Divine Brilliance

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

The Yin Dragon Canyon was now like flat land. Any space changes were forcefully suppressed by the Book of Eon Extreme Life.

However the deeper he walked in, the more Zong Shou felt his brain turning dizzy and sinking, extremely uncomfortable.

The blood in his body was like boiling magma, flowing along his blood vessels.

…Weird!

Zong Shou had a million unexplained thoughts. He couldn’t control the changes deep within his body from his bloodline.

He knew that this situation was really dangerous. It was okay if he was within Gantian City, but now it was anything but reassuring…

He was at a total loss as he subconsciously walked forwards. The lethal Yin and cold energy around him actually made him feel refreshed instead.

“What are you doing here? Oh? Actually opening up the soul to let the evil spirits enter, are you mad?”

A cold scoff rose up behind his back. Zong Shou’s muddy thoughts suddenly came awake, his brows rising coldly. The sword hidden in his sleeves came out of its sheath and slashed diagonally.

When his thoughts came out subconsciously, it was when his skills were executed to the highest level.

When the sword shadow came out, it caused the small area behind his body to totally tear apart!

The person behind him was startled, his body retreating swiftly, many red lotuses exploding out.

Different from the Karmic Fire Black Lotus that the Demon Lotus Palace disciple who died in Zong Shou’s hands wielded before, it was a red lotus and had a purification power. Any yin power of evil beings it touched were wiped out.

He advanced gradually and slowly blocked the advance of the sword light.

He retreated ten thousand feet out, and only when Zong Shou’s sword attack weakened did he stop his retreat and slash back, bringing with it an electric current filling the sky, charging against the attack.

Between the two of them, sword light swept out. After a series of clinging and clanging sounds, the yin power within a million feet was smashed apart.

When the sword lights stopped and this clash finally ended in a draw. Zong Shou was jolted awake.

The girl ten thousand feet away was wearing a purple-red dress. She asked with a frown, “Zong Shou, what are you doing?”

Zong Shou laughed helplessly, “So it was Fairy Shui, just now I was behaving abnormally, I am sorry!”

Uncomfortable! Painful! It was much worse than the feeling of the conflicting dual meridians and his body being cut like knives. It was like his body was burning…

Not only the Sky Fox bloodline, even the Sky Burning Flame which came from the Lu family was restless. There was also the Lightning Phoenix mark ,which seemed to be getting deeper into his body, and mark itself at the depths of his bloodline, the source of his life force.

That was not right!

Logically speaking, he had just used yin and yang energy to meditate and the bloodline should have been temporarily stable. Such a situation should definitely have not occured…

It was thanks to this Shui Lingbo. If this woman had not coincidentally appeared, he wouldn’t have managed to safely get past this stage of the bloodline conflict. His soul would also have had to bear with several evil spirits entering his body and attacking his soul.

That Hanxi was also getting restless.

This was due to him progressing too fast, which gave rise to such problems. The correct term would be misfortune…

Only when a spirit master or martial cultivator reached Grade Seven could they be considered true cultivators. Once they did, they would face many trials and tribulations. There were many different forms and different kinds, such as just now!

“Behaving abnormal? Are you joking? With you flawless sword heart you lost control of yourself?” Shui Lingbo felt disbelief as she walked up beside Zong Shou, a wary expression on her face.

Sizing him up carefully, her gaze showed a look of understanding, “No wonder, it’s your bloodline conflicting. Good fellow! Sky Fox blood, Lu Family Sky Burning bloodline, Lightning Phoenix bloodline. The fact that you haven’t died before now is a miracle…”

Her expression turned back to normal, she was quite clear how much pain the current Zong Shou was feeling.

As compared to normal blade wounds, it was a thousand times worse… or was it ten thousand times?

Speaking of which, when they met for the first time, this fellow was already scarily resilient and tough.

Obviously someone with a dual meridian body and barriers from Heaven, but able to open a road from the impossible and reach the peak of the Cloud World.

Zong Shou smiled, “Shouldn’t you be calling me great-great-great-great senior master? My mood is good now, you can say two less greats.”

“You are still in the mood to joke now?” Shui Lingbo swept a look at the teen, she was delighted. “My status has increased too, we are now of the same generation. You should be the one who greets me as senior sister!”

Zong Shou was shocked. No wonder this Shui Lingbo dared to appear in front of him. He was also found it weird. Who in the Common People Path took her as disciple, was it those two?

However he knew that although the Three Sects and Six Schools didn’t follow rote customs, but they definitely didn’t do things like snatching disciples.

He also recalled that Shui Lingbo’s master had died early, and wasn’t in the world.

Was it because of this?

Thinking about that, Zong Shou smiled, “There is a difference in when we entered, but as for seniority, it is hard to say. Are you a direct disciple? Which position are you on the Mysterious Life Golden Book?”

Shui Lingbo’s face instantly collapsed, and she gave out a tragic cry. She was only an inner sect disciple now. Even if she managed to enter the Mysterious Life Golden Book in the future, she would only be behind Zong Shou.

She recalled that this wasn’t the time to talk about all this. Zong Shou was saying all this random stuff to make her distracted.

Her brow instantly furrowed. “Your situation is tough to solve! Unless you find a way to balance the bloodline, it is totally unsolvable. In a week I think you are going to die!”

Zong Shou laughed, grabbing out with his hand as he caught onto a weird-looking evil spirit. Using the Heaven Swallowing Energy Conversion Method to absorb it, he didn’t take it into his body, but formed a circular essence bead in his palm.

“My ambitions haven’t been reached, I don’t want to die with regrets!”

“You really are direct! Is that the Heaven Swallowing Energy Conversion Technique?”

Shui Lingbo’s eyes lit up and saw that Zong Shou had directly sucked out the life mark of that evil being. It seemed it wasn’t actually difficult for Zong Shou to balance his bloodline. “I know that there are at least two water element God beasts hidden here. However, who knows if they are dead or they reached Celestial Realm or God Realm. We might not be able to run into them. To play it safe it is better if we find that person…”

“That person? Is it Tanqiu? Who is disguised as that person?”

“Guess yourself. Since you already have an idea, why did you ask? In the end, why did you ask?” Shui Lingbo’s lips curled up in disdain. “Speaking of which, we haven’t met in a few years and your sword technique really improved! If it wasn’t me just now, other people might not be able to block that!”

…in truth, her heart was filled with fear.

Just now she was just a small bit away from falling! That sword was too sharp and too unexpected. Unless she had no choice, after that first sword she wouldn’t be willing to block a second one.

However, this was something she definitely would never admit!

Zong Shou smiled widely, nodding in agreement, “For Fairy to receive it, I was also surprised! Within the Cloud World there definitely aren’t many who can go up against you!”

Actually, he felt like he himself was rather perverted. Not referring to his personality, but his power.

These weren’t arrogant words, but actually him being really, really humble.

In the same Grade, there were definitely not more than three people in the Cloud World who could take that blow.

However, why did these words sound like the two of them were shamelessly bragging about one another?

The two of them speechlessly exchanged glances, they laughed like mad men, filled with joy, pride and self-mockery.

Shui Lingbo asked curiously, “Just now I was finding it weird how you managed to bear with it when Feng Taiji came. That was such a loss of face, and you aren’t someone who is able to swallow such disrespect…”

“I gave Leidong and Suchen face by not arguing with them.”

“So that was the case! Then what about Wuxuan and Xiao Xiangzi? I have been annoyed with them for a long time. They are so arrogant, raising their heads so high that their noses are about to touch the sky. However, I am much older than them, so it isn’t appropriate for me to attack! To think I was anticipating so much…”

“I progress too quickly, my internal energy has greatly increased!”

“Oh?” Shui Lingbo’s brows rose up, she understood the key to what he was saying.

Zong Shou continued, “If I can’t control my strength, someone will die!” His tone was calm, but was so certain that it couldn’t be doubted at all.

Even if those two needed to die, they couldn’t die in front of everyone and under his hands.

There was no animosity or grievances between them, they just couldn’t stand one another. A battle between young people, there was no need to be so vicious.

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The two of them spoke while walking forwards. Maybe Shui Lingbo was really bored or maybe she just couldn’t take it, continuously talking with him.

As they proceeded forwards she felt something. The broken space around Zong Shou was actually being forcefully suppressed, and she was unable to move and teleport.

Just as she felt surprised and filled with doubts, Zong Shou squinted and looked in one direction, only to feel threads of chilly energy spread over from them. Different from the yin energy here, this was extremely pure, filled with the smell of the ocean, and also extreme cold from the frozen lands.

When Zong Shou felt it, it was like someone who had been hungry and thirsty for a long time smelling the scent of delicious food, his heart was shaking.

That was a water element God beast…

Zong Shou didn’t understand why a God beast was surviving here in these ten thousand year old ruins.

However, the aura was indeed that of a water element God beast! Its Grade wasn’t low, either…

He couldn’t help but grasp the sword in his hand hard enough to make the veins stand out.

Shui Lingbo felt it and frowned, “You are planning to go over?”

Zong Shou didn’t reply, just nodded. What could he do if he didn’t? In the Yin Dragon Canyon, his only way of surviving might be to go over…

Either that, or he left now and searched for a water element God beast in the world river to swallow.

“The aura there doesn’t seem weak!” It wasn’t that strong, but the vast aura was like an endless ocean.

Shui Lingbo only used the words not weak to describe it, then asked, “Do you know why the sects came this time?”

However, she didn’t wait for Zong Shou to ask, opening her mouth to explain, “It is for a pill and a throne.”