The Lingqiong Clan needed to make an example of someone. If they began a massacre right away, it would become impossible for them to win over the hearts of others.

"You want me to kill myself so that you can achieve your goal? Dream on!" Hua Feiyu naturally understood the Lingqiong Clan's intentions, and he struck with another palm after speaking. He would rather die in battle than compromise.

"Since that's the case, I'll grant you your wish then," Lingqiong Jing said. He had run out of patience and released his aura at the fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm, crushing down like a colossal mountain.

With a loud crack, the main peak split apart. Countless rocks tumbled down from above, and disciples began fleeing in every direction, unwilling to get caught in the aftermath.

Some weaker disciples froze in place under the pressure and lay flat on the ground, unable to move. The elders had no choice but to act and bring them away safely. After all, the tumbling rocks could easily crush a cultivator at the Primal Origin Realm.

Hua Feiyu found himself immobilized.

Just as the giant palm was about to fall, a golden ray appeared, and a mirror emerged. It was the Radiant Mirror.

"A mere immortal artifact dares to oppose me?!" The golden ray pierced through Lingqiong Jing's attack, saving Hua Feiyu. The mirror then flashed and transformed into a little girl, standing beside Hua Feiyu.

"How shameless are you to act against a newly ascended immortal as someone at the fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm?" Radiant still retained a child's temperament and directly rebuked Lingqiong Jing. If he had the guts, he should've suppressed his cultivation to the first level for fairness instead of using his superior cultivation to crush others.

"Ancestor, stop wasting time with them and end the fight quickly!" Lingqiong Gong called out. He felt a strong unease rising in his chest, though he could not quite put it into words.

Everyone had already flown into the sky. The battle between Dong Wu and Bai You had also come to a halt as they faced each other.

"All of you can die now!" Lingqiong Jing was truly enraged. He had been moments away from killing Hua Feiyu when the immortal artifact had appeared and disrupted his rhythm.

Filled with anger, Lingqiong Jing unleashed an overwhelming pressure that crushed down from the sky, suppressing both Hua Feiyu and Radiant and locking them in place.

"Radiant, leave at once! Find Liu Wuxie and don't avenge me!" Hua Feiyu yelled. He bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of blood essence. He was not too worried about the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

The Lingqiong Clan would not dare to start a massacre when their ultimate goal was to control it. He wanted Radiant to seek Liu Wuxie and cultivate in secret, telling him not to return unless he had grown strong enough.

After spitting out a mouthful of blood essence, Hua Feiyu's aura began surging. He roared and charged toward Lingqiong Jing, trying to buy Radiant time to escape.

"Old Hua!" Radiant cried in panic when she saw Hua Feiyu trying to sacrifice himself. She had always addressed Hua Feiyu as "Old Hua," and after working for so many sect masters, Hua Feiyu was her favorite.

"Leave!" Cracks began spreading across Hua Feiyu's body, as if he could explode at any moment.

Immortals were not truly undying. If someone destroyed their physique and erased their primordial spirit, they would also die.

Radiant stomped her foot and no longer hesitated to escape.

"Where do you think you're going?!" Lingqiong Jing had no intention of letting anyone escape today. He struck with his palm and seized Radiant.

"Lingqiong Jing, take my punch!" Blood dyed Hua Feiyu's body as a beam of light appeared. It was a top-tiered mythical art that he had comprehended.

"Divine Heavenly Snare Fist!" He unleashed a punch that sent a shockwave over three thousand miles away.

"This is bad!" Liu Wuxie tore through space and vanished at the sound of the voice. He had already sensed a premonition earlier and had been accelerating his speed. The moment he saw the Divine Heavenly Snare Fist, he finally confirmed that his master was fighting someone.

"You dare to bring out such a pathetic fist technique?" Lingqiong Jing asked, holding his ground even while fighting two opponents at once.

After restraining Radiant, Lingqiong Jing freed one hand and flicked his finger. It transformed into a golden ray that pierced through Hua Feiyu's Divine Heavenly Snare Fist. This was the difference between an avatar projection and a clone.

An avatar projection would gradually weaken whenever it used its power. But from the beginning of the battle, Lingqiong Jing's power had shown no signs of weakening.

The avatar projection sent down by the Grand Unity Sect from the celestial realm had been no more than a mass of energy that had formed a phantom.

With a loud explosion, the golden ray did not slow down after piercing through the Divine Heavenly Snare Fist and appeared before Hua Feiyu.

Hua Feiyu froze in place as the golden ray pierced through his chest, opening a gaping hole. Then again, this injury meant little. After enduring the life-and-death tribulation, immortals could regenerate their bodies even from a single drop of blood as long as their primordial spirit survived.

Blood dripped from the hole, staining the rocks on the ground red.

"Sect Master!" Many elders and disciples dropped to their knees and wailed in pain upon seeing this scene.

Hua Feiyu coughed twice, and blood spilled from his mouth. His face turned pale.

Meanwhile, smiles finally appeared on Lingqiong Gong's and the others' faces. They had endured humiliation for so long, and now they could finally gain control over the Heavenly Dragon Sect.

Lingqiong Jing slowly walked toward Hua Feiyu, causing heaven and earth to tremble with every step.

To open the passage between the two realms, an immortal's descent would bring vast amounts of laws from the celestial realm, which would then strengthen the laws of the four astral domains. If this had happened in the past, the surrounding space would have vanished under the power of someone at the fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm and turned into primal chaos.

"You can speak your last words," Lingqiong Jing said, raising his right hand. His immortal energy took the shape of a sword ray that could easily pierce through Hua Feiyu's primordial spirit once it entered his soul sea.

"Come!" Hua Feiyu said, closing his eyes and awaiting death.

Radiant remained trapped in place, and no matter how she struggled, she could not break free from the suppression of someone at the fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

"I'll grant your wish!" Lingqiong Jing said with a hint of admiration. If Hua Feiyu had dropped to his knees from the very beginning, he would have looked down on him instead.

As he spoke, his right hand descended from the sky, releasing a golden ray.

Just as the golden ray was about to pierce through Hua Feiyu's soul sea, an even stronger golden ray appeared out of nowhere and shot toward Lingqiong Jing. If he failed to dodge in time, it would strike him head-on.

"What audacity!" Lingqiong Jing roared in fury that someone had dared to ambush him from the shadows.

The golden ray contained immense power, and even he did not dare to act carelessly. He took a sidestep and dodged it.

At the same time, a black hole appeared in the sky and swallowed Hua Feiyu, who vanished without a trace. Boundless liquid then poured into his body inside the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron, helping him heal rapidly.

When the golden ray disappeared, a new figure appeared in the void. The moment he appeared, he swept his gaze around, and when he saw Radiant imprisoned in place, the Heretic Blade descended from the sky.

The laws restricting Radiant tore apart as easily as paper.

"Wuxie, you have finally returned!" When Dong Wu saw Liu Wuxie, he rushed over at once, and the worry on his face swiftly faded.

On the other hand, Bai You and the other elders who had submitted to the Lingqiong Clan instantly turned pale. They immediately grew unsettled after seeing Liu Wuxie force Lingqiong Jing to step back.

"What's going on?!" Liu Wuxie asked, casually sweeping his gaze over Lingqiong Gong and the others while suppressing the rage in his heart.

He did not know Lingqiong Jing, which meant he naturally did not know that Lingqiong Jing came from the Lingqiong Clan.

Dong Wu began recounting everything that had happened, and Liu Wuxie's face gradually darkened as murderous intent brewed within him. When he heard that Bai You and the other elders had chosen to betray the Heavenly Dragon Sect, his fury deepened even further. That was unforgivable.

Over on the Lingqiong Clan's side, Lingqiong Gong walked over to Lingqiong Jing and shared everything he knew about Liu Wuxie.

When Lingqiong Jing heard that this man was Liu Wuxie, a strange look flashed through his eyes. He found it intriguing that a mere cultivator at the Heaven Gaze Realm could withstand an immortal's suppression.

After breaking through to the Quasi-Immortal Realm, Liu Wuxie had chosen to suppress his cultivation at the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm and not reveal his true strength.

"Lingqiong Clan, how dare you injure my Master. All of you will die today!" Liu Wuxie declared after hearing Dong Wu's account, murderous intent radiating from him.

The entire Heavenly Dragon Sect's buildings began trembling under his rage, and tiles started exploding. The battle here had already swept across Indigo Bamboo Star, and the upper echelons of the various sects had appeared in the sky.

They had all sensed the battle between Lingqiong Jing and Hua Feiyu, which had taken place not long ago.

"What an arrogant tone. Let me see how you're going to kill us," Lingqiong Jing said, taking a step forward and appearing within fifty meters of Liu Wuxie. His aura at the fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm came crashing down on Liu Wuxie like a heavy mountain.

"A mere garbage at the fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm dares to dream about killing me? What a joke!" Although others couldn't deal with immortal arts from the Fleeting Cloud Celestial Realm, Liu Wuxie could even exploit flaws in immortal arts unleashed by Immortal Emperors.

As he drew a line across the void, he effortlessly dissolved Lingqiong Jing's suppression. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

Lingqiong Jing narrowed his eyes, and a strange look flashed across his face. On top of resolving his immortal art, Liu Wuxie had called him garbage, truly enraging him. Murderous intent erupted from him and nearly sent everyone nearby flying.

"Everyone, retreat!" Dong Wu had withdrawn into the distance, ordering all the elders and disciples to fall back so they would not get caught in the upcoming battle.

Now that Liu Wuxie had returned, he naturally would not spare the Lingqiong Clan. He had been running around over the past few months and had not found time to deal with them. Since the Lingqiong Clan had come courting death, they could not blame him for wiping them out.

"Die!" With a flicker, Liu Wuxie charged at Lingqiong Jing, taking the initiative to attack him.

"What audacity!" Lingqiong Jing roared, unleashing another immortal art with a wave of his hand.

In such a short time, Lingqiong Jing had already cast several immortal arts in succession. This was an immortal from the celestial realm, capable of unleashing immortal arts with ease.

"Great Five Elemental Immortal Art!" Liu Wuxie roared and conjured a giant palm in the sky, blotting out the sun. Now that he had reached the Quasi-Immortal Realm and refined the Ancestral Tree's trunk, the power of the five elements had become even more complete.

The power of the divine wood, in particular, had become unstoppable. The earth element stood at the head of the five elements, and wood could nourish the other elements in an endless cycle.

A grave look immediately appeared on Lingqiong Jing's face. Although Liu Wuxie's cultivation only seemed to be at the pinnacle of the Heaven Gaze Realm, his combat strength already rivaled a fourth- or fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

When the two forces collided, they formed a dark mushroom cloud that swept across Indigo Bamboo Star, unleashing terrifying ripples that caused the surrounding buildings to collapse.

The elders and disciples had retreated in time. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.

A violent gale swept over and forced Liu Wuxie to retreat. He still needed time to adapt, as this was his first time facing a powerhouse at the fifth-level Heavenly Immortal Realm.

Lingqiong Jing did not fare any better. He felt as though a heavy hammer had struck him, sending a dull pain through his chest.