Chapter 1 Rebirth

  A nameless mountain peak, with flashes of knife light radiating in all directions, the entire mountain was filled with knife shadows, and on the ground lay a dense array of human demons, even several Lingwu realm demons, all of the heavenly demons' heads were gone, leaving behind only headless corpses. A young man grasped knives in both hands, each time he struck out, it brought a spiral attack, the heavenly demons fell one after another, their heads all collected by the young man into his storage ring.

  I've been in the Tianmo battlefield for almost a month, killing about 10,000 human demons and 20 earth demons at the Lingwu boundary. My Seven Kills Knife's third move "Spiral Slash" is also nearing completion, and my boundary has reached the middle of the Lingwu boundary. All this was made possible by absorbing the Tianmo, which allowed me to advance so quickly.

  Unexpectedly, in just one month, I was able to reach the middle stage of Lingwu Realm. Even Lao Li felt numb about it. The breakthrough of the small boundary wasn't as thrilling as the postnatal breakthrough of Lingwu, it was just a natural process.

  However, every time the absorption requirement is higher, and it took absorbing six thousand human demons and twenty or so earth demon spiritual warriors to advance to mid-stage spiritual warrior, if I want to reach late stage, I'll need at least several times more, human demons are no longer enough for me, next time I'll kill an earth demon king.

  This young man is Chen Xuan, who has been practicing his knife skills through killing every day for a month. Lao Li also taught Chen Xuan the third knife of the Seven Kills Knife, "Spiral Slash".

  He went back, and the demonic heads in this area were all killed by himself. During this time, he also encountered some outer door disciples who came to practice killing Tianmo, Chen Xuan had bypassed them, his own skills were too terrifying, and he couldn't display them in front of them, if there was danger, he would help solve it, if not, he would let them kill themselves to gain task points.

  "Breathe."

  The headless corpses on the ground were all absorbed by Chen Xuan and became his nutrients.

  "This time when I go back, first refine this knife into a spiritual instrument, then go to the Xuan Huang Tower for cultivation. Most importantly, I have already been promoted to an inner disciple, and the minimum requirement for an inner disciple is that one must reach the Spiritual Martial Realm."

  After absorbing all the Tianmo corpses on the battlefield, he returned today. He picked up the Ling symbol given to him by the elder of the Transmission Hall and ignited it. Suddenly, a one-person-wide crack appeared in the space in front of him. Chen Xuan jumped into the crack and passed through a dazzling and strange tunnel again.

  His feet once again stepped onto the land, and he had already arrived at the outer mountain of Dan Xuan Gate. It turned out that this spiritual symbol was specially used to guide him back. Recognizing the direction of Lian Mountain Peak, Chen Xuan walked towards his own mountain peak. This time, he did not use the Illusory Nine Changes technique. From joining Dan Xuan Gate until now, he had never carefully toured the scenery of this Misty Mountains range.

  The mountains, shrouded in mist and cloud, seemed to transport Chen Xuan to a realm of immortals. Had he not just experienced a fierce battle, he might have become entranced by the scenery before him, cultivating his way to becoming an immortal. This was a path fraught with thorns that reached for the heavens, but he too would clear a path and forge his own way.

  "Hand over the demon beast's inner dan in your possession, and we'll spare your life. Otherwise, don't blame us for not showing mercy to a fellow sect member. I know you killed a 9th-grade demon beast, the Rhinoceros Beast, this time. Hand it over and we'll let you pass." The young man standing in front of Xun Yunsheng said.

  "Zhao Wu Liang, you people are too outrageous! This demon beast's inner elixir is the reward for my mission this time. You actually dare to rob me on the road? Don't you fear being punished by the sect rules?" Yi Yun Sheng said with hatred.

  "Gate rule disposal, haha..."

  Four or five young men standing in front of Yung's rise burst out laughing.

  "The gatekeeper will spare your life if you hand over the inner dan of the demon beast, otherwise we'll have to take action," said Zhao Wulang.

  "You think I'd believe you, handing over the inner elixir and you'll let me go? You've already made plans to silence me, haven't you? Today, even if it's a fight to the death, I'll take down a few of you as scapegoats."

  Yun Sheng finished speaking and took out a long gun from his ring.

  "Xun Yunsheng, since you know we're going to silence you, then we can't let you live either. Brothers, surround him! Today, he must not be allowed to escape, or else we'll all face disciplinary action from the sect." As soon as the words were spoken, four or five young men surrounded Xun Yunsheng.

  Four or five people simultaneously took out their own weapons, surrounded Bai Yunsheng in the middle, and attacked him together. Someone shouted, and several people launched an attack on Bai Yunsheng at the same time. A burst of clashing sounds was heard, and several people retreated at the same time. Bai Yunsheng's body had more than a dozen wounds, with blood flowing freely. The wound on his right arm was the most severe, almost cutting off his entire arm.

  "Don't make futile resistance anymore, I advise you to hand over the inner elixir honestly."

  "You are too despicable, five of you ganging up on me alone. Even if I die, I will drag you all down with me."

  Yun Sheng ignored his own injuries and rushed towards Zhao Wujiu.

  "Then I'll fulfill you."

  Zhao Wu Liang picked up his own treasured sword and stabbed at the throat of Xun Yun Sheng. When he was about an inch away from Xun Yun Sheng's throat, he suddenly couldn't stab any further. Zhao Wu Liang saw that his treasured sword had been pinched shut by two fingers.

  "Crack!"

  The treasured sword was broken into two segments. Zhao Wu Liang saw his own treasured sword being snapped in two and hastily felt heartbroken to the point of death. This was a spiritual artifact that he had accumulated over the years through hard work, and if one side possessed it during a battle with an opponent of the same level, it would almost be a one-sided fight. The spiritual artifact he had worked so hard for all these years was actually snapped in two by someone in an instant, how could he not feel a pang of heartache?

  Zhao Wu Liang took one look at the clothes the newcomer was wearing and suddenly let out a loud roar.

  "You're dead for sure, you actually broke my spiritual artifact!"

  "Brother Da Ge, are you okay?"

  It was Chen Xuan who came, and Chen Xuan rushed to his own mountain peak. Unexpectedly, someone appeared in front of him fighting, fortunately he arrived just in time. Otherwise, Da Ge would have been killed by them.

  "You shouldn't have come. Even if you did, it would be a futile death. Each of the five is at the pinnacle of postnatal ninth grade." Yi Yunsheng said to Chen Xuan, enduring his pain.

  "It's okay, leave the rest to me."

  Chen Xuan finished tying up the package and sat down at the foot of a large tree, not looking at the five people from start to finish, nor paying attention to Zhao Wuliang's angry roar.

  An Putong finally turned his head, his sharp eyes gazing at the five people. The five people involuntarily shivered, what kind of gaze was this? Zhao Wuliang thought to himself.

  "You five people disregard the rules of the door, slaughter fellow disciples, what crime should you be guilty of?" Chen Xuan angrily said.

  "You little brat, who are you? You're just a small outer sect disciple, and yet you dare to stir up trouble here. Today, I'll take care of you along with the rest."

  Zhao Wu Liang seemed to have forgotten that his treasured sword had been broken by Chen Xuan, and he probably thought it was just a coincidence, besides everyone was wearing outer sect attire.

  "It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is that you're all going to die today. You dare to lay hands on my friend Chen Xuan? Since none of you care about brotherhood, then I'll have no choice but to kill every last one of you."

  Killing intent burst out from Chen Xuan's body, Chen Xuan had been through a month of slaughter on the Tianmo battlefield, and the killing intent on his body had begun to materialize. His eyes scanned the five people, and the killing intent turned into a thin line rushing towards the five people.

  "Knock knock knock..."

  The five of them each retreated a dozen or so steps, with fresh blood flowing from the corners of their mouths. With just one glance, they could tell that all five had been injured. Even Yi Yunfeng, who was sitting at the base of the tree, widened his eyes in shock, his gaze filled with incredulity.

  Zhao Wu Liang and the others were also filled with shock, this person's power was not acquired through later efforts, it had already surpassed their understanding, and everyone still had lingering fears.

  What a killing machine, no one saw himself coming to a purgatory hell, in front of him were all mountains of corpses and seas of blood, finally his chest seemed to have suffered a severe impact, when he left the illusion in front of him, he was actually injured.

  "Senior brother, we didn't recognize Mount Tai when we saw it, and now we hope senior brother will spare our lives."

  Several young people actually knelt down in front of Chen Xuan and begged him to spare their lives.

  "We're doomed, we shouldn't have crossed Master Shi."

  Several people knelt on the ground begging for mercy. Including Zhao Wu Liang, who didn't have his previous air of confidence, completely transformed into a tail-wagging, begging dog.

  Chen Xuan's previous move contained a soul attack, compressing his own soul into a thin thread to attack the minds of the five people, making them hallucinate and planting deep-seated fear in their hearts. The several people had already lost any will to resist. This was also the result of Chen Xuan's repeated training on the Tianmo battlefield for over a month.

  Lui Lao told himself, "My soul is much stronger than others. You can practice and use your soul to attack later, but this also has side effects. Once you encounter someone with a stronger soul than yourself, you will suffer from backlash. In mild cases, the soul will be injured, and in severe cases, it will become idiotic. However, the few people in front of me are all post-heavenly realm, and they haven't even reached the point where their souls can be released externally."

  Chen Xuan easily sowed the seeds of fear in their hearts, and from then on, it would be difficult for them to make further progress in their cultivation. Cultivation requires a spirit that never admits defeat and a strong heart; they had already lost these qualities, and from now on, they could only remain at this level forever.

  Chen Xuan looked at several people kowtowing like garlic, "Forget it, I won't kill you today. Today's matter is settled, but if there's such a thing again in the future, I will definitely not forgive."

  Several people were overjoyed and thanked him repeatedly, "Thank you, brother, for sparing our lives," they said in unison.

  "Alright, you can go now." Chen Xuan didn't want to see these people again either.

  Several people quickly disappeared from Chen Xuan's line of sight.

  "Big brother, are you okay? Can you walk by yourself?" Chen Xuan asked with concern.

  "It's nothing, I can still walk on my own, brother. I didn't expect you to be so formidable. Now even I can no longer see through your strength. Have you broken through to the Spiritual Martial Realm?" Yunsheng asked.

  "Yes, I broke through in the Tianmo Battlefield." Chen Xuan did not conceal it.

  "Big Brother Da, why did it take you so long to complete this task, and how did you end up running into these people?"

  "It's like this, my task was completed half a month ago, but on the way I met them and they asked me to join them. They said they didn't have enough people for their task and asked me to go with them, promising to give me some task points after it was done. At that time there were many of them and I couldn't refuse. After the task was completed, they suddenly turned against me, even wanting to kill me to silence me and take my task points. You know what happened next."

  Unexpectedly, the disciples of Danxuan Gate also killed each other for resources, and the sect's rules could not restrain them at all. Chen Xuan also understood the cruelty of the cultivation world from this.