Chapter 225: Chapter 144: Forceful Suppression, Establishing a Destiny for the People

’He’s too reliant on Magical Treasures and similar powers, neglecting his personal cultivation.’

’With this level of strength, he’s far weaker than even Zhao Yin, who came from the Celestial Universe Star Domain in the previous world.’

Even though the Magic An Yuanshan cast was indeed impressively powerful, his combat strength was severely diminished once someone got in close.

Of course.

It could also be that An Yuanshan himself was simply on the weaker side among Immortal Kings.

"Wait."

An Yuanshan’s pupils constricted.

He already realized that if the fight continued, his defeat was almost guaranteed, so he lost all desire to prolong the battle.

However, Wang Xiao paid him no mind. His sword erupted with a divine radiance, slashing toward him like a torrent of rolling Thunderbolts!

"Damn it!"

An Yuanshan’s expression turned ugly; he had no choice but to passively meet the blow once more.

CRACK! CRACK! CRACK!

In an instant, the turbulent void erupted with the deafening sounds of lashes and the sharp ring of a sword.

...

「Inside Kyoto City.」

The four True Disciples of the Vast Immortal Sect who had participated in the ambush on Wang Xiao were still shaken with lingering fear.

For a long time, they stood atop a tall building in the Imperial City, unable to regain their composure.

For the first time, they felt so close to death!

Had they been the ones to attack the Ninth Prince, they would have been the ones to die!

"This Ninth Prince of Wenchang Country... how in the world did he cultivate? How could he possibly be this strong?!"

"That’s right. Even with the four of us working together, we couldn’t defeat his maid quickly."

"That guy must have had some kind of special opportunity. Otherwise, how could he possibly have reached such a Realm in a mere seventeen years?"

"It’s a good thing Junior Martial Uncle An is in the Imperial City. Otherwise, none of us would have escaped today."

"That’s right. No matter how strong the Ninth Prince is, now that he’s up against Junior Martial Uncle An, his luck has run ou—"

BOOM!

Before the four of them could even finish speaking, a thunderous explosion resounded from the sky.

Startled, the four of them whipped their heads up to look.

They saw waves of clouds burst apart, sending out concentric rings of white shockwaves from a sonic boom!

Then, a figure plummeted down like a Meteor, falling at an incredible speed!

Wherever it passed, Space warped in massive ripples.

The shockwave was a tidal wave, the sonic boom like rolling thunder, audible for thousands of miles!

BOOM!

The ground trembled as if struck by a magnitude-10 earthquake, then violently shook as a deep crater exploded into existence!

Countless fissures, like massive pythons, snaked out from the deep crater.

A figure lay motionless at the bottom of the deep crater.

His body looked as if it had suffered death by a thousand cuts; his flesh was sliced into ribbons, revealing the bone beneath.

"J-Junior Martial Uncle An! It’s Junior Martial Uncle An!"

The expressions of the four True Disciples filled with shock as they made out the figure in the crater.

As they stared in stunned disbelief, a massive Tai Chi Diagram appeared in the sky, blanketing everything in all directions!

On its surface, the Eight Trigrams had shockingly transformed into eight words: "Kill," "Execute," "Slaughter," "Massacre," "Exterminate," "Sever," "Dismember," and "Flay"!

Then, countless apocalyptic sword-lights instantly merged into one, forming a blade like a Celestial Pillar that descended upon An Yuanshan in the crater! 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

"The Ninety-Eighth Sword!"

This blade seemed capable of annihilating everything between Heaven and Earth; as it advanced, the surrounding void was completely torn asunder!

Just as the sword was about to slay An Yuanshan with a single strike.

At that very moment, a shimmer of starlight appeared around An Yuanshan.

The starlight instantly morphed into an ethereal figure.

A calm voice issued from the ethereal figure.

"Friend, please stay your hand."

This voice was extremely faint, as if almost inaudible.

Yet it seemed to carry the will of the heavens themselves; a single utterance could decide the fate of the world!

It was imbued with a unique kind of Law.

This was a Celestial Sound!

The surging Celestial Sound slammed violently into the Evil-Slaying Sword formed from the Tai Chi Diagram.

In that instant, apocalyptic whirlwinds swept outward, obliterating all the surrounding buildings.

However, in the next moment, vast streams of Gang Qi poured down, containing the apocalyptic aftershocks within a thousand-foot radius and stopping their spread.

Wang Xiao descended from the sky, his gaze fixed on the ethereal figure formed from starlight:

"An Earth Immortal..."

Just now, he had sensed the power within the ethereal figure—a power that far surpassed his own Gang Qi.

This was a Divine Technique that only a Tier Six Life could wield!

The ethereal figure looked toward Wang Xiao:

"Friend, it is better to resolve enmity than to create it. You have grievously wounded An Yuanshan; he will not be able to recover for a hundred years. Let this farce end here."

Wang Xiao gazed at the ethereal figure for a moment before speaking calmly:

"I can spare his life, but you must agree to one condition."

’He knew that with the ethereal figure interfering, killing An Yuanshan today would be nearly impossible. However, he had anticipated this.’

’His display of overwhelming strength was precisely for this purpose: to negotiate terms with the Vast Immortal Sect’s Earth Immortal.’

The ethereal figure spoke:

"State your condition."

Wang Xiao said:

"Henceforth, the Vast Immortal Sect may not interfere in any of Wenchang Country’s affairs."

’Next, he would need to comprehend the Great Dao Rules, and to do so, he would naturally require a place to prove his Dao.’

’However, he had no intention of proving his Dao by instigating one war after another.’

’Rather, it was to forge a destiny for the people!’