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Novel: [The Primordial Law]
Volume 6: [Battle for the True Inheritance]
Chapter 63 (604): [Capturing Qingzao]
(63rd of Volume 6)
Translator: Shadow Knight AK
Editor: Shadow Knight AK
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With Li Weiyi's current Martial-Mystic Dao cultivation, the Heavenly Emperor's Dragon Soul he summoned possessed combat power that far surpassed even the peak of the Third Immortal Realm.
Its body crackled with Windthunder as its serpentine form writhed and twisted, tearing through the raging karmic fire.
The massive dragon head reared back, jaws agape to reveal rows of razor-sharp teeth, glaring down at the Dragon-Elephant Corpse Marquis below.
A Heavenly Emperor Dragon's Roar erupted from its throat, shaking the very heavens.
The Dragon-Elephant Corpse Marquis recoiled two steps under the dragon's overwhelming might, its earlier ferocity completely extinguished.
"Taiyi Sea Opening Technique!"
Li Weiyi burst forth from atop the White Mist Dragon Soul, channeling his Psychic Power and Martial-Mystic Powers into a single, unified strike.
He raised his sword overhead, his body radiating a dazzling four-colored aura.
A fundamental Law of Heaven and Earth resonated perfectly with this strike.
Instantly, a miraculous scene unfolded: shimmering azure waves surged forth, the roar of crashing tides enveloping the Fire Cloud Marquis and the Dragon-Elephant Corpse Marquis.
At this moment, Li Weiyi's battle intent reached an unprecedented peak.
His gaze burned like molten gold as he cleaved through the azure sea with his sword.
"Splash!"
The Dragon-Elephant Corpse Marquis's pillar-thick elephantine legs retreated violently, each step sinking deep into the ground.
Terrified by the combined power of the Heavenly Emperor's Dragon Soul and Li Weiyi, the Third Immortal Realm powerhouse completely abandoned its composure and dignity.
Perched atop the creature's back, the Fire Cloud Marquis remained calm.
His ancient, heavy saber unleashed thousands of Yin Ghost Scriptures.
In an instant, a sea of fiery clouds surged overhead as the Fire Cloud Marquis swung his massive blade to parry Li Weiyi's peerless, direct sword strike.
"Crack!"
The Yellow Dragon Sword cleaved through the Fire Cloud Marquis's blade, a weapon weighing tens of thousands of jin.
The sword radiance slashed downward, striking the marquis's scarlet armor.
With a thunderous crash, the Fire Cloud Marquis was hurled from the Dragon-Elephant Corpse Marquis's back, crashing heavily into the ground dozens of meters away. Earth and stone erupted as the ground cratered deeply.
A deep fissure split the marquis's armor, leaving him clutching only the broken hilt of his blade.
A peak Third Immortal Realm cultivator had been defeated in a single exchange.
Meanwhile, the White Mist Dragon Soul utterly dominated its clash with the Dragon-Elephant Corpse Marquis, driving it back step by step with relentless attacks.
"Whoosh!"
Qingzao surged forward, leaping like a beam of light behind the White Mist Dragon Soul.
She hung suspended in mid-air, unleashing the fourth layer of her perfected sword art dao technique - the same technique she had used to slay a Third Immortal Realm Demon Cultivator in the Heavenly Capital River Nether Domain.
Spiritual Qi erupted from her body, transforming into a dazzling Cloudglow that blanketed the heavens and earth for miles around.
Her sword slashed down, cleaving through the air with a blade of distorted space and light that stretched from east to west.
"Pfft!"
The White Mist Dragon Soul was a split-second too slow.
The Windthunder it spat from its maw hadn't even reached Qingzao when her sword qi sliced it in two, reducing it to wisps of soul mist.
A deep ravine, several miles long, split the ground, its power capable of severing rivers.
Meanwhile, Li Weiyi's third sword strike had shattered the Fire Cloud Marquis's armor.
Beneath the armor, a shallow sword mark etched across the golden skeleton, stretching from the right shoulder to the abdomen.
At the point of impact, the bone began to hiss and burn.
This was no ordinary flame cultivated by the skeleton itself.
Rather, it was the Yellow Dragon Sword's sword qi, imbued with the power to vanquish evil and demons, incinerating the skeletal body.
"Truly bizarre... What realm of cultivation does he possess?"
The Fire Cloud Marquis's skull and fiery double pupils flashed with terror.
Abandoning all will to fight Li Weiyi, he wrapped his legs in crimson flames and fled.
He needed to refine the sword qi that had invaded his bones first.
Li Weiyi ignored him, employing his Body Technique to rush toward the Jade Boat.
Out of the corner of his eye, he glanced at Qingzao, who was still pursuing him.
He couldn't help but wonder why Qingzao's earlier sword strike had targeted the White Mist Dragon Soul instead of him.
Had the strike been aimed at him, Li Weiyi would have had no chance to wound the Fire Cloud Marquis, and might even have been injured in the crossfire between the two powerful opponents.
He refused to believe that Qingzao's Body Technique was too slow to evade the Dragon Soul's attack.
In truth, Li Weiyi was underestimating himself.
The Taiyin Sect had long analyzed Li Weiyi's information and discovered that since entering the Void Ruins Ancient Kingdom, he had yet to unleash any of his trump card killing techniques.
In other words, with most Martial-Mystic Cultivators having already exhausted their trump cards, Li Weiyi had become exceptionally dangerous.
Qingzao never intended to corner Li Weiyi.
Instead, she planned to slowly wear him down.
In her view, Li Weiyi's prolonged use of the Jade Boat had severely depleted his Spiritual Qi.
After activating the Heavenly Emperor's Dragon Soul once, he must have very little Spiritual Qi remaining.
Once that Dragon Soul was shattered, Li Weiyi wouldn't be able to summon another one for quite some time.
After that, all she needed to do was "advance when the enemy retreats, and pursue when they flee."
"Xiao Li, you're truly remarkable! Wounding a Third Immortal Realm peak Bone Marquis with just two sword strikes - even I would struggle to achieve that. If you were to cultivate in the Void Ruins Ancient Kingdom for another six, seven, or eight years, what would become of us?" Qingzao's coquettish voice purred in his ear, her tone laced with amusement, while her figure remained dozens of feet away.
"I can't allow Sister Qing to underestimate herself like that. My Dragon Soul, which possesses the combat power of a Third Immortal Realm peak cultivator, was shattered by a single strike from you. You're the truly formidable one here," Li Weiyi flattered her.
Earlier, Li Weiyi's focus had been entirely on dealing with the Fire Cloud Marquis, giving Qingzao the opening she needed.
Had he been fully focused on controlling the Dragon Soul, the outcome would have been entirely different.
Fighting two opponents simultaneously inevitably meant dividing his attention.
Ahead...
"Boom!"
Bai Chuan stood amidst the swirling sand, his body riddled with old and fresh wounds, his robes stained crimson with blood, as if he had just been released from the rack.
Oblivious to the pain, he channeled a pillar of Spiritual Qi with one hand, manipulating the Yin-Yang Gong to clash fiercely against the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal emanating from the Jade Boat.
Myriad-Inscriptions Artifacts clashed.
The Martial-Mystic Qi and Scripture unleashed by the two spiritual artifacts were so potent that ordinary Immortal Realm Martial-Mystic Cultivators dared not approach.
Li Weiyi halted a hundred zhang from the Jade Boat, activating his Spiritual Light body shield to withstand the Myriad-Inscriptions Artifact's residual force.
His gaze locked onto Bai Chuan in the distance.
Their eyes met.
"It's Jingzhen!"
Li Weiyi recognized the familiar glint in Bai Chuan's eyes - the same glint he had seen in the eyes of Tu Mian Gou and Xu Daoqing - confirming his suspicion.
In an instant, his mind pieced together the events that had befallen Bai Chuan in recent times.
During the battle in the Fan Ye Valley Nether Domain, Bai Chuan had likely been captured alive by the Taiyin Sect and subjected to relentless torture.
Logically, such a valuable hostage - worth a fortune and capable of being used for negotiations with the Bai Clan - would never have been handed over to Jingzhen for Soul Devour and possession by Chu Yutian.
Unless...
Jingzhen could offer a more valuable bargaining chip.
Li Weiyi was undoubtedly that chip.
Jingzhen would naturally find a way to convince Chu Yutian that Li Weiyi was more valuable than Bai Chuan.
"Li Weiyi, we meet again!"
A sly smile played on Bai Chuan's lips, a glint of cunning in his eyes.
Simultaneously manipulating the Yin-Yang Gong with Spiritual Qi, he drew two large black flags, one in each hand.
With a serpentine Body Technique, he dodged the Thunder and Lightning unleashed by the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal and charged toward the Jade Boat.
Jingzhen's possession of Bai Chuan's body had caught Li Weiyi completely off guard.
This meant the Taiyin Sect had gained another True Disciple-level powerhouse.
To put this into perspective, Mo Duanfeng could effortlessly defeat top experts at the peak of the Third Immortal Realm, like Xu Daoqing, even without using his blade.
The sheer disparity in power was staggering.
Bai Chuan was undoubtedly no weaker than Mo Duanfeng.
The Jade Boat, originally the Governor's travel vessel from the Lingxiao Realm a millennium ago, could unleash formidable defensive capabilities when Qing Zijin channeled Immortal Spiritual Qi from the Great Immortal Battle Corpse Puppet into its core.
Li Weiyi knew he stood no chance against Jingzhen, who now possessed Bai Chuan's body.
He couldn't hold out for long.
Only one option remained.
Jingzhen and Qingzao both assumed Li Weiyi would be frantic, recklessly charging toward the Jade Boat to intercept them.
This was exactly what they wanted!
Their greatest fear was that Li Weiyi would activate the Governor's Robe and flee alone, making interception and pursuit exponentially more difficult.
To their surprise, Li Weiyi neither fled nor charged toward the Jade Boat.
Instead, he suddenly turned and, with lightning speed, confronted Qingzao, who was pursuing him from behind.
"You're still after me! You just won't give up, will you?" Qingzao taunted with a smile, revealing Li Weiyi's true intention.
At that moment, Li Weiyi had exhausted much of his Spiritual Qi and couldn't replenish it from the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
He was also deeply concerned about Qing Zijin, who could be captured by Jingzhen at any moment.
Qingzao, on the other hand, was at her peak, enjoying both the opportune timing and the advantageous terrain.
Moreover, a large force was rapidly approaching, giving her the option to advance or retreat as she pleased.
Given this stark imbalance of power, Qingzao found it utterly laughable that Li Weiyi still dared to think he could turn the tables by capturing her.
"Ten Thousand Miles of Morning Glow!"
Qingzao stood proudly, sword in hand, and unleashed her most powerful Dao Technique.
Within a radius of several miles, Spiritual Qi ignited like the dawn, spreading like Heavenly Fire across the plains.
The radiance around her intensified, transforming into a crimson sun.
Her figure dissolved completely into the blazing orb.
"Vajra's Wrathful Gaze!"
Li Weiyi activated the perfected fourth level of Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique.
The Immortal Haze Radiance within his Divine Gate erupted, merging with the four-colored Spiritual Light Flames of the Spirit Realm to coalesce into a thirty-foot-tall Vajra Buddha Shadow.
Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique was a Great Technique.
But the Psychic-Martial fusion of Sixfold Samsara Burning Karma Technique was an Imperial Technique.
The battle prowess Li Weiyi unleashed surpassed even the power of a fourth-level Imperial Technique.
"Boom!"
The Vajra Buddha Shadow charged into the crimson dawn, colliding with the crimson sun and driving Qingzao, trapped within, backward in a series of violent explosions.
Despite Qingzao's profound cultivation and sea-like reserves of Spiritual Qi, her face flushed crimson, then paled to white, then turned ashen.
She retreated relentlessly, exhausting every technique she knew to withstand the Vajra Buddha Shadow.
The two supreme Dao Techniques annihilated each other across the desolate plains.
She stood in the heart of the sandstorm, her chest heaving as she gasped for breath.
Then she laughed: "Xiao Li, is that an Imperial Technique? It's powerful - I almost couldn't block it. But after that move, your Spiritual Qi is completely depleted. You can't even activate the Governor's Robe for Spatial Evasion. How do you plan to fight now?"
Qingzao had long aimed to exhaust Li Weiyi's Spiritual Qi, and now that she had succeeded, her mood was naturally buoyant.
Amidst the swirling sand, four battle corpse puppets materialized, forming a semi-circle around Qingzao.
Each held a Spiritual artifact battle weapon.
Li Weiyi stood behind two Sixth Immortal Realm desiccated corpses, positioning himself directly in Qingzao's line of sight.
His expression was grave as he scattered a crimson spray of blood from his left palm onto the four battle corpse puppets.
"I have one final move: Ancient Immortal Dragon Blood."
"I originally intended to use this against True Disciple-level experts, but now I'll have to use it on you first."
The blood Li Weiyi scattered was, of course, not Ancient Immortal Dragon Blood, but his own blood, which he had collected long ago.
Blood Awakening Corpse, the Ancient Rune "Lin," and Puppet Runes - when combined, these three elements unlocked the puppet war corpses' ultimate state.
This was the final Blood Awakening Corpse.
Qingzao's brows furrowed as she sensed four dangerous auras.
The hollow eyes of the four battle corpse puppets now glowed with intelligence, radiating the aura of Great Immortal.
Spiritual Qi surged through their bodies, converging into the war weapons in their hands.
The four Thousand-Inscriptions Artifact war weapons had been obtained by Li Weiyi after slaying the Fallen Spirit Marquis, each of considerable quality.
Fueled by the Immortal Spiritual Qi, dense scriptures erupted from their surfaces.
"What secret technique is this now? Kid, your origins are far too mysterious!"
Qingzao's expression shifted abruptly as she realized her grave mistake in underestimating her opponent.
She shouldn't have allowed Li Weiyi to get close enough to deploy the corpses, or she wouldn't have found herself surrounded in her weakened state after unleashing her most powerful Dao Technique.
Wind surged beneath her feet as she immediately activated his Body Technique, attempting a swift escape.
However, having just executed "Ten Thousand Miles of Morning Glow," her condition hadn't fully recovered, severely hindering her speed.
The two Seventh Immortal Realm battle corpse puppets flanking her, their bodies enveloped in Spiritual Qi, intercepted her with a speed slightly exceeding her own.
Meanwhile, the two Sixth Immortal Realm battle corpse puppets charged head-on, each raising their long halberds in a coordinated strike: one thrusting forward, the other cleaving downward.
After being awakened, each of the four battle corpse puppets possessed combat power comparable to Qingzao's.
The two Seventh Immortal Realm puppets were even slightly stronger.
Unfortunately, this state was short-lived and couldn't be prepared in advance.
Qingzao snorted softly and immediately threw out three corpse robes.
Using the three ghost spirit slaves within the robes, she defended against the four corpses' coordinated attack.
Meanwhile, on the other side, Qing Zijin was panicked and desperate.
Unable to stop Jingzhen's approach, she couldn't even catch a glimpse of his movements.
The gap in their cultivation was simply too vast.
"Boom!"
Jingzhen closed the distance, lunging forward with a sweeping arm.
His battle flag, wielded like a club, struck the Jade Boat, sending it tumbling through the air.
The Formation enveloping the boat flickered violently.
The Jade Boat crashed to the ground, continuing to roll.
Inside, Qing Zijin and the thirteen battle corpse puppets struggled to maintain their footing.
A powerful shockwave rippled through the Jade Boat, striking her like a heavy hammer.
"Pfft!"
With Qing Zijin's cultivation at the Dao Seed Realm, Third Heaven, her physical body couldn't withstand the force.
Her internal organs ruptured instantly, and she spat out a mouthful of blood.
Yet Qing Zijin stubbornly endured, unwavering in her faith in Li Weiyi's character.
She knew he wouldn't abandon her.
If she could just hold out a little longer until he captured Qingzao, even Jingzhen, with all his might, would have no choice but to retreat with his forces.
"Boom!"
The battle flags crashed down relentlessly.
Qing Zijin could no longer control the Purple Heaven Thunder Seal, spitting out mouthful after mouthful of blood.
Jingzhen planted his twin flags into the ground, retrieved the Yin-Yang Gong, and held it aloft.
Using the gong as a hammer, he slammed it heavily against the bottom of the overturned Jade Boat.
"Clang!"
The gong's thunderous resonance shook the vessel.
Inside, Qing Zijin bled from all seven orifices, losing consciousness completely.
She collapsed to the ground, limp as mud.
Without the Spiritual Light controlling them, the thirteen battle corpse puppets inside the boat instantly froze into lifeless corpses.
Jingzhen leaped into the air, stomped on the Jade Boat that had been flung skyward, and forced it back to the ground.
He prepared to pilot the vessel toward Li Weiyi and Qingzao's battlefield, ready to claim the final fruits of victory.
Then he looked up.
What he saw left him utterly stunned.
Qingzao, like a puppet drained of all spirit and strength, was being held by the nape of her neck by Li Weiyi.
Li Weiyi burst through the billowing dust, rushing toward Jingzhen at breakneck speed.
Four battle corpse puppets wielding spiritual artifacts followed closely behind.
The three corpse robes, along with the ghost spirit slaves within them, had been torn to shreds, their souls scattered and dissipated.
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