Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

During the time Yunyang was born, five phoenixes appeared. At that time, there was only one green phoenix that appeared.

It could also be said that Yunyang still had not shown his last card but Emperor Xia did not care.

Yunyang's entire body was bathed in green flow as it dyed his white robes green. A Daoism mark gradually appeared between his brows and finally converged into a mysterious pattern. It was like a tree, with the leaves, the trunk, and the roots.

His eyeb.a.l.l.s were pure green with a slight transparency to it. It divulged a fathomless and mysterious vital force.

Emperor Xia's move was very simple. It was another punch.

However, this simple fist brought about an extreme beauty of power as it accorded to the principle of the law of this universe. With this one punch, it was locked on Yunyang and it made it impossible for him to escape.

The coercion of Emperor Xia's fist was like lofty mountains befalling. The force of the punch surged like the Asura Blood Sea. There was a faint hum of a dragon instantiate in the void and it was grander than the legendary Buddhist chant of the Heavenly Dragons of the Buddhist sects.

This was the Emperor Dragon First. Only the Xia Kingdom's King with the Emperor Dragon Qi could exert it. From ancient times, there were many of the deity cla.s.s who were defeated under this fist and there were many insolent ghost spirits and demons that were struck with terror by it.

Shen Lian gazes deeply at all of this. The being and power of Emperor Xia had already combined together and had become an impregnable ensemble. His every move and act could burst forth unimaginable tremendous force to topple the mountains and overturn the seas.

The heavy snow of the universe drifted profusely and disorderly. However, under this one punch, there was already no snow.

The seemingly boundless force of the first had directly invaded to the front of Yunyang. Before him, a tall and big tree rose up. It was st.u.r.dy and vigorous and its green shades were layers upon layers. It was so tall it entered the clouds, it was so deep that it entered the Netherworld.

The originally unstoppable Emperor Dragon Fist was blocked by the tall and big tree to one's surprise. It could also not be said that it was blocked but it slowed down the tremendous force of the dragon fist. The surging force of the fist destroyed its branches and leaves, roots and trunk. Nonetheless, when it reached to the front of Yunyang, the force of the fist was as though it had transformed into a rivulet from a river.

Yunyang used his sword finger 1 . Like the stealthy swan goose, it was absolutely terrific. A steak of green sword gleam manifested into ten million layers of sword shades in an instant. It surrounded the force of the fist and suddenly burst forth, vanquis.h.i.+ng the force of the fist straight away.

Only, Shen Lian was still clear on one matter, and that was the Yunyang resolved into not being on the same level with Emperor Xia. After all, Emperor Xia only used one punch and he responded with two moves.

Not only that, Shen Lian could also see the root of Yunyang. He cultivated the Taihao Method. If it was said that Gonggong was the head of all waters in the world, then Taihao would be the source of all the wood in the world.

Taihao was also said to be an almighty. Some said that he was born human and was the incarnation of the Emperor. There were also some who said that he was part of the demon clan. This was because, after Taihao, only White Emperor Shahao could cultivate the method of Taihao, and the fact that the White Emperor was from the demon clan.

However, in all those legends, Taihao was nonetheless on par with the almighty of the ancient divines and demons that was Gonggong. The Taihao Method that was handed down held more influence than the legacy of Qing Xuan.

Since Yunyang was the son of the White Emperor, naturally it was no strange matter that he cultivated the Taihao Method.

Emperor Xia fixed his gaze at Yunyang who was erected on the back of the green phoenix. The great being's body poured out the emperor's majesty and there was an innate commanding presence towards all matters and beings. Coolly, he said to Yunyang, "Even if you did cultivate the Taihao Method, do not think of leaving here."

Yunyang stared imposingly at Emperor Xia. A faint and unnoticeable green flow flashed through both his eyes. Ever since he was young, he had been hunted down in all corners by the masters from the Xia Kingdom. When he could finally see the appearance of Emperor Xia, the other was strong and powerful as he expected.

In actual fact, Yunyang's decision to personally try out Emperor Xia's force did not receive the approval of every big clans' elder in the Eastern Barbarians. Nonetheless, he himself had extraordinary bravery and also methods that others could not imagine, which was why he was determined to battle Emperor Xia. He only needed to be alive as he leaves this place and this would be a ma.s.sive encouragement for the huge clans in Eastern Barbarians. This would allow them to escape the shadows of Emperor Xia's matchless powerfulness. He could also prove to Meixi that he, Yunyang, would definitely be a match for her.

More importantly, Yunyang was only a young man who was in his early twenties.

However, Shen Lian let out a sigh out of nowhere. Because they were too far apart, it was natural that Yunyang did not notice it. He could see that even when Emperor Xia exerted the Emperor Dragon Fist, he also had not gotten serious.

In actual fact, Shen Lian had not seen the true capabilities of Emperor Xia so far. The Emperor Dragon Fist was overbearing, it was not enough to be the ace card of Emperor Xia.

Yunyang plainly said, "If Emperor Xia were to be inured even before reaching the Eastern Barbarians, that would be the biggest joke in this world."

Emperor Xia coldly snorted. The void in the sky and the earth, with the snow on the ground, trembled strongly. A crisp hum of the blade broke through the sky and within a blink of an eye, there was a long blade, as black as the night, in Emperor Xia's hand.

When Emperor Xia's right hand was holding that demonic blade, the qualities of his entire being suddenly changed. Before this, if Emperor was vast like the ninth heaven and filed with the prestige of an emperor, his qualities now had an extra strangeness and unpredictability to it. It was like the changes in the water flow of the Nine Underworlds where its source and root could not be found.

Shen Lian was slightly and visibly moved, to his surprise, Emperor Xia had gotten to such a deep state in the Dao of the demonic blade.

Even compared to the Avici and Yuantu Swords' will he had, it would not be inferior to it. This was not to say that Shen Lian's Avici Yuantu was incapable but he only had a superficial understanding between these two methods. While Emperor Xia had already comprehended the demonic characteristics of the demonic blade which allowed him to receive and dispatch it freely.

There were some of those, who even with the demonic blade in hand, still could not become the matchless Demon King, just like Ming Luo previously. However, Emperor Xia was not the same. Deep within his bones, he was someone with true feelings and true character with a stubborn streak hidden within it. There was a natural accordance with the demonic blade, coupled with Emperor Xia's exceedingly high cultivation, this allowed him to be able to venture far on the Dao of the demonic blade.

The Emperor with a blade in his hand would undoubtedly still have people who would be his opponent in this heaven and earth, but it was definitely not Yunyang who was before him.

The green phoenix hissed and shrieked. Very quickly, four more cries responded.

Yunyang's face was imposing. The tree pattern between his brows became deeper. The blinking green glow was cold and faint as an ethereal Dao meaning seeped out.

Those who did not have great wisdom could not enter Dao, those who were not of true feelings and characters had difficulty becoming the true demon.

With the long blade in his hand and one cut from it, the gleam of the blade was like a vast blur of misty rain as it attacked. This time, the same tall and big tree that blocked Yunyang was chopped off like splitting bamboo.

The profound and subtle gleam of the blade was finally going to touch Yunyang's body.

His expression was imposing and he combined his palms as one. He went to the length of clamping the ethereal gleam of the blade with his own flesh and body. The green glow from his entire body converged towards the area between the two palms. He was bound to curb the demonic blade of Emperor Xia.

Nonetheless, it appeared that the area where Yunyang was had transformed into a world of green. There was no way of seeing what was going on inside. A long streak of the gleam of the blade chopped into that ball of green.

From four corners, four phoenixes came tripping down.

Firstly, there was an intense all burning fire which took the lead and was sprayed towards the head of Emperor Xia.

What followed next, was the soil of the ground becoming extremely loose as it wanted to swallow Emperor Xia into its pit. Then, a surging wave of black light enlaced both of Emperor Xia's foot. In the midst of the void, there were uncountable thin golden lights and it did all it could to greet the divine body of Emperor Xia.

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation  Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

The relations.h.i.+p between the five phoenixes and Yunyang was that they were a.s.sociates. Since Yunyang's birth, they had grown up with him and protected him from Xia Kingdom's masters, from being hunted down by powerhouses of the Eastern Barbarians that had gotten closer to Xia Kingdom. Now, each of the phoenix had grown to the state of land immortals and each of them belonged to one of the elements of the five elements. Once they collaborated, there would be a variation between creation and destruction and it was profound and boundless. With the addition of Yunyang, even those of the heavenly immortal state would feel that he was extremely troublesome.

Facing the natal invasive killing of the four phoenixes, the corners of Emperor Xia's lips had a cruel and cold smile. In the blink of an eye, a huge explosion rang out.

It was seen that within the orifices points on Emperor Xia's body, wisps and strands of Universal Qi of Virtue floated like willows, like thousands of silk sashes.

From the earth, Emperor Xia slowly moved up as his facial expression was chilling and forbidding. The surrounding flames, black water, mire and thousands of golden needle-like light that hara.s.sed him were destroyed by the Universal Qi of Virtue and it vanished without a trace.

Emperor Xia stood in brilliance, as though an ancient divine demon had entered to the world. He was filled with harsh, impa.s.sive and haughty aura as he looked at all the being disdainfully from the corner of his eyes.

Shen Lian sighed to himself, there odds were completely against Yunyang. This was because Emperor Xia had defended using the indestructible body.

Like the King Kong Strength, the Art of Gigantes or any similar cultivation methods that had reached the state of the land immortal and Arhat, it could be called damage proof bodies, even the thunders from the G.o.ds could not do anything. Nonetheless, these kind of bodies still had its weakness. Once it encountered any restraining magical talisman or occult techniques, the body would be destroy and the Dao would vanish. But, when it was brought to one level higher, it would be an indestructible body. For those who have cultivated to this level, it was not that difficult for one to defeat people of this level but to kill these people, it was extremely challenging. If this was brought even one further step, it was the so call the reborn from a blood drop state. Only those of on the level of Daoist master and Buddha could entirely eliminate these kinds of people.

To cultivate the Dao of the physical body, it did not have many transformations compared to the Primordial Spirit of Daoism. However, once it had reached a higher and deeper level, it could surpa.s.s the connoisseurs of Daoism.

Just like that monkey  from the legends 1 , considering the mana state, there were many in the heaven that were above him. However, speaking solely about the efforts of preserving one's life, there were only a handful of people in the heavens and universe that could be on par with him. This was because he had cultivated the indestructible body.

To be able to cultivate to this state, it did not rely on epiphanies and states for success but it also relied on limitless piles of resources such as spiritual materials and treasure items that are used to absorb its sun essence and the radiance of the earth. Even the celestial elixir that one could only encounter by chance was used, only then there was a chance for success.

For Emperor Xia to cultivate the indestructible body, naturally he had relied on the long years of acc.u.mulation of the Xia Kingdom to be able to have this mystical art. It was also due to his unique bloodline.

However, with Shen Lian's brilliant eyesight, he could see the hidden troubles in Emperor Xia's imperishable body. It was that his flesh and spirit had not truly combine as one. If there was a peerless spirit vanquis.h.i.+ng method, it could still put him to death.

This flaw was not something that could be simply remedied but a kind of misfortune trial was needed to be experienced, only then he could complete this achievement. This was like how that monkey underwent the burning of the True Samadhi Fire that burnt for forty-nine days in Taishang Laojun's Eight Trigram Furnace. Finally, he had truly cultivated the indestructible body and he had even gotten the supernatural power of the Piercing Eye.

Naturally, Yunyang did not have this kind of occult techniques in vanquis.h.i.+ng the spirit. At this moment, all five phoenixes flew behind him and each of them swallowed and spitted out five-colored lights. All of the lights were poured into Yunyang, causing his divine light to be plentiful and this forced the demonic blade to not be able to take one step closer.

Emperor took a step further, like a demonic G.o.d, there was a maniacal laugh as he said, "I am matchlessly undefeatable, even if you were the son of the White Emperor, so what?"

He raised his hands and the demonic blade flew back into his hand.

Yunyang's facial expression was cool as he stared straight at Emperor Xia. The five phoenixes burrowed into his body. A pair of five-colored phoenix wings grew out of Yunyang's body as five-colored flames burnt around him.

The vitality that nourished all beings and the horrifying destructive aura seeped out from it.

Shen Lian's mind and spirit were jarred as he could sense with his gut that there was an intriguing transformation that had happened to Yunyang. That would be his true root.

Emperor Xia was unfazed. With one chop of his blade, it was as though there was a glow of the morning light had shone in the eternal long nights.

"A marvel done by Nature's hands, o'er light and shade it dominates." Out of nowhere, Shen Lian thought of this phrase from a poem, which somehow coincided with Emperor Xia's current blade technique.

It was definitely hard to use any words to describe just how quick the blade was, this was because the blade gave out a perplexing and contradictory feeling. With this blade movement, the specific trail of the blade could be seen. As for the principle of law of heaven and earth that were attached to the gleam of the blade told of an unexplainable Dao of Yin Yang Udayabbaya.

But for Yunyang who was directly facing this blade, he was the one who could feel the most when it came to the terror of this blade. The flow of time of the s.p.a.ce that he was in seemed like it had become extremely slow, even an instance felt extremely long. Thus, even his thoughts were slightly sluggish. He could only watch as the blade crossed through the s.p.a.ce and came for him. The blade manifested the abstruse of birth and fragmented into the paths of Yin Yang Udayabbaya and deliver him from life to death.

Once the blade got close to the front of him, the gleam of the blade completely exploded into pieces and it completely engulfed Yunyang.

If it was said that those of the Buddhist and celestial sects make a move, the mountain would crumble and the earth would shatter, then this blade by Emperor Xia was annihilation. This gleams of the blade would annihilate everything in reach. There was no difference between the weak or the strong, every matter within the parameter of the gleam of the blade would vanish.

The formidable part of this blade was that it was like the morning light that broke through the veil of the sky, to give the land its light.

Emperor Xia's blade method was definitely not limited to this, but Yunyang could only encounter this blade.

In this vast world with hundreds of years pa.s.sed, there were not many supernatural powers that could compare favorably with this blade.

No matter the kind of cultivator, if one encountered Emperor Xia's blade, even with just a slight weakness in the Daoist's mind, there was a possibility the blade's shadow would be left behind. This would cause the Daoist to not be able to have another breakthrough for the rest of his life.

Once the blade pa.s.sed, the universe cleared up. However, there was still the loud and clear shrieks of the phoenix ringing, it was unyielding. Following that, there was a streak of True Fire that sprinted towards the eastern direction. It transformed into a red rainbow and there was no trace of it within the blink of an eye.

Shen Lian recognized that True Fire. It was the Phoenix Fire of Nirvana. It was true that Yunyang did not block against Emperor Xia's demonic blade but he had the Fire of Nirvana. To one's surprise, he rose from the ashes and preserved more than half of his origins.

He reincarnated into a red rainbow and just reincarnated.

Nonetheless, Yunyang was considered a failure. Even if he could reincarnate, his Qi of vitality was severely hurt. Even more, he did not even injure Emperor Xia by an inch and even got the Emperor to display his almost unbeatable military force.

Emperor Xia and Yunyang caused their battleground to have a humongous crate that spanned up to hundreds of miles. It was exceptionally smooth. The heavy continued falling and very quickly, it stuck to the top of it. The snow was pure white. If one person were to be within it, it would be hard for him to realize that he was within a huge snow pit.

Fifty thousand Xia soldiers quickly gathered by Emperor Xia's side like ants. They continuously cried out Emperor Xia's unique words of praises. Emperor Xia transformed back to the normal human size and did not look delighted. He only said to Guan Longzi who was before him, "This time, I have truly frightened the younger generation."

Guan Longzi's gaze was fevered. He could finally witness his Emperor's heroic posture after so many years. It was exactly this display by Emperor Xia that allowed him to follow after him even till death without remorse.

Shen Lian poured a pot of water to the outside. He closed his eyes and thought about Emperor Xia's blade method. He had at least six methods to overcome the blow of the blade, dismantle the will of the creation of the Yin Yang Udayabbaya. Nonetheless, Emperor Xia's blade method was definitely not confined to that one move. There were more.