You don't want your secret to be revealed by others, right?

The array might stop the other princes, but it couldn't prevent the prying of this Great Cultivator of the Array Path, who even managed to sneak a strand of their Divine Thought inside.

At the beginning, when he had just emerged from the Beiyuan Mountain, it was the Bixu Yungin who informed him of the situation.

Thus, after he instantly killed the first Great Cultivator who charged into the passageway with the Divine Artifact Battle Saber, he chose to make his breakthrough right there and then.

"However, you think to escape now?" Lin Yue's gaze turned slightly cold.

The Ascetic would be the most important arm of the Twelfth Prince in the future; it would be much more troublesome if he wasn't eliminated now, before the Ascetic could achieve Harmonization and become a Saint.

"Seventeenth brother."

At that moment, the Twelfth Prince spoke, "These eight individuals each have at least three feet of national fate protecting them, and yet you dare commit such slaughter?"

Lin Yue asked expressionlessly in return, "What does that amount to for a prince? Legally speaking, it is because you used the array to trap me that I had to kill, so you can't blame me for it."

He was already a Great Cultivator and deeply comprehended the Heaven and Earth Law, now able to see the existence of the protective national fate.

The national fate around the Ascetic looked like faint golden qi, a good fifteen feet thick.

Whereas his own and that of the Twelfth Prince—

Were like donning a dark golden royal robe!

This dark golden robe was a remarkably astonishing manifestation of 'National Fate Royal Robe', condensed from national fate, and was said to be second only to the robe of the Crown Prince of the Eastern Palace in legend!

This royal robe was the protective national fate of the prince.

Therefore, whoever slays a prince will invoke a monstrous sin under the backlash of national fate!

Moreover, protected by the prince's national fate, even mass slaughter of those typically shielded by national fate wouldn't provoke Heavenly Punishment, as the sins would be temporarily concealed by the prince's national fate.

"Protected by national fate, so you disregard sin?"

The Twelfth Prince watched him, slowly saying, "Aren't you afraid that sins will taint your Royal Robe of National Fate?"

"You needn't worry about me, brother; I have all the time in the world to redeem myself," Lin Yue sneered.

In reality, there was no sin in his killings – he had merely implied this so the Twelfth Prince would believe that any sin was simply concealed by his Royal Robe of National Fate.

In the future, he would only need to say that any sin had been offset by merit.

Immediately after, Lin Yue pointed his saber towards the Ascetic, saying faintly, "You're next."

He knew the Twelfth Prince was spouting nonsense to buy time.

But he was also stalling for time.

He was waiting for the Twelfth Prince to accumulate more power, knowing that even if he were to abandon it later in an attempt to save the Ascetic, there wouldn't be enough time to accumulate power again for an escape.

"Your Highness has killed so many, and now you wish to kill this poor monk?"

The Ascetic's hands came together in prayer, his body shining with golden light, like a luminous crystal, with twinkling stars merging within him.

"How will you know without trying?"

With a flash, Lin Yue appeared before the Ascetic, unleashing a slash imbued with an intertwining of Water and Fire Element that swept down like a river of stars overhead!

Despite being unable to use the Heaven and Earth Law, his Physical Body, bearing the transformation of the Heaven and Earth Law, and his Primordial Power, enhanced his speed and Sword Skill, making them much more powerful than before.

If this were in Tianxia Building, he would be strong enough to secure five consecutive victories on the Sixth Layer!

And with the fearsome Divine Artifact Battle Saber, his Sword Skill prowess was such that looking across Great Yong, there were few Great Cultivators who could withstand his saber!

"Boom!"

The saber light transformed into a surging river of stars, but it was caught fiercely between the golden, twinkling hands of the Ascetic, who unexpectedly trapped the blade between his palms.

"Your Highness has considerable brute strength," said the Ascetic with a hint of a smile.

Though he had condensed the embryonic form of his path, attaining a higher realm and technique, without the boost of array power, he couldn't possibly have caught such a forceful slash.

Lin Yue narrowed his eyes slightly, withdrawing his saber to strike again, switching between several True Methods.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom—!!"

The saber-lit star river, at times intertwined with Water and Fire, at others like wind across the waves, and at times like Fire Spreading, unleashed a terrifying array of Sword Skill intents.

Had he been able to use the Heaven and Earth Law, such strength would have been enough to break into the Seventh Layer of Tianxia Building!

But with the Ascetic bolstered by the power of the array, he parried the saber again and again, his stature commanding and immovable as a mountain, seeming like the great Ming King.

"Excellent Sword Skill, Your Highness. It seems that one day amongst the Great Cultivators, Your Highness might well be invincible. This poor monk is far inferior to you."

While parrying the attacks, the Ascetic even found time to praise, his voice faintly trembling with a lion's roar, attempting to distract Lin Yue.

Although the Sword Skill was fearsome, he had completely grasped it and was fully confident in holding out until the Twelfth Prince finished accumulating power to escape – he, too, was putting his mind at ease.

The Twelfth Prince himself had also calmed down a great deal, silently accumulating power.

"The time is almost right..."

In the midst of the saber's twinkling, Lin Yue narrowed his eyes slightly, "It's time for that move."

At this moment, the three types of Primordial Power in his body that were slowly diminishing suddenly surged into full action.

Following the touch of Heaven and Earth Law, now completely transformed, the Water, Fire, and Wind Elements within him roared to life, reverting to their origin.

The Water Element in his head transformed into tumultuous waves, roaring towards the heart below.

The Fire Element from his abdomen turned into an extremely intense flame, surging upwards toward the heart.

And the Wind Element within the heart completely became whirlwinds of swirling currents, instantaneously coursing through his body.

His formidable Physical Body executed the Earth Phase True Method, to the utmost, suppressing the various powers within.

Suddenly, the incredibly surging Water and Fire Elements violently collided within his heart!

"Boom!"

As if a soul-shattering roar erupted, a terrifyingly immense Power burst forth, instantly running wild with the turbulent currents throughout Lin Yue's body!

"This is... Chaos Reopening!"