26: Chapter 26 Nirvana

The snowflake mark on Gu Han's forehead swallowed that drop of taiyin divine marrow.

A deep blue light instantly illuminated the entire underground square.

The violent Lunar Origin gushed out of her body, pouring into the nine nether soul-suppressing zither through her fingertips.

The strings, refined from the main tendons of seven demon dragons, vibrated simultaneously.

Clang!

The second note of the zither rang out.

This was no ordinary sound wave, but the materialized Lunar Law.

The sound wave soared into the sky, directly shattering the remaining ice layer on the ceiling.

In mid-air.

Li Yifeng's broken sword was firmly holding back Zhao Wuji's thousand-zhang black sword light.

The old man was covered in blood, and his bones let out overloaded cracking sounds.

Deep blue ripples of zither music swept past.

The thousand-zhang black sword light instantly came to a standstill.

Following that, a layer of deep blue ice formed on the surface of the sword light.

Crack.

The full-force strike of a Void Refinement Stage powerhouse shattered with a bang amidst the zither notes, like fragile glass.

Turning into ice dust that filled the sky.

Standing at the bow of the spiritual boat, Zhao Wuji's expression changed drastically.

"An Ultimate Path Spiritual Tool awakening? Impossible! You're just a remnant soul; where did you get the spiritual power to activate it!"

Zhao Wuji's hands frantically formed seals, attempting to mobilize the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi for defense.

It was too late.

The underground square.

Gu Han's finger landed on the third zither string.

The taiyin divine marrow had granted her three chances to activate the Ultimate Path Spiritual Tool.

This was the second strike.

Clang!

The zither music transformed into a deep blue dragon shadow, roaring as it charged out from underground.

Ignoring the distance of space, the dragon shadow crashed directly into the black spiritual boat of the Wan Jian Holy Land.

Zhao Wuji roared, bringing out three defensive Magic Treasures.

The dragon shadow penetrated the Magic Treasures.

The three Heaven Rank Magic Treasures instantly lost their luster, falling like scrap metal.

The dragon shadow struck Zhao Wuji's chest.

There was no earth-shattering explosion.

Only an extreme deathly silence.

Zhao Wuji's body froze in place.

Deep blue frost spread from his chest, covering his entire body in the blink of an eye.

Even the Void Refinement Stage Nascent Soul within him was completely frozen.

A gust of cold wind blew past.

Zhao Wuji's body turned into powder and scattered with the wind.

The Punishment Elder of the Wan Jian Holy Land, a Void Refinement Early Stage powerhouse, had both his soul and spirit obliterated.

Around the Ice Valley.

Over a thousand Loose Cultivators lay prone on the ground, staring blankly at the sky.

On the floating islands of the Taichu Holy Land, the Tianmo Sect, and the Hehuan Sect, the three terrifying pressures that were originally prepared to strike instantly retracted.

They were afraid.

The power of that strike definitely exceeded the scope of the Void Refinement Stage.

Eastern Desolation, Tianxuan Peak Hall.

Gu Sheng watched the numbers jumping frantically on the System panel.

[Ding.]

[Destined Daughter Su Qianxue witnessed the Ultimate power, and her awe for the host has broken through the limit.]

[destiny points +3000.]

[Mu Qinghan's fanaticism has reached its Peak.]

[destiny points +2000.]

[Killing a Void Refinement Stage Elder of the Wan Jian Holy Land has caused a violent tremor in the Beiming Land.]

[destiny points +5000.]

[Current Destiny Point balance: 22,600 points.]

Gu Sheng let out a long breath.

Spending those eight thousand destiny points was worth it. I've broken even and made a profit.

[System Notification: A friendly reminder to the host that the taiyin divine marrow trial period has ended. The vessel is about to enter a twelve-hour weakness period.]

[The Wan Jian Holy Land's hatred value has reached its maximum; please be prepared for defense, host.]

"Old Li, withdraw." Gu Sheng issued the command.

Far North Icefield.

In mid-air.

Li Yifeng put away his broken sword.

He glanced at the trembling Disciples on the Wan Jian Holy Land's spiritual boat and did not swing a third sword.

Taking a step forward, Li Yifeng returned to the underground square.

Inside the underground square.

Gu Han's fingers hovered above the zither strings.

She did not use the third chance for an attack.

It had to be kept as a deterrent.

The power of the taiyin divine marrow rapidly receded.

The world-destroying aura around Gu Han instantly plummeted to rock bottom.

Even the original spiritual power fluctuations of Qi Refining Great Perfection vanished completely.

Her body went limp, and she tumbled forward.

"Sister Gu!"

Su Qianxue was quick of eye and hand, rushing forward to catch Gu Han.

The moment she touched her, Su Qianxue shuddered.

Gu Han's body was as cold as a piece of ten-thousand-year black ice, devoid of life.

Mu Qinghan also rushed over, kneeling on one knee beside Gu Han with an anxious expression.

"Sister has overdrawn her Origin," Mu Qinghan quickly checked. "We must immediately find a place for secluded cultivation to recover."

Li Yifeng held his broken sword and stood below the altar, warily watching the huge hole above.

There was no movement from the floating islands outside.

Those old monsters were suppressed by the strike just now; none of them dared to be the first to stick their necks out.

"Let's leave first." Su Qianxue carried Gu Han on her back.

The nine nether soul-suppressing zither turned into a streak of light and entered the snowflake mark on Gu Han's forehead.

Just as the four were preparing to evacuate through the passage.

A sudden change occurred.

In the sky above the Far North Icefield.

The Heaven-Veiling Talisman that Zhao Wuji of the Wan Jian Holy Land had applied suddenly ignited spontaneously.

The golden light dissipated.

The Heavenly Dao Lightning Punishment that should have descended did not appear.

In its place were three terrifying auras that made the entire Far North Icefield tremble.

These three auras directly tore through the fragmented spatial Laws of the Far North Icefield.

It wasn't a suppression of cultivation base.

Instead, they forcibly propped open an independent world using great magic power.

Three huge spatial vortexes appeared in the sky.

Three figures slowly stepped out of the vortexes.

The person on the left wore a black-and-white Daoist robe, held a fly-whisk, had their eyes closed, and was surrounded by the Qi of Life and Death.

The person on the right was shirtless, with dark gold skin, resembling an ancient demon god; the surrounding space constantly collapsed with his breathing.

The person in the center wore a green robe and had a refined face, playing with two crystal-clear beads in his hand.

The auras of the three far exceeded Void Refinement.

They surpassed the Dao Integration, Mahayana, and Tribulation Transcendence Realms.

This was the Nirvana Realm.

The true Peak combat power of the cultivation world, second only to the legendary Creation Old Immortal.

The thousands of Loose Cultivators on the outskirts of the Ice Valley all bled from their seven orifices and fainted the moment these three auras descended.

Even the floating islands of the Taichu Holy Land and the Tianmo Sect were teetering under this pressure.

The underground square.

Li Yifeng suddenly looked up.

For the first time, a look of solemnity appeared in his cloudy eyes.

His Soul Transformation Great Perfection killing Sword Intent was like a candle in the wind before these three auras.

The Realm gap was too large.

So large that even 'Sword Opens the Heaven Gate' could not compensate for it.

Mu Qinghan looked up and clearly saw the three figures through the hole in the ceiling.

Her face instantly turned deathly pale, devoid of blood.

"Heavenly Secrets Pavilion, Mo Wentian."

"Wilderness Magic Venerable, Gu Zhan."

"Supreme Dao Sect Grand Elder, Li Daoran."

Mu Qinghan's voice trembled as she uttered these three names.

These three people.

They were the three Nirvana Stage powerhouses who had joined forces to besiege the Xuanming Main Peak three hundred years ago, leading to the total destruction of Luo Qingxue's soul and spirit.

They had actually descended in their true bodies.

To confirm whether Luo Qingxue had truly been resurrected.

To completely eliminate this hidden threat.

"Luo Qingxue."

The green-robed Confucian scholar in the center, Li Daoran, spoke.

His voice wasn't loud, yet it clearly reached the ears of everyone in the underground square.

"Three hundred years since we last met, and your Lunar Origin is still so pure."

Li Daoran looked down from above.

"It was our mistake that we failed to completely crush your true spirit back then."

"Today, since you dare to appear in the world, you need not leave again."

Mo Wentian in the black-and-white Daoist robe flicked his fly-whisk.

"The heavenly secrets show that the Xuanming Hall has a sliver of life."

"It turns out you're relying on burning your Origin to forcibly activate the nine nether soul-suppressing zither."

"Do you still have the strength to pluck the strings now?"

The Divine Senses of the three Nirvana Realm experts completely locked onto the underground square.

There were no blind spots.

There was no way out.

Su Qianxue carried Gu Han on her back, her legs trembling uncontrollably.

This wasn't fear, but the body's instinctive reaction in the face of absolute power.

Danqingzi fell completely silent within the ring.

Three Nirvana Realm cultivators.

Never mind now; even at his Peak, he would only have been able to flee for his life.

Eastern Desolation, Tianxuan Peak Hall.

The smile on Gu Sheng's face froze completely.

He stared intently at the System light screen.

Three Nirvana Realm cultivators!

Is this the kind of setup a starter village is supposed to have?

"System!" Gu Sheng gritted his teeth. "You call this a physical phenomenon? How could these three old perverts descend across domains so quickly!"

[Ding.]

[System Notification: Three hundred years ago, these three planted a 'Nirvana Soul-Chasing Seal' within the original owner's Divine Soul.]

[The host just used the taiyin divine marrow to forcibly activate an Ultimate Path Spiritual Tool, causing the Soul-Chasing Seal to resonate.]

[They teleported directly here along the 'network cable'.]

Gu Sheng smashed the red sandalwood table in front of him with a single palm strike.

Attacking along the network cable?