From a Zhengyi Taoist Child to a Master of All Laws

Chapter 603 Sword Presses Down on Fangzhang Mountain

Li Yang stood holding his sword, the Nanming Sword gleaming, its powerful sword intent flowing between heaven and earth, making his hair and beard flutter wildly, like a god of war.

The island lord remained silent, cautiously observing Li Yang. The aura and sword intent Li Yang displayed were completely different from his cultivation level, and this strange difference made him even more wary.

"Li Yang, do you still think you're the former Supreme Immortal Li Zhenjun? Since you've come to the island to deliver treasures, hand over the Nanming Sword first!!"

Jiang Huan spoke first. Although he didn't know why Li Yang's cultivation had plummeted to the Seed Path level after three years, he had personally witnessed Li Yang's dissipation of cultivation at Qingcheng Mountain back then.

In his view, Li Yang must have been living a life of hardship somewhere for the past three years, and his cultivation and combat strength were definitely no longer at their peak.

With his long sword drawn, its blade gleaming with a fierce, cold light, Jiang Huan stood proudly, his aura instantly reaching its peak. He took a step forward and, like a golden light, flashed to Li Yang's side, slashing down with his long sword toward Li Yang's head.

The Golden Light Across the Ground is one of the most famous escape techniques in ancient times. When mastered to the highest level, its speed is no slower than the unity of man and sword in the sword control technique.

The blade was golden, and the man was golden. Even before the blade's wind touched him, it had already created a vacuum of spiritual energy around Li Yang, like a golden ocean that was about to devour him in an instant.

"Bold!!"

Li Yang's pupils contracted, and then his aura suddenly surged. His angry shout caused Jiang Huan's mind to go blank for a moment, and even the spiritual energy circulating around his body suddenly froze.

In an instant, Li Yang's aura had surpassed Jiang Huan's and was still rising. The previously vast and terrifying golden ocean was like a small puddle in front of Li Yang. With a slash of the Nanming Sword, he easily sliced ​​through Jiang Huan's blade wind.
boom!
After a violent explosion, the Nanming Sword and the longsword in Jiang Huan's hand clashed. The stalemate lasted less than a second before the longsword broke in two. Jiang Huan was also swept away by the huge impact and slammed to the ground. In an instant, the mountain collapsed, and Jiang Huan was smashed into the ground.

Jiang Huan struggled to crawl out, his internal organs wracked with pain, and he coughed up blood.

With just one sword strike, the once arrogant and domineering Jiang Huan lay on the ground like a dead dog, his bones broken in countless places.

"You haven't achieved the Dao Dispersion stage! You're still at the Earth Immortal level!"

With a shocked expression, Jiang Huan coughed up blood and screamed in terror as he struggled to his feet and ran towards the island lord.

He knew Li Yang's record. As a newly ascended Earth Immortal, he was able to fight and kill five Earth Immortals of the same level, and even killed an Extreme Earth Immortal who was about to touch the threshold of Heaven Immortal. If such a being were serious, he could behead him with a single sword strike. He was not someone he could handle.

At this moment, Li Yang stood in the air, his body wrapped in lightning arc sword light, and a nine-colored halo reflected behind his head. That was the manifestation of his Earth Immortal Dao Fruit. Although in the eyes of the Island Master of Fangzhang Mountain, the Dao Fruit was incomplete and almost broken beyond recognition, it was a genuine Earth Immortal cultivation!
Li Yang remained calm, looking down at Jiang Huan, who screamed in terror, as he ran behind the island master of Fangzhang Mountain. He disdained to intercept or kill him.

The new emerges from the rebirth of the old; though the new is still immature and weak, the old has not disappeared.

This was the remnant of his broken Earth Immortal Dao Fruit after he dispersed his Dao. It was already on the verge of collapse, with most of its essence lost, and it only possessed about 30% of its peak combat power.

Even with only 30% of his fighting strength, he could still dominate the world. Relying on this, Li Yang ventured alone into Fangzhang Mountain to seek justice for his three disciples.

"A supreme immortal?"

Just then, Feng Yun, who had been standing behind the island master of Fangzhang Mountain, suddenly rushed out, his lips pursed, his face thin, and he charged towards Li Yang.

He didn't know what an Extreme Immortal was, but he could tell from the island lord's eyes how powerful this outsider was.

However, having been selected and raised by the island lord from among the islanders since childhood, he was instilled with only one command: to protect Fangzhang Island and Jiang Huan. Now that Jiang Huan was injured, as a slave, Feng Yun knew he could not stand idly by.

In his hand, the sword called the Candle Shadow Sword was drawn from its sheath. Its blade was crimson, like flowing lava, reflecting half the sky in red.

Lacking the elegant and handsome demeanor of ordinary cultivators, and the carefree ease of sword immortals, Feng Yun gripped his sword in an extremely strange posture that maximized the combat power of the Zhuyin Sword, like a flowing red cloud covering Li Yang.

Faced with this sword strike, Li Yang frowned slightly, but regained his composure after a moment.

Feng Yun is an Extreme Dao Immortal, and his body exudes a very unfamiliar aura of root cultivation.

This sword strike was very strong, at least twice as strong as Jiang Huan's earlier one, but it wasn't enough.

Li Yang took the initiative, appearing behind Feng Yun like a ghost before Feng Yun could get close. Feng Yun sensed this and slashed back without hesitation.

"Stand still!"

Li Yang held the Heavenly Mandate in his mouth and pointed a finger at Feng Yun. However, to Li Yang's surprise, Feng Yun only paused for a third of the time before his breathing returned to normal, and his sword, which was as hot as magma, continued to slash back.

"What incredible willpower!"

Li Yang exclaimed in admiration, and after sheathing the Nanming Sword, his right hand actually grasped the red sword that was slashing at him.

"Ok?"

Feng Yun had never experienced such a situation before. The Zhuyin Sword in his hand was held firmly by Li Yang, as if it were embedded in his body. No matter how hard Feng Yun tried, he could not shake it.

Li Yang's hands seemed to possess an unusual magical power. The Zhuyin Sword, which was originally like magma, seemed to be frozen, turning from crimson to pitch black, like cooled obsidian.

"You are no match for me, step back."

Li Yang exerted force, causing the obsidian-like sword to tremble. The immense force caused Feng Yun's left hand to shake violently, and he could no longer hold the sword.

Still trying to snatch the sword back, Li Yang struck Feng Yun's chest with a palm strike. Feng Yun was instantly struck as if by lightning, his body ejected like a cannonball, crashing into and collapsing large sections of mountain peaks.

"The sword is a fine sword. If you cultivate for another hundred years, you might actually be able to break through my Golden Light Spell and Earthly Fiend Divine Power."

"I'll accept this sword; consider it interest for the three years you've spent hunting down my disciple."

Li Yang examined the black sword in his hand. This Zhuyin Sword was extraordinary, even surpassing the Sun and Moon Essence Wheel. It was the most spiritually powerful immortal sword Li Yang had ever seen on Blue Star, apart from the Nanming Sword.

He opened his right hand, revealing a faint scar on his palm. With a thought, the wound healed completely.

Feng Yun struggled to his feet on the ground, gritting his teeth and wanting to fly into the sky to fight again, but the intense pain in his body made it impossible for him to circulate his energy. His spiritual energy was trembling wildly, and he fell to the ground again as soon as he took off.

"Feng Yun, come here. You're no match for him. Don't bother trying anymore."

The island lord coldly rebuked him. Feng Yun was still unwilling, but he dared not disobey the island lord's order and could only limp behind him.

"You piece of trash! You even lost the Zhuyin Sword! Why don't you just lose yourself?!"

Hiding behind the island lord, Ji Chengyue flew into a rage, kicking the disheveled Feng Yun to the ground. As if still not satisfied, she drew her soft sword and lashed out at Feng Yun. Feng Yun remained expressionless, only able to protect his vitals, curled up on the ground and letting the enraged Ji Chengyue vent her anger.

"You are a rogue Earth Immortal! Your Dao foundation and primordial spirit are utterly ruined. Although I don't know why you still possess such combat power, you are about to die!"

The island lord narrowed his eyes, as if he had seen through Li Yang's true intentions.

At this moment, Li Yang was like a tiger that was strong on the outside but weak on the inside. Although he looked incredibly powerful, he was already depleted inside and was just having a final burst of energy before death.

“Jiang Huan told me that you were seriously injured and your cultivation was scattered three years ago. I suppose you must have used some secret method to save your life in the past three years. So why do you have to oppose my Fangzhang Mountain?”

Observing Li Yang's expression, the island lord became more and more convinced of his judgment, but his face became even more solemn, and even somewhat cautious.

A dying Earth Immortal is more terrifying than a fully-fledged Earth Immortal. He feared that the person opposite him knew his days were numbered, so he barged into Fangzhang Mountain, intending to drag Fangzhang Mountain down with him. He was an absolute madman!

Li Yang shook his head but did not argue.

Little did they know that they were not merely clinging to life to drag them down with them, but rather undergoing a rebirth, burying their old selves to give birth to a stronger new self.

His current Earth Immortal combat power is not permanent. The incomplete and broken Earth Immortal Dao Fruit is like an energy pack, a one-time consumable that cannot be replenished. It will be consumed as Li Yang fights, causing his combat power to decline.

Even so, he remained expressionless as he looked at the abbot of the island opposite him.

"It's not that I'm here to cause trouble for your Fangzhang Mountain, but that your Fangzhang Mountain has bullied my disciples, forcing me to take action."

The island lord hesitated for a moment, then turned to ask Jiang Huan, who was taking drugs, and Ji Chengyue, who was whipping Feng Yun in anger.

"Jiang Huan, Cheng Yue, is this true?"

"Island Master, those three bastards insulted Fangzhang Mountain first, and they even possess root cultivation techniques, suggesting they stole Fangzhang Mountain's techniques. That's why we wanted to find them and present them to you..."

Ji Chengyue was explaining when Li Yang interrupted her with a cold laugh: "According to you, all the Taoist magic and supernatural powers in the world are related to your Fangzhang Mountain and should be unconditionally offered to your Fangzhang Mountain?"

"My Fangzhang Mountain is the source of all the Daoist teachings in the Nine Provinces; all Daoist techniques originate from my Fangzhang Mountain! If they have nothing to hide, they should simply show me their techniques. Refusing to hand them over and constantly fleeing clearly indicates that they have something to hide!!"

Ji Chengyue was arrogant and did not think that her behavior was wrong. She continued to yell at Li Yang.

"Hmph, Fangzhang Mountain, huh? Since that's the case, I now also believe that the cultivation technique you possess is related to my Baiyun Mountain. Present your technique to me!"

Li Yang roared, then reached out and grabbed Ji Chengyue.

The island lord tried to stop him, and clashed with Li Yang in mid-air. However, his old hands were as smooth as jade. Li Yang had infused his hands with the Golden Light Mantra and the Earthly Fiend Divine Power. The two palms collided and a violent explosion was heard in the air.

"Freeze!" Seeing that things were not going well, Ji Chengyue and Jiang Huan tried to turn around and run away, but Li Yang gave a light shout and the two of them were immediately frozen in place, their faces frozen and their eyes filled with terror.

Neither of them possessed the strong willpower of Feng Yun, and they were completely unable to break through Li Yang's Earthly Fiend Divine Power. After exchanging blows with the island lord, Li Yang directly flew up and kidnapped Ji Chengyue, holding her around his waist.

Feng Yun, who had broken free from the [Immobilization] spell, tried to save Ji Chengyue, but was gently swept away by Li Yang and sent flying backward like a kite.

The only island lord whom Li Yang feared retreated after exchanging blows, staring at Li Yang with a look of surprise and uncertainty, and dared not make another move for a moment.

This abbot of Fangzhang Island cherishes his life.

Realizing this, Li Yang immediately became even more confident.

Holding Ji Chengyue, who was still immobilized, like an object tucked between his waist and Li Yang's legs, he said calmly, "I said your cultivation technique is related to my Baiyun Mountain. You should just present your technique directly. Why are you running away? Do you have something to hide?"

Li Yang sneered and retorted with Ji Chengyue's original words. Ji Chengyue, who was already immobilized and terrified, felt ashamed and indignant, wishing she could devour Li Yang's flesh and blood.

"You lack reverence for the true ruler of this era!"

Li Yang spoke, then placed his palm on Ji Chengyue's head, his eyes flashing with a sharp light. Ji Chengyue instantly broke free of the [Immobilization] spell in pain, screaming like a slaughtered pig.

"No, don't search my soul! Island Lord, save me!"

Ji Chengyue struggled painfully in Li Yang's hands, as if she were experiencing something extremely terrible, and cried loudly.

However, it was to no avail. The abbot of the mountain island watched coldly, cautiously observing Li Yang, but had no intention of making a move.

He lived too long, but he did not learn to be open-minded or take life and death lightly. Instead, he cherished his life more and more during the thousands of years of living a life of luxury and power.

In the eyes of the island master of Fangzhang Mountain, Li Yang at this moment was a dying earth immortal with little time left, like a bomb that could explode at any moment, and could not be forced!

So Ji Chengyue could only wail in pain at Li Yang's hands. Soon, blood gushed from her seven orifices, blue smoke rose from her head, and her eyes rolled back as she lost consciousness.

"They even placed a restriction on the sea of ​​consciousness?"

Li Yang was somewhat surprised. He used Soul Search to clearly sense a very powerful restriction in Ji Chengyue's ancestral aperture between her eyebrows, which was difficult to break through. Forcibly breaking through would cause unimaginable damage to Ji Chengyue's sea of ​​consciousness.

But so what if it's broken? What does it matter?
Li Yang sneered. He could feel it himself. After his resurrection, he was filled with resentment and was no longer as easygoing and friendly as usual.

He was filled with unimaginable killing intent towards Fangzhang Mountain at this moment!
In that exchange of blows just now, he had already sensed the true cultivation level of this Abbot of Fangzhang Island.
A true Earth Immortal! And not just any ordinary Earth Immortal, but one who possesses some Daoist essence of the root method, indicating that although he has not fully cultivated the root method, he has gained some insights and understanding!

He couldn't believe that such a powerful being existed on Earth! What angered him even more was that this being hid like a turtle in this immortal mountain in the sea when faced with the invasion of the Realm of Ultimate Truth!

Moreover, besides the island lord, Ji Chengyue, Jiang Huan, and Feng Yun are all genuine Immortal-level combatants!

If Fangzhang Mountain had intervened to resist the invasion of the Ultimate Realm, Chi Yanhong would never have ended up self-destructing his natal magic weapon! Zhu Ling would not have died from exhaustion due to the mountain's blood, and Yu Bao would not have perished with a single sword strike!
Thinking of Chi Yanhong, who still lies in the five-colored coffin, Li Yang's face grew even more sorrowful. In this situation, Ji Chengyue was suffering from the backlash of the restriction on her sea of ​​consciousness and was groaning in pain, seemingly no longer recognizable as human.

"Hmm, after my investigation, the method you practice is indeed unrelated to my White Cloud Mountain."

Li Yang wore a bright, harmless smile, then tossed the limp Ji Chengyue, like trash, off the height of the sky.
Opposite him, the island lord of Fangzhang Mountain had a face so gloomy it could drip water.

(End of this chapter)