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Chapter 280: Can Matters Truly End Like This?
Chapter 280: Can Matters Truly End Like This?
As Lv Yang had anticipated before entering meditation, the Great True Sovereigns of the Pure Land, Dao Court, and Sword Pavilion—tasked with monitoring the battle—now deeply regretted their decisions.
"If only we'd stopped him earlier, we wouldn't be here now!"
"This Jiangbei devils! That soul-devouring Spirit Treasure of his, turning enemies into puppets, and his Listen-to-Shadow technique—they're far too dangerous. We should've let Suo Huan handle him instead!"
"What do we do now?"
"If we intervene directly, we'll break the rules. The Demonic Sect might not retaliate, but if we gain advantage here, Suo Huan's faction will demand compensation."
"Vimala has already acted. What choice do we have? He barely survived his previous defeat in the Qing Kingdom, losing his golden Spiritual Body. Without the Pure Land's Three Truths and Bodhisattva protection, he'd never have returned. This time, he's clearly acting under Bodhisattva orders. We can only watch."
Within the Foundation Building Stage, several divine consciousnesses exchanged silent signals.
In the mortal realm, a white lotus throne floated in the sky, upon which sat Vimala Bhadra's Dharma Body—golden-haired, holding a Magic Artifact, embodying thirty-two perfect features.
"Brazen demon!" he thundered. "How dare you defy heaven!"
A colossal beam of Buddhist light crashed downward as Vimala struck, both palms slashing—one toward Lv Yang, the other at Yanluo Patriarch.
Boom!
In an instant, Yanluo Patriarch summoned the Yanmo Hall above Lv Yang's head, intercepting the celestial palm. The hall shattered completely, Yanluo's aura plummeting as countless Pennant Spirits dissolved into white light, retreating into the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner—temporarily powerless.
"Stubborn fool", Vimala intoned, eyes cold beneath his benevolent visage. His palms descended again, enveloping both foes.
Yanluo sighed. "Ah, but my strength is spent."
His Foundation Building Mid-Stage cultivation was already his limit—facing a Foundation Building Late-Stage True Monarch was impossible. Otherwise, how could he have lost to a mere Pure Land Sage?
The next strike reduced him to dust, his True Spirit fleeing into the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner, severely wounded like the other Pennant Spirits.
Yet simultaneously, Vimala's expression shifted.
"Where is he!?"
His palm lifted, revealing Lv Yang's disappearance. The corpse crushed earlier had been an Immortal Embryo Clone!
Yanluo's final act—mimicking Lv Yang's Kinship Determination technique to teleport him elsewhere, then shielding with the clone. Their shared essence and Yanluo's interference had fooled Vimala momentarily.
But imitation had limits. With Lv Yang still refining the Yuan'ci Magnetic Mountain's Celestial Vanguard and Terrestrial Sha, Yanluo couldn't send him far.
Vimala's consciousness swept the mountain, locating Lv Yang within its belly. He struck again—
Too late!
"Clang!"
A majestic sword beam erupted from the mountain, cleaving the descending palm like dawn breaking the horizon!
Vimala's expression tightened. His Dharma Body technique—compressing Mount Sumeru into a mustard seed—was no ordinary art. Few True Men could resist it. Yet now, his palm met unyielding steel, resisting destruction with painful vibrations coursing through his hand.
"Impossible!"
Before he could react, the sword beam expanded like a storm, tearing his fingers apart!
As the palm dissolved, the scene revealed Lv Yang—no longer meditating, now standing with hand on sword hilt.
The Foundation Building Stage erupted in chaos. Even the aloof True Monarchs turned their gaze, astonished.
"He breakthrough!?"
"No one refines Celestial Vanguard and Terrestrial Sha that fast! Unless...he's grasped Terrestrial Sha's Yin Wood essence already!"
"Regardless, this speed defies logic!"
Unfazed by the whispers, Lv Yang sighed, gripping his Tribulation Tempest Blade. The sword sang joyously in response.
His swift refinement owed everything to the Chifa Divine Essence within his blade—an innate Divine Ability allowing him to master Magnetic Disarray effortlessly, bypassing all cultivation bottlenecks.
Boom!
Radiant Divine Abilities flared around him—Life-Bound and two others.
"Embrace Mountain!"
"Magnetic Disarray!"
Then, as his sword swung, a third light ignited!
A third Divine Ability at the False Great True Sovereign level!
Slay Authority!
Even Vimala fell silent. Though Lv Yang had just ascended, he'd now survive any confrontation—perhaps even against him.
Unless the Foundation Building Perfection experts intervened, or multiple Late-Stage True Monarchs united, none could kill Lv Yang now.
Simultaneously, a piercing dragon roar echoed from the Overseas Dominion.
The Great True Sovereigns turned.
"Tian Qiu fell!"
"Suo Huan truly delivered. He severed Tian Qiu's flesh body—only his soul escaped. Reincarnation in the Underworld awaits."
"With his Dao rival dead, Suo Huan nears his golden ascension!"
Their gazes returned to Lv Yang. Even Vimala sighed, withdrawing.
"Matters have reached their limit. He's carved his own path to survival."
Within the Yuan'ci Magnetic Mountain, Lv Yang sensed movement. A blood-stained Suo Huan appeared—his aura burning with vitality.
"Congratulations, Dao brother", Suo Huan bowed. "One sword cleaves oceans, Dharma Body captures dragons. Your Listen-to-Shadow technique lives up to legend."
Lv Yang returned the bow. "You'll breakthrough soon?"
Suo Huan nodded. "Time to gamble everything. Wait for me to carve my path to immortality, then we'll drink together."
"First..." he smiled, "perhaps you should leave? This mountain becomes my golden crucible. With True Monarchs watching, your presence remains dangerous."
Lv Yang's expression darkened, summoning the Ten-Thousand Spirit Banner—its glow dimmed, all Pennant Spirits unconscious. Yanluo Patriarch's wound neared True Spirit dissolution.
He tightened his grip. "No."
Suo Huan blinked. "You won't flee?"
Lv Yang sheathed the banner, eyes cold. "Let them come if they dare. But my Pennant Spirits—they won't suffer this insult unavenged!"
His gaze locked on Vimala Bhadra. The Pure Land Sage weakened by Qing Kingdom's past wounds—his strength now barely matched Lv Yang's.
Having gone this far, he'd fear nothing.
Time to take his first Great True Sovereign scalp!
"They started this slaughter—but I decide when it ends. When I've slain one more Sovereign, I'll leave. Until then, don't interfere."
(End of Chapter)
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