Remould the Glory of Sword Art

The scorching hot primordial fire surged like a river, converging at the heart of the black armor before explosively detonating!

Before the burst of flames, Xie Xuanyi cast one last look toward the rear mountain...

Until this moment.

The silvery-white array patterns remained silent.

Xie Xuanyi closed his eyes regretfully as the thousand-degree heat instantly engulfed him.

His black clothes shattered into ashes.

Under the scouring of the scorching primordial fire,

instead of getting blurrier, Xie Xuanyi's consciousness became even clearer.

The words of the Wangyou Island Master before he left echoed in his mind.

["At the Golden Body Realm, it is about washing the marrow to forge the golden body."]

["If you were to seal the one hundred and eight acupoints and extinguish these ignited golden primordial energies... threading them through the meridians, wouldn't it be faster?"]

These past few days,

Xie Xuanyi had been continuously attempting to break through to the Golden Body Realm.

But each time, he ended in failure.

Sealing all the major acupoints, how easy could it be?

The golden primordial fire he had painstakingly ignited before now resided in the acupoints, firmly rooted… To achieve the Golden Body, he needed to drive these fires into every organ, allowing them to flow with his blood.

If it hadn't been for tonight's assassination,

Xie Xuanyi might still have needed a long period of seclusion to forge his "golden body."

Sometimes,

cultivation needed an opportunity.

And at this moment, it was the opportunity to forge the realm of the Golden Body!

"Boom!"

The explosive tide of the self-detonating black armor spread and diffused.

A pair of eyes more intense than the primordial fire suddenly opened.

On Xie Xuanyi's body, those one hundred and eight major acupoints opened up at this moment, boiling primordial fire igniting the meridians.

Next, he made a crazy move: under the barrage of the fierce primordial fire, he didn't shrink back but instead spread his arms wide.

Xie Xuanyi didn't resist the impact of the scorching intense flames.

Instead, he chose to actively "accept" it.

It was because he confirmed that his was a pseudo Golden Body Realm.

That black armor had chosen to "self-destruct."

At such a close distance, the force unleashed by this "self-destruction" was enough to kill any cultivator below the Golden Body Realm.

Those slightly weaker body refiners, whose Golden Body Realm were not firmly forged, would also die in this primordial fire explosion!

As for the sword cultivators, they were even more fragile.

Sword cultivators who had achieved the Sword Qi Cave Heaven, despite possessing extremely powerful offensive capabilities, had mostly frail bodies. Under the terrifying inferno of the primordial fire explosion, their protective gang qi would be directly shattered, followed by their organs, hearts, and even their Divine Seas.

Being hit by the black armor meant only a "dead end."

By the time the primordial fire extinguished, the sword cultivators would also turn to flying ash.

Unfortunately,

the black armor could never have imagined that Xie Xuanyi's "pseudo Golden Body" was different from others.

Within his body, there was still a small half drop of the Undying Spring.

...

...

With a "boom"!

The huge noise from the back mountain of Lotus Peak caught the attention of many.

This primordial fire that soared into the sky tore through the curtain of rain and burst into a poignant scarlet firework in the sky.

Just leaving the grand hall of Golden Turtle Peak, Huang Su, who was standing at the top of the stone steps at this moment, suddenly furrowed her brows.

She looked incredulously toward the location of Lotus Peak, her expression somewhat pale.

"What was that sound... what's happening?"

"Seems like it's Lotus Peak?"

The crowd standing in front of the grand hall also turned their gazes.

The shattered primordial fire scattered in the night sky, instantly splendid, and then withered away.

Faintly mixed with the scent of blood and fire,

and some remnants of Sword Intent.

Clang!

A furious Sword Sound resonated in front of the Golden Turtle Peak grand hall. Huang Su swung her sleeves and wielded Flurried Cloud, her expression chilling to the extreme. This fierce Sword Intent shook the cultivators within several meters, causing them to fall to the ground. The people, confused, watched as the new Lotus Peak Master transformed into a long rainbow, shooting towards the direction of the bursting fireworks.

"Law Enforcers of Golden Turtle Peak, all gather! Tighten security at the mountain gate!"

The next moment, a cold voice rang out from the depths of the Golden Turtle Peak grand hall.

Qi Lie rose from his seat with a livid face, surrounded by law enforcers, all standing up. For a moment, the entire grand hall was permeated with a murderous aura, solemn and quiet.

Tonight was a special night.

That "thing" in the rear mountain was causing trouble again, and the Law Enforcement, not caring to manage affairs outside the mountain, had specially handed the Sword Qi Decree to him. Qi Lie had already filled every corner of Da Sui Sword Palace with his divine thoughts... but he hadn't expected a "slip" to occur still, this primordial fire explosion came without any warning, and the fragmented Sword Intent that perished with the Primordial fire made him uneasy.

Qi Lie took a deep breath, pressing down the disturbance in his Heart Lake, and bowed to the elders seated above.

"Please, do not leave your seats until I return."

Having said that, he also rode his sword away.

Throughout the grand hall of Golden Turtle Peak, everyone looked at each other, still unclear about what had happened.

Even the influential figures were the same.

However, with their powerful divine thoughts, they immediately caught the slight abnormality, clearly understanding what the recent explosion in the night sky meant...

That wasn't firework for entertainment.

It was a self-detonating Primordial Fire meant to take lives.

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...

As Huang Su reached the back mountain of Lotus Peak, the downpour had grown heavier.

The downpour from the sky intensified, yet it fueled the raging fire even more.

The recent primordial fire explosion.

From several miles away, one could see that light flaming straight to the sky's zenith.

At the explosion's center, within a 50-zhang radius, everything was completely flattened, and the entire dense forest was burning. Amid the surging sea of fire, an obscure dark figure seated in a lotus position was faintly visible. Despite the layers of flame barriers, Huang Su recognized the identity of this figure immediately.

"Xie Zhen!"

Huang Su shouted anxiously, quickly shattering the sky-full of flames with her Sword Energy, and dashed toward the seated figure.

But as she neared.

She suddenly stopped.

About twenty yards away, Huang Su saw Xie Zhen's condition clearly.

Most of the young man's clothes had turned to ash, his skin charred by burns, yet he still maintained a seated position. At the epicenter of the Primordial Fire Explosion, a huge crater about ten yards across had formed, and Xie Zhen was seated right in it, the residual Primordial Fire, like venomous snakes, ferociously biting into his skin.

A dense scent of dead silence emanated from the crater.

But what made Huang Su halt

was not the aura of dead silence,

but rather…

within that deathly aura, a faint hint of vitality was emitting.

"Uncle Master Huang Su, you've arrived."

The youth sitting in the raging inferno slowly opened his eyes, his voice sounding somewhat weak but surprisingly still carried a smile.

Huang Su stared blankly at the youth before her.

Having endured such a blast of Primordial Fire at such close range…

He wasn't dead?

No.

Not only was he not dead, but he had also become stronger.

She could clearly feel the changes occurring inside Xie Zhen's body. The raging Primordial Fire that invaded his skin and organs not only failed to destroy this flesh but became "nourishment" for his meridians. Despite the fierceness of the blaze, which neither strong winds nor heavy rain could disturb, wisps of Primordial Fire were now streaking towards Xie Zhen.

Xie Zhen was actively drawing in the Primordial Fire.

Even Huang Su felt the madness of the person before her.

Was he using the Primordial Fire to advance to the Golden Body Realm?!

"Junior Sister!"

It was at this moment that Qi Lie hurried to Lotus Peak's back mountain.

He, too, lost his composure upon seeing this scene. His eyes conveyed guilt, regret, sorrow, and self-reproach.

"The process of forging a Golden Body cannot be distracted."

Without time to explain too much, Xie Xuanyi simply stated softly, "Please, Uncle Masters, protect me... As for tonight's events, allow me to explain after my promotion."

"Okay!"

Huang Su and Qi Lie exchanged glances, both relieved to see that Xie Zhen was unharmed, the huge boulder hanging in their hearts thus settling.

Huang Su stepped back while simultaneously waving her sleeve.

A set of Flying Swords shot out, high and hanging, sealing off the back mountain of Lotus Peak.

The sea of fire was obscured by the Flying Swords.

Next moment.

Several streaks of sword light swooped in from the distant sky.

By the time others arrived at the scene, the sea of fire was already enclosed by the Flying Swords, the entire deep forest enveloped in dense Sword Qi, with dense raindrops pounding, splashing out long silver lines.

Huang Su and Qi Lie stood before the forest's Sword Energy Barrier, barring everyone else's way.

The banquet at Golden Turtle Peak's grand hall, due to this incident, was forced to halt, but as Qi Lie left, he issued orders for the Law Enforcers to guard the grand hall.

Now arriving at Lotus Peak were a few perennially secluded Guest Elders, Elders.

An Elder of the Sword Palace landed, immediately blurting out anxiously, "What's the situation inside? Why is it sealed off... Is someone planning to attack the Sect Leader?"

The blaze of light over Lotus Peak,

Anyone of higher realms could tell... this was Primordial Fire.

"The Sect Leader is unharmed."

Huang Su shook her head, her expression cold as she said, "There has been an assassination at the Sword Palace."

"Sword Palace, assassination?"

The Elder was stunned.

Disbelief was written all over his face.

This statement was utterly preposterous!

In Da Sui Sword Palace, each main peak was enveloped in Sword Qi Decrees, protected by the Peak Masters' Divine Thought, and besides that, there were Yang God Realm Law Enforcement Masters in charge.

Qi Lie's expression was complex, with regret appearing in his eyes.

He silently clenched the Sword Qi Decree, just about to say something.

"The assassin is very knowledgeable about the rules of the Sword Palace, avoiding both the Divine Thought of the Law Enforcement and the detection of the Peak Masters' Sword Qi Decree,"

Huang Su stepped forward, calmly stating, "Buddway and I failed to notice anything unusual... This assassination happened very quickly, possibly less than twenty breaths. Being able to avoid Divine Thought detection, this assassination likely involved 'Mechanical Techniques' or the art of 'talisman.'"

The several Sword Palace Elders looked at each other.

"Wait... if the Sect Leader is unharmed, who was the assassin targeting at Lotus Peak?"

One Elder frowned and asked.

He watched the sea of fire shielded by the Flying Swords, and though Huang Su only protected the outer perimeter of the forest, she did not prevent Divine Thought exploration, thus he vaguely saw a blurred, young silhouette.

"Xie Zhen?"

This Elder was shocked after gaining a clearer view, murmuring, "The one who was just attacked… it's Xie Zhen… He is still alive?"

Huang Su silently nodded.

"This child indeed has a big fate,"

This Elder said with a complex expression, "But having suffered such an attack, can he still participate in tomorrow's 'Xuanshui Cave Heaven' competition?"

In a few more two hours.

After daybreak.

Xuanshui Cave Heaven would open.

This was a half-century-awaited grand event, countless people striving eagerly to catch a glimpse.

As these words settled, the atmosphere at the scene became somewhat somber.

The four words 'Xuanshui Cave Heaven'…

couldn't help but bring back memories of the recent bustling days at the Sword Palace.

If this assassination targeted Xie Zhen,

Then the person who dispatched the assassin, what exactly were they plotting?

Before tonight, perhaps this question was difficult to answer, as Xie Zhen was merely a Dark Child in the library, even though he had impressive performances in Beihai Ling, he was but a mere covert pawn.

After tonight,

The answer to this question became rather obvious.

Xie Zhen.

Was a disciple of Xie Xuanyi.

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