Desolate Devouring Art

Chapter 520 - Fifth-Level of the Heavenly Phase Realm

The Heavenly Dragon Seal burst into an overwhelming, dazzling golden radiance that lit up half the sky. The dragon aura it released was so immense that it could be felt all the way in Azure Mountain City. The moment the seal was unleashed, the sky itself seemed to change—the sun and moon dimmed as if overshadowed by the sheer force of the seal's power.

Liu Wuxie felt the desolate world was about to be exhausted because the Heavenly Dragon Seal absorbed all his true essence.

Wherever the golden radiance touched, the earth caved in, reshaping the landscape under the immense pressure of the Heavenly Dragon Seal. The Sky Yin Ancestor, gripped by terror, stood frozen, unable to resist. It felt as if the very wrath of the heavens had descended upon him, rendering him powerless to move.

“Sister Jian, look! There’s a divine dragon!” A vivid divine dragon could be seen in the golden radiance, wanting to charge out from the Heavenly Dragon Seal. This was the Heavenly Dragon Seal’s artifact spirit. It might have lost its intelligence, but its Dragon Clan’s will remained.

“How can you possibly possess the Dragon Clan’s treasure?!” The Sky Yin Ancestor was suppressed on the spot, and his swollen body began to deflate.

Liu Wuxie descended from the air and stood before the Sky Yin Ancestor. He took out a supreme-grade spirit stone and began absorbing it quickly, allowing him to recover thirty percent of his true essence.

Now that he had prepared everything, Liu Wuxie withdrew the Heavenly Dragon Seal and placed it inside the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron to continue nourishing it. After all, the runes on the seal had become significantly dimmer after using it.

“All that energy, consumed in a single use after nourishing it for so long...” Liu Wuxie muttered, feeling a mix of frustration and awe at the power of the Heavenly Dragon Seal. He knew it would be a long time before he could wield its might again.

The surrounding space returned to normal after the overwhelming pressure released by the Heavenly Dragon Seal vanished, and the Sky Yin Ancestor looked at Liu Wuxie in horror.

Liu Wuxie converted many spirit stones into spiritual liquid, which flowed into the Sky Devouring Divine Cauldron and bathed the Heavenly Dragon Seal.

“Tell me, who sent you to kill me?” Liu Wuxie looked at the Sky Yin Ancestor coldly. A terrifying chill pierced the Sky Yin Ancestor, turning him into an ice sculpture. His cultivation was crippled, and he was nothing more than a living corpse at Liu Wuxie’s mercy.

The Sky Yin Ancestor’s dantian had shattered, and he was frozen in ice; he couldn’t even die if he wanted to.

"Who the hell are you, and why would someone like you come to a miserable place like Azure Mountain City?" The Sky Yin Ancestor's face contorted with rage, his eyes burning with fury as his body reverted to its humanoid form. But the moment he returned to normal, the harsh side effects of the ghost technique became evident.

His skin sagged and wrinkled, his appearance now grotesque, like a decaying corpse.

“I’ll give you one more chance. Who sent you to kill me? Don’t force me to search your soul!” Liu Wuxie’s voice turned colder.

At the mention of a soul search, the Sky Yin Ancestor trembled. He knew that undergoing such a process would destroy his soul completely, leaving no chance for reincarnation.

“Teng Wanqiu!” the Sky Yin Ancestor said, gritting his teeth.

“Junior Brother Liu, Teng Wanqiu is the father of Teng Zijun, the Teng Clan’s current patriarch,” Jian Xing’er explained as she walked over.

“So, the Teng Clan is behind this!” Liu Wuxie’s eyes flickered with a flash of murderous intent. He had no intentions to go after the Teng Clan, but he didn’t expect them to provoke him first. Since that was the case, he planned to erase the Teng Clan from the world’s surface.

Jian Xing’er trembled angrily upon learning that the Teng Clan was the mastermind. The Jian Clan wouldn’t have declined if it wasn’t for the Teng Clan, and those who helped her in the past wouldn’t have died.

“What did the Teng Clan offer you for killing me?” Liu Wuxie carried on his questioning. After all, it made no sense for the Sky Yin Ancestor to come after him for no reason.

“Them!” The Sky Yin Ancestor pointed at Jian Xing’er and Chen Ruoyan.

Liu Wuxie finally learned of the Teng Clan’s scheme through their conversation. The Sky Yin Ancestor was a lecher and required yin energy because he practiced ghost techniques.

In addition to the fact that Jian Xing’er and Chen Ruoyan were both cultivators, their yin energy was strong, and the Sky Yin Ancestor was naturally tempted.

“How despicable! There’s no need for them to carry on existing!” Liu Wuxie placed his hand on Sky Yin Ancestor’s head and extracted his primordial spirit and memories, absorbing them into himself.

“Protect me while I cultivate!” His true essence was heavily exhausted after using the Heavenly Dragon Seal. It would be courting death for him to seek revenge on the Teng Clan.

If he could reach the fifth level of the Heavenly Phase Realm, Liu Wuxie was confident he could obliterate the Teng Clan using the Heavenly Dragon Seal and Earth Binding Chains.

Without wasting time, he took out array flags and planted them around his location, creating a protective formation. Then, he sat cross-legged while Jian Xing’er and Chen Ruoyan stood guard, ensuring no ambushes could interrupt him.

Time slipped by. Liu Wuxie had long been on the verge of a breakthrough, but the matters concerning Jian Xing’er had kept him too busy to focus on it.

Now, his breakthrough was smooth and swift. Soon, his aura surged, marking his advance to the fifth level of the Heavenly Phase Realm. His depleted true essence rapidly replenished as he drew spiritual energy from his surroundings.

However, the resources in this area were sparse, and the spiritual energy was thin. With no other option, Liu Wuxie took out supreme-grade spirit stones, along with Blood Abyssal Stones, absorbing their power. In just half a day, he had recovered nearly ninety percent of his true essence.

As he made his breakthrough, a massive vortex formed above his head, pulling spiritual energy from the surroundings with incredible speed.

“What terrifying absorption speed!” Jian Xing’er and Chen Ruoyan exchanged looks and could see the shock in each other’s eyes. This was their first time witnessing Liu Wuxie’s cultivation.

Three days passed in the blink of an eye, and Liu Wuxie’s cultivation had completely stabilized.

With a soft whistle, the valley began to tremble with countless profound beasts fleeing in horror. When Liu Wuxie opened his eyes, his gaze was like two sharp swords piercing the sky and creating two shockwaves that produced a deafening roar.

“Congratulations on your breakthrough, Brother Liu!” Chen Ruoyan came over with Jian Xing’er to congratulate Liu Wuxie.

“Yeah!” Liu Wuxie nodded and stretched his body. The True Dragon Physique was especially powerful because he didn’t suffer any backlash after using the Heavenly Dragon Seal. He wouldn’t suffer a severe backlash if he used the Earth Binding Chains.

“Junior Brother Liu, what should we do next?” Jian Xing’er asked. She knew Liu Wuxie wouldn’t let the Teng Clan go based on his personality. They had only survived because Liu Wuxie had managed to kill the Sky Yin Ancestor.

“Let’s take a trip to the Sky Yin Sect. I bet the Sky Yin Ancestor must’ve accumulated plenty of treasures over the years, and we can also take the opportunity to wipe them out to prevent them from harming the world.” Liu Wuxie planned to visit the Sky Yin Sect next.

The two women had no objections because the Sky Yin Sect had to be eliminated after wreaking havoc in the world for so long.

Uprooting the Sky Yin Sect was one thing, but Liu Wuxie had also learned something from the Sky Yin Ancestor’s memories. He had erased all the useless memories and left only the important ones.

The three quickened their pace and shuttled through the mountain range like three meteors, where they found the Sky Yin Sect in a secluded valley. The security here was tight after Liu Wuxie scanned the place with Ghost Eye.

“There are five hundred and seventy people. The strongest is at the pinnacle Heavenly Phase Realm, but most are in the True Core Realm. There aren’t many in the Heavenly Dipper Realm among them,” Liu Wuxie said as he withdrew his divine sense.

“Brother Liu, what do you need us to do?” Chen Ruoyan was eager to fight. She had been cautious around Liu Wuxie in the past, but their relationship had become much closer after that night. The righteous and vengeful third princess had returned.

“Have you seen the rows of houses?” Liu Wuxie pointed toward the valley, where rows of houses could be seen.

The two women nodded. They didn’t have Ghost Eye, and their divine sense could not reach that far, so they could only rely on their eyes.

“There are many women and infants imprisoned there. I need you two to rescue them when the fight breaks out in case the remnants of the Sky Yin Sect use them as hostages.”

The women and infants were innocent, and they could save however many they could.

“Okay!” Jian Xing’er nodded because rescuing them was also a way of helping Liu Wuxie.

Next was to set up a spiritual array because Liu Wuxie planned to trap the entire Sky Yin Sect to prevent any one of them from escaping. He even took some time to teach the two women how to enter and exit the spiritual array.

The following day, Liu Wuxie appeared above the Sky Yin Sect and swung the Heretic Blade down. His attack caused countless buildings to collapse. The Sky Yin Sect’s disciples crawled out, covered in dust.

After reaching the fifth level of the Heavenly Phase Realm, Liu Wuxie’s strength had multiplied severely, and his aura covered the entire Sky Yin Sect.

“Who dares to attack the Sky Yin Sect!” A cultivator at the pinnacle of the Heavenly Phase Realm leaped up from the ground and looked at Liu Wuxie. Many disciples in the low levels of the Heavenly Phase Realm appeared with weapons in their hands. As for those in the True Core Realm, they could only observe because they couldn’t fly.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Jian Xing’er and Chen Ruoyan sneaked into the rows of houses. Jian Xing’er easily dealt with the two guards who were in the True Core Realm.

When they opened the first door, a rotting stench hit their nostrils. Three women, their hair disheveled, were imprisoned in this room with two infants in their arms.

The three women screamed in horror when someone came in, thinking that it was their turn.

“Don’t be afraid. We’re here to save you!” Jian Xing’er put a finger on her lips.

The women immediately became silent upon hearing that they were being rescued. In just a few minutes, Jian Xing’er and Chen Ruoyan went from room to room, gathering over thirty women and ten infants.

Many of their clothes had become rags, and they were tortured beyond recognition. Aside from their physical injuries, the Sky Yin Ancestor still had no time to consume them.

Liu Wuxie stood proudly in mid-air and didn’t attack because he was waiting for the women and infants to be rescued before he started a massacre.

When all the women and infants were rescued, they fled the Sky Yin Sect through the back mountain. They were safe when they left the spiritual array because the entire Sky Yin Sect was like a cage that prevented anyone inside from escaping.

“What’s going on? Why are we trapped here?” A disciple in the True Core Realm wanted to leave, only to discover they were trapped.

The Sky Yin Ancestor had only gathered a group of followers, and they did not feel any sense of belonging to the Sky Yin Sect. Thus, it was natural for the Sky Yin Sect to fall apart when danger arose.

“This is bad! The imprisoned slaves have all been rescued!” Another group ran over, and the Sky Yin Sect fell into chaos.