Remould the Glory of Sword Art

White Ghost!

The moment this face appeared, the entire Yin Mountain subsidiary sect, within a ten-mile radius, fell into absolute "stagnation".

A powerful oppression enveloped the area.

The air around the main peak seemed to freeze.

But Xie Xuanyi remained unmoved... he neither retracted the Golden Cave Heaven nor the Chen Ke, continuing to stand emotionlessly atop the main peak.

"You, why do you not kneel?"

The pallid face, comprised of innumerable yin souls, stared directly at Xie Xuanyi.

A simple phrase.

Yet it carried an extremely strong spiritual soul impact.

"Why should I kneel?"

Xie Xuanyi calmly met the gaze of that pallid face, and scoffed derisively, "Do you think I'm like those brainless disciples and grand-disciples of Yin Mountain, or do you believe I'm unaware of the 'Thousand-Mile God Descent' trick?"

Thousand-Mile God Descent.

It required an extremely profound soul power, as well as the foundation of a great array, to be executed.

Daoist Chi Hun established the Yin Mountain subsidiary sect here, forming a great array.

White Ghost had inscribed "array patterns" in the Heart Lake of Daoist Chi Hun.

Daoist Chi Hun died and his Dao dissipated—

Naturally, White Ghost would be the first to know.

He could even know the events that occurred just before Daoist Chi Hun's death, but the prerequisite was that the "carvings" bearing the memories of Daoist Chi Hun's Heart Lake must return to the Yin Mountain main sect.

At this moment, the face formed by yin souls within the Soul-devouring Banner.

It was White Ghost.

And it was not White Ghost.

To be precise... this was merely an imprint left by White Ghost, possessing only part of White Ghost's "soul power".

But it did not possess White Ghost's true cultivation realm.

"Evil impediment."

A trace of anger slowly emerged on the White Ghost's face.

He extended his palm.

Countless yin souls tumbled and roared, pressing down towards the peak of the black mountain.

"The evil impediment is you."

Xie Xuanyi showed no courtesy, unleashing the Chen Ke, striking back upward!

The Flying Sword instantly pierced through hundreds of feet of yin souls, and in a flash, it reached high above the sky!

"Boom—"

The spirits of darkness collided with the Pure Yang Flying Sword, and in just an instant, were obliterated into smoke and ash.

This sword faced virtually no resistance!

Throughout the entire Yin Mountain subsidiary sect, only the sound of a tremendous quake could be heard!

In the eyes of those Yin Mountain disciples who were kneeling, the scene was utterly shocking and illogical... one of the three ancestors who presided over Yin Mountain had exercised a great divine skill, spanning a thousand miles to manifest a Dharma form through Gods descent, and extended a hand to subjugate a rebellious disciple.

Yet that rebellious disciple did not retreat.

Instead, with a single sword strike, he smashed the ancestor's palm, arm, everything to pieces!

"Aaahhh..."

Countless yin souls shattered, releasing unwilling and agonized howls before their souls perished.

Then came a shaking of golden light.

The yin souls forming White Ghost's arm were completely obliterated!

The sword strike did not stop.

Xie Xuanyi stood on the flying sword, heading straight for the sky!

Thousand-Mile God Descent, emphasizes the pressure of the divine soul.

Two lifetimes of cultivation, and what Xie Xuanyi feared the least was the oppression of the Divine Soul!

Ten years ago.

The White Ghost couldn't suppress him with its Divine Soul Realm.

Today, even less so!

"Dare to make me kneel with just a wisp of Divine Thought?"

Xie Xuanyi charged directly into the dark clouds above, wreaking havoc within the Yin Soul Formation of the Soul-devouring Banner. Since he had already killed Daoist Chi Hun today, he would not allow the array patterns of Divine Thoughts engraved in Chi Hun's Heart Lake by the White Ghost to return to their origin sect!

In other words, all these Yin Souls must die!

"Sword Qi fans out!"

Xie Xuanyi summoned the Golden Cave Heaven above his head, directly smashing a huge hole in the White Ghost's face.

Immediately following, hundreds of flying swords streaked out from the Golden Cave Heaven.

The flying swords whirled wildly, end to end, slowly revolving, like a gigantic circular screen!

As Xie Xuanyi's Divine Thought fell.

These countless flying swords swept away the remnants of clouds at the sky's zenith, scattering the souls of the evil spirits within the Soul-devouring Banner!

The entire Yin Mountain sub-sect plunged into a cacophony of ghostly wails and howls.

The Yin Mountain disciples, kneeling on the ground, were utterly stunned.

"The ancestral master has shown his spirit!"

"The one who's manifested... Is it really the ancestral master?"

"The ancestral master got blown up!"

This dramatic turnaround took place within mere tens of breaths, and the White Ghost, which had been consolidating its Divine Thought Dharma Form at the sky's zenith, had been disassembled by the golden flying swords, shattered haphazardly. The previously awe-inspiring colossal face had been beaten to pieces!

Xie Xuanyi alone, with a single flying sword, exterminated all the Yin Ghosts accumulated by Daoist Chi Hun over ten years within the Soul-devouring Banner.

He smashed all the array patterns engraved by the White Ghost to smithereens!

Eventually, he landed back at the peak, arriving before the Soul-devouring Banner Magic Artifact.

This large banner was already at the level of a Spiritual Treasure.

Although it couldn't compare to the "Dao Furnace"... it had been stained with the blood of countless innocent lives.

Xie Xuanyi wasn't certain what strange Demon Arts the Evil Cultivators of the South Border had, whether they could extract remaining memories through Magic Artifacts.

So the safest course of action.

Was to destroy everything here.

"Hiss!"

Chen Ke shot out instantly, circling the towering Soul-devouring Banner a hundred times. This Spiritual Treasure was instantly shattered into dozens of pieces, and then crushed into dust by Xie Xuanyi's Sword Qi.

With this.

Daoist Chi Hun was dead, his Dao annihilated, and the array patterns of the White Ghost were in tatters.

The last remaining Spiritual Treasure, the Soul-devouring Banner, along with those defiled Yin Souls nurtured for years, also vanished into smoke and ashes.

The entire Yin Mountain sub-sect.

Was left with only those disciples who were still kneeling, yet to regain their senses.

"Master."

Xie Xuanyi stood on the highest main peak, looking down at the sea of people below, and spoke softly, "You once admonished me, saying 'Heaven has the virtue of good life,' and as a Sword Cultivator who wields a sharp sword, one should always have a compassionate heart..."

He paused slightly.

"...But when facing Evil Cultivators, one must not harbor a single trace of mercy or pity."

Together, these two sentences.

Formed the complete admonition left by master.

Xie Xuanyi exhaled softly, saying, "I have always kept these teachings in mind, disciple."

After saying this.

Xie Xuanyi unfolded the Sword Qi Cave Heaven once more.

He leapt from the highest main peak, stepping on a flying sword, and swept toward the sea of Yin Mountain disciples.

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Yin Mountain Sect was in the midst of its Sealing Mountain Day.

A grand formation enveloped a hundred miles.

Blood light filled the sky, and miasma pervaded the air.

A scarlet streak of light rushed hurriedly into the grand formation... Given the period of Sealing Mountain, those allowed into the grand formation must undoubtedly be disciples of Yin Mountain with considerable status.

This scarlet blood light streaked for tens of miles before halting just in front of a desolate and barren hill.

"Master, Master! Disaster has struck!"

The blood light dissipated, revealing a gaunt face.

That face, devoid of color, kneeled in front of the barren hill's cliffside, bowing his head as if pounding garlic.

The cliffside slowly opened up.

Two young boys, each holding a candle, walked out from the dark depths within the cliffside.

The gaunt man kneeling on the ground, his voice a mix of sobs and pleas, said "Seventh senior brother, third senior brother, they're all dead!"

The two young boys exchanged a glance.

The candle flames flickered.

"Is it true?"

A cold and indifferent scolding emerged from the depths of the cliffside "If Chi Hun is dead, how could my array patterns not have noticed?"

The man kneeling on the ground just kept kowtowing relentlessly.

All was left unsaid.

A moment later.

The White Ghost, who was in deep seclusion, realized the gravity of the situation.

Daoist Chi Hun was his most valued disciple.

A ten-year arduous cultivation in Avici Cave Heaven, once he broke through, he would become a distinguished Yin God master.

It wasn't terrifying that Daoist Chi Hun was dead.

What was terrifying was...

...the array patterns he had planted in the heart of Daoist Chi Hun did not return with the man's Yin Soul to the main sect!

This meant that this death was a carefully orchestrated end by someone.

Daoist Chi Hun died, and those Yin Souls... all perished as well!

"Not long ago, the two senior brothers left the main sect to head to Liu Chong Mountain's domain to rebuild the sect, and just recently, disaster struck."

The gaunt man's voice was hoarse, "The sub-sect of Liu Chong Mountain nearly three thousand disciples of Yin Mountain, annihilated... All Yin Souls were completely wiped out."

Suddenly, a great gust of wind blew!

The candle flames, which the two young boys were holding, saw their wicks teeter and nearly snuffed out!

A furious voice erupted from the depths of the cliffside.

"Who did this! The Taoists, the Buddhist Sect, or the Sword Palace!"

The gaunt man dared not speak.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The entire cliffside trembled violently from the White Ghost's rage.

"Before the Imperial City Envoy left, he vowed again and again he would not trouble Yin Mountain in these years!"

"Issue my command!"

White Ghost spoke angrily, "All disciples of the main sect, investigate! During this period, which Yin Gods have led disciples in and out of South Border!"

Whoever is capable of killing three thousand disciples of Yin Mountain in such a short time...

...must be a great power that understands Yin Mountain extremely well!

And even able to kill a Perfect Cave Heaven Daoist Chi Hun and entirely eradicate his hidden array patterns.

The perpetrator could only belong to the Yin God Realm.

This angry voice nearly echoed throughout half of the main sect of Yin Mountain.

The two young boys holding the candles turned pale, kneeling quickly due to the fury.

And the gaunt man kneeling on the ground dared not even speak.

As a core disciple of the White Ghost...

He knew why his master was so furious.

In recent years, Yin Mountain's situation had been difficult—it was not until recently that they had barely struck a deal with the Imperial City Envoy, bringing some peace.

Yet the backlash came so swiftly.

No sooner had the envoy from the Imperial City left than their own sub-sect was slaughtered to extinction, wiped out entirely!

This incident must be thoroughly investigated to uncover the truth.

If it truly originated from Da Chu.

Then White Ghost would undoubtedly seek an explanation from that Imperial City Envoy.

A moment later.

The thunderous voice within the cliffside gradually subsided, and the candle flames also slowly returned to calm.

"Master."

The man kneeling on the ground lifted his head, cautiously speaking, "Perhaps there is no need to go to such trouble to investigate the culprit."

"..."

Within the seclusion of the cliffside, there was silence.

Bearing the weight of oppression.

The man clenched his teeth and spoke with difficulty "The sect on Liu Chong Mountain has been utterly eradicated... and that person inscribed a message on the summit wall."

The two young boys looked at each other, each feeling an extremely ominous premonition.

"He said."

"This extermination is merely a greeting, hardly worth mentioning... To obliterate two sects is to send regards to Yin Mountain on behalf of the Daoist Master."

As the term 'Daoist Master' was spoken.

The truth behind this extermination was laid bare—

In these years.

Yin Mountain had been suppressed by the Paperman Sect to the point of being forced to seal the mountain.

But that wasn't enough!

Jin Yuan the Immortal and Daoist Chi Hun, merely stepped away temporarily from the main sect, and their entire sect was slaughtered!

This event immediately acquired the most logical explanation.

With a boom!

A gaunt figure emerged from the darkness within the cliffside, a very tall figure draped in a large, white linen robe as vast as a mat.

He was ghastly pale as snow.

Only his eyes, pitch-black like ink, lacked pupils.

White Ghost was so angered that he had to prematurely end his seclusion.

He supported himself on the cliffside, slowly gazing out at the continuous mountains outside Yin Mountain's main sect.

The atmosphere around seemed to solidify into substance.

Hate, murderous intent, and endless grave emotions all condensed at this moment.

White Ghost gently pressed against the cliffside, the dull thud of the impact reverberating hundreds of miles.

His expression was ice-cold as he spoke to the expanses of the mountains and wilderness.

And also to the other two from Yin Mountain.

"Paperman Sect has gone too far…"

"In face of today's humiliation, can you really endure it, both of you?"

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