Tianyu from beginning to end.

What was given to Shen Lian was always disdainful insults and mockery. Even the fact that Shen Lian was targeted by the entire Sect was the masterpiece of this old immortal.

Recalling these, Shen Lian once again felt sorrow for his predecessor's pathetic train of thought.

Damn, with this kind of strength, he was still thinking about the business of those seven loose women every day?

Could he not find the motivation to move forward without falling in love?

If it were him, the moment that old fairy dared to roll her eyes at him, she would have been on the death list. How could he have let them jump around until now?

But it's fine. Since he had returned, none of them would be able to run.

Casting aside distractions in his heart, Shen Lian entered a state of meditation again.

Suddenly, a faint sound came to his ears; it seemed to be two people talking.

"I'm telling you, you must not spread this."

"What is it, so mysterious?"

"Do you know? The Sect Master of the Heavenly Feather Sect is about to be targeted by others?"

"What are you talking nonsense about? How is this possible?"

"It's true. I heard it with my own ears. Our Sect Master, the Qinglan Sect Master, and the Tianqing Sect Master will start attacking Sect Master Shen tomorrow after they work together to Seal the Demon Cave."

"Why is that?"

"Sigh, you probably don't know. Sect Master Shen possesses the Spiritual Phoenix Immortal Physique, which is a top-grade Cauldron Physique. Do you understand now?"

"But, Sect Master Shen's cultivation is so high, how dare they?"

"No matter how high the cultivation is, one fears an ambush. I heard that the three Peak Masters beside Sect Master Shen will also help the three Sect Masters complete this plan."

"Ah, why is that..."

"How would I know? Perhaps it's because Sect Master Shen protects that trash Shen Lian too much."

"Sigh, I heard that Shen Lian brought the Heavenly Feather Sect from a third-rate Sect to today's height. Never thought the Sect would target him like this. It's really too much."

"What's the use of saying this now? Just listen and that's it. Do not spread it, otherwise you and I won't even know how we died."

The two Disciples finished relieving themselves and immediately turned and left.

After hearing this, Shen Lian just gave a disdainful snort in his heart.

"Dogs biting dogs, what does it have to do with me?"

But the next second, memories of Shen Chuyun's every bit of care for him surfaced, and he couldn't help but frown.