Reversing the Milky Way

In the front courtyard of the Bai residence, countless disciples of the Shangguan family gathered in front of the main hall, including Bai Cheng.

Inside the main hall, everyone from the Bai family looked tense.

Bai Wenzhe: "I've already heard about it. Shangguan Ba ​​came here to investigate the death of his grandson. It's said that someone lured his son out under Bai Cheng's name, and then he was murdered in Shangguan territory."

Bai Siyong: "I've also heard about this; it's already spread far and wide."

Bai Tianhao: "Then isn't he here for Bai Cheng? Then the matter is simple and clear, why not just hand Bai Cheng over?"

Bai Zhirong: "That's right, Bai Cheng was probably the one who did this. He was able to beat Shangguan Rongze in the academy competition before, and his death this time must be related to Bai Cheng."

Bai Siyong: "Things aren't that simple. The previous competitions didn't allow outside interference. Although they were about risking one's life, it all came down to one's own strength. But this time it's in the suburbs, where magical weapons and techniques are unrestricted. How could Bai Cheng possibly be a match for Shangguan Rongze?"

Bai Wenzhe: "That's hard to say. Have you forgotten the strange ancient sword he condensed?"

Bai Fengze: "Alright, let's discuss Bai Cheng's matter later. Now, let's figure out how to deal with Shangguan Ba's arrival. I heard he brought most of the Shangguan family's disciples with him, so it seems we'll have to fight each other this time."

Bai Tianhao: "What's the big deal? Just hand Bai Cheng over, won't that solve the problem?"

Bai Fengze: "Really? Have you considered that if Bai Cheng didn't do this, but someone else used his name to do it, and we hand it over, what if next time someone uses your name or someone else's name? Would we have to hand it over then too?"

Upon hearing Bai Fengze's words, the hall fell silent as everyone realized there might be another explanation.

Bai Wenzhe: "That's right. If this is really the case, wouldn't our Bai family be at our mercy? How can we maintain our prestige in Baifeng City like this?!"

Everyone frowned and looked at each other.

Bai Fengze: "Regardless of whether Bai Cheng did it or not, we cannot let the Shangguan family act recklessly."

As soon as the words were spoken, a tremendous sound resounded throughout the heavens.

"Hand over Bai Cheng!!"

As Shangguan Ba's voice resounded through the sky, people within a radius of several miles could clearly hear it.

At this moment, all the disciples in front of the Bai family's main hall looked up and saw a group of dark figures slowly growing larger on the distant horizon.

Bai Cheng looked at the group of people and his heart trembled violently. Although he had prepared himself mentally, he did not expect that when the group actually arrived, his body would still panic.

"Stay calm, stay calm, they have no evidence."

The residents around the Bai residence all looked up at the grand procession in the sky, and a tense atmosphere arose among them.

Some people, however, thought that there might be a major conflict and quickly went home to evacuate with their families.

As Shangguan Ba ​​led the Shangguan family to the sky above the Bai residence, he finally stood up from his chair.

The Bai family members also emerged from the main hall at this moment.

Bai Fengze: "Bai family disciples, listen to my command and prepare for battle!"

Upon hearing Bai Fengze's order, some Bai family disciples were completely bewildered. In their view, the Shangguan and Bai families were related by marriage; without the Bai family, there would be no Shangguan family. Moreover, according to seniority, Bai Fengze should respectfully address the Shangguan family head as his maternal great-uncle.

Bai Cheng was also startled at this moment. He thought that the Bai family would hand him over, but he did not expect that the Bai family would not say anything, but directly ordered them to prepare for battle.

Shangguan Ba ​​stood in mid-air, looking down at the Bai family members on the ground.

At this moment, Bai Zhirong and other family elders came up into the air and greeted them with smiles on their faces.

Bai Zhirong: "Why is Uncle making such a fuss? Why don't you come with me to the mansion and we can sit down and have a proper talk?"

Shangguan Ba ​​snorted coldly, then suddenly stomped his foot in the air, his aura exploding instantly, and his powerful presence enveloped an area of ​​several miles in an instant.

Shangguan Ba: "There's nothing to talk about. I'm sure you all know about Rong Ze's situation. I've come here only for Bai Cheng. Does your Bai family intend to favor an outsider?!"

Bai Fengze stepped forward and spoke.

Bai Fengze: "Grand-uncle, we have already heard about this matter. Although that person is using Bai Cheng's name, it does not mean that he is related to Bai Cheng. Why are you making such a big fuss? Do you not care about the relationship between our two families?"

Shangguan Ba: "Hmph!? You even know about the relationship between our two families? When your grandfather came to our Shangguan family to put pressure on us last time, why didn't you mention the relationship between our two families?"

After saying that, Shangguan Ba's expression turned furious, and his deafening voice once again resounded through the sky.

Shangguan Ba: "Get lost!!"

The Bai family members in the sky were shaken and retreated repeatedly, while the Bai family disciples below all covered their ears.

Bai Cheng felt his head buzzing, and even when he covered his ears, the sound resonated from the depths of his soul.

Bai Cheng: "This is!? This sound actually has an effect on the soul!"

Upon seeing this, the members of the Bai family exchanged glances and then assumed fighting stances, each summoning a weapon in their hand, ready to fight at any moment.

Upon seeing this, Shangguan Ba's eyes narrowed slightly.

Shangguan Ba: "It seems you have no intention of handing over the person. Very well, I have been in seclusion for decades and have now reached the pinnacle of cultivation. Today, I will learn a thing or two from you."

As soon as he finished speaking, his aura exploded, and the spiritual energy around him began to gather.

Shangguan Ba: "Go find that person named Bai Cheng!"

Upon hearing this, Shangguan Xiaoyun and Shangguan Yu exchanged a glance before quickly flying downwards, bringing with them hundreds of disciples who swarmed towards them.

Upon seeing this, Bai Fengze quickly spoke up.

Bai Fengze: "Please, my two uncles, hold them off for a moment. Father will be here soon. Aunt, come with me downstairs and immediately activate the Bai family's great formation to defend against the enemy!"

As soon as they finished speaking, Bai Fengze and Bai Zhirong landed back on the ground. After taking out the Bai family's clan seal, they immediately activated the Bai family's grand formation.

Once the grand formation was activated, only those possessing Bai family identity tokens were allowed to enter or leave. Although this kept most of the Shangguan family disciples outside, a few had already entered the formation, including the leaders Shangguan Xiaoyun and Shangguan Yu.

After Shangguan Yu returned to the ground, his eyes locked onto Bai Cheng in the crowd, and he suddenly pointed at him.

Shangguan Yu: "Grab him!"

Upon hearing this, the Shangguan family disciples behind him quickly swarmed over, and the Bai family disciples, seeing this, also drew their weapons and immediately engaged in combat.

In an instant, the light of spiritual energy burst forth throughout the entire mansion, the sounds of clashing swords rang out one after another, and shouts rose and fell. The entire Bai mansion quickly descended into chaos. Seeing this, Bai Cheng carefully defended against the incoming attacks while constantly moving backward.

However, Shangguan Yu was only at the early stage of the Meridian Opening Realm, and ordinary Bai family disciples could not stop him at all. In addition, his Body Tempering Realm had reached the Breaking Army Realm, so there were very few people who could withstand even one of his moves.

Bai Fengze summoned the Azure Wave Spear, and as he unleashed the Wind Soul Spear Technique, countless phantom spears hurtled towards Shangguan Yu. Shangguan Yu, meanwhile, rapidly formed hand seals, unleashing a massive palm print.

Although Bai Fengze possessed wind-attribute spiritual power, under the suppression of his cultivation level, his spear phantom was repeatedly deflected by the giant hand. Just as Shangguan Yu's palm print approached Bai Fengze, a flash of silver light appeared in the sky, and a spear appeared in front of Bai Fengze, neutralizing the incoming giant hand. As the immense spiritual power exploded outwards, a figure appeared before Bai Fengze; it was Bai Dou.

Bai Fengze: "Bai Dou! Stop him!"

Bai Dou: "Young Master, leave it to me!"

As the Wind Soul Spear appeared in Bai Dou's hand, his figure immediately transformed into a whirlwind, rushing towards Shangguan Yu.

Upon seeing this, Shangguan Yu immediately transmitted his voice to Shangguan Xiaoyun, and at the same time took out his weapon, Xuan Blade, to fight back. The two immediately began to wrestle.

Xuanren is a low-grade water-attribute spiritual weapon with an octagonal blade. This octagonal blade can split into four crescent-shaped blades for self-defense. Shangguan Yu transmitted his voice while fighting Bai Dou.

Shangguan Yu: "Brother, that man is Bai Cheng. Capture him immediately!"

While Shangguan Xiaoyun was being held back by Bai Zhirong and her husband Wei Chao, after hearing Shangguan Yu's telepathic message, his divine sense locked onto Bai Cheng, who was fighting against the Shangguan family disciples.

Shangguan Xiaoyun: "So it was him!?"

After locking onto Bai Cheng, he switched to his weapon, the Tianli Sword, a mid-grade metal-attribute spiritual weapon. The moment it appeared, the metal-attribute spiritual power around Shangguan Xiaoyun began to rapidly condense.

Upon seeing this, Bai Zhirong and Wei Chao realized something was wrong and quickly drew their weapons to defend themselves.

Bai Zhirong's weapon, a magical artifact called the Heavenly Silk Fan, is a mid-grade defensive spiritual artifact with wind attributes. It can condense the surrounding air into threads the size of silk threads, and then densely intertwine them to form a huge fan surface to block attacks.

Shangguan Xiaoyun soared into the air, his boundless spiritual power transforming into thousands of golden longswords. As he brought two fingers together, the thousands of swords instantly hurtled towards the ground.

Upon seeing this, Bai Zhirong immediately activated the Heavenly Silk Fan. As the illusory image of the Heavenly Silk Fan slowly grew larger, the surrounding air seemed to transform into a barrier that stared intently.

The golden longsword surged forth, but could not break through the defense. The surrounding ground cracked and churned due to the sword's attack, and countless cracks extended from the ground to the buildings.

Upon seeing this, Shangguan Xiaoyun's expression hardened.

Shangguan Xiaoyun: "Heh! You can block this move, but what about all your Bai family disciples?!"

After Shangguan Xiao finished speaking, he crossed his arms and swiftly swung them, causing the golden swords around him to spread outwards. Upon seeing this, Bai Zhirong immediately shouted, "All Bai family disciples, be careful! Do not be careless!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than more than a dozen Bai family disciples were pierced through the body by longswords and died on the spot before they could react.

These people were all at the early stage of Qi Condensation, and they were all newcomers who had only joined the Bai family a few years ago and lacked practical experience.

At this moment, Bai Cheng also quickly dodged these longswords. He used the Thunder Flying Knife to move halfway around, blocking the attacks from the Shangguan family disciples while also blocking the golden longswords that were coming at him.

Fortunately, although there were many of these longswords, their attack power was only at the pseudo-spiritual weapon level, which Bai Cheng could barely handle. He could even use the trajectory of the golden longswords that attacked him to kill the Shangguan family disciples who were attacking him.

Upon seeing this, Shangguan Xiaoyun was furious.

Before the move was even finished, his figure, accompanied by countless golden longswords, flew rapidly towards Bai Cheng.

Upon feeling that intense gaze, Bai Cheng instinctively retreated, wanting to run away immediately.

Shangguan Xiaoyun: "Kid! Where are you going?!"

Shangguan Xiaoyun rushed forward quickly, his spiritual power erupting unstoppably. The Bai family disciples around him were all cut down by his sword, some even dying on the spot because they couldn't withstand his attack.

Others continuously threw out attack talismans, and the strongest moves of these attack talismans were only moves at the Great Perfection of the Qi Condensation Realm, which even Shangguan Xiaoyun's protective spirit shield could not break.

Just then, Shangguan Xiaoyun sensed an extremely strong fluctuation.

"Heaven-Slaying Talisman!"

Bai Fengze took out a talisman and activated it. The move on the talisman was 'Wind Soul Spear Technique: Cloud Breaker'. This talisman was drawn by Bai Zhentian, and its power was equivalent to a full-force strike from the mid-stage of the Meridian Opening Realm.

Within the massive cyan magic array, the tip of a spear, radiating a gradual power, slowly emerged from the array, its immense energy instantly surging around Shangguan Xiaoyun.

Shangguan Xiaoyun: "What is this!?"

Upon noticing this, Shangguan Xiaoyun immediately held the Golden Scale Sword in front of him. As he poured his spiritual power into it, the sword emitted a dazzling golden light and rapidly grew larger.

Bai Fengze brought two fingers together, manipulating the massive silver spear to aim at Shangguan Xiaoyun. With a wave of his hand, the spear unleashed a terrifying power, accompanied by bursts of explosions in the air as it shot towards Shangguan Xiaoyun.

Seeing the silver spear hurtling towards him with earth-shattering force, Shangguan Xiaoyun poured all his spiritual power into the massive sword in front of him. With a wave of his hand, the golden sword flew forward with an air of dominance, colliding violently with the incoming silver spear.

As waves of chilling pressure spread outwards, the entire Bai family mansion was as fragile as paper in the face of this powerful shockwave.

The stone bricks on the ground were lifted up by the shockwave as if they were pieces of paper, and the surrounding trees were also thrown into the air along with their roots. The main hall in the front courtyard of the Bai Mansion, along with the surrounding houses, began to tremble violently. Huge cracks appeared in the walls, and the roof tiles were lifted up by the shockwave and flew wildly in the air.

The disciples of both the Bai and Shangguan families who were fighting nearby were also affected by the shockwave. The disciples who were fiercely fighting felt an overwhelming force surging towards them, as if an invisible hand was pulling them away from them.

A Bai family disciple was casting a spell, surrounded by blue light. When the shockwave struck, the blue light was instantly dispersed, and he was sent flying backward uncontrollably as if struck by a heavy hammer. The Shangguan family disciple fared no better. A disciple wielding a long sword, preparing to strike his opponent, was suddenly struck by the shockwave and sent flying like a kite with a broken string. He traced a long arc in the air before crashing heavily onto a pile of rocks several feet away, spitting out a mouthful of blood. His long sword slipped from his hand and embedded itself in the ground a short distance away, the blade still trembling slightly.

Bai Cheng, who was closest to the impact, quickly activated the power of the fragments within his body when the two collided. With a tidal wave of impact rushing straight to his face, he was sent flying uncontrollably. He could even feel his body crashing into the walls and the rubble in the air as he flew backward.