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It is conceivable that the demon race, which was originally just "livestock" being herded, could not last long under such a massacre. So, once all the only "medium" for improving cultivation, besides spiritual energy, was exhausted, what would become of the cultivators?
"They still have choices."
— Half of him became a demon.
"To attack mortals."
Even demons, who are of low intelligence, can gain immense benefits from mortals. Let alone cultivators who are skilled in various spiritual energy formations, as long as they are willing, they can obtain vast spiritual energy resources by sacrificing a large number of mortals. Clearly, in the understanding of the cultivation world, these people are "fallen into the demonic path".
—Half of Buddhahood.
"Targeting one's own kind."
Just like the Immortal Slaughtering Alliance's act of slaying immortals, when spiritual energy is still abundant, doing so would only provoke the hostility of all cultivators. After all, today they could slay any senior cultivator, but tomorrow they might be "slain" themselves. However, when spiritual energy is scarce or even depleted, not only would no one oppose them, but even the will of the entire world would support them.
The elements that make up the world include basic elements, but spiritual energy is equally indispensable. If all the spiritual energy is plundered by cultivators, how can the world continue to develop?
Therefore, it is necessary to "take back" the spiritual energy resources from those powerful cultivators, and the Immortal Slaughtering Alliance serves as the medium for this takeback.
Under these circumstances, the leader of the Zhuxian Alliance found Lin Yi, who had been studying the cultivation methods of this world for the past two years: "Our first target is the Shushan Sect, but we lack a suitable opportunity to make a move."
So, it was the turn of the two invincible Heroic Spirits to step in.
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The Shushan Sect is primarily Taoist, and most of its disciples, from the sect leader down, are ordained Taoist practitioners. Aside from the sect leader, who must be a monk, there are also a few lay disciples. Within the sect is the Demon-Locking Tower, used to subdue demons; it is a forbidden area of Shushan, where the Demon-Suppressing Sword is often used to suppress demons. It is precisely for this reason that the Shushan Immortal Sword Sect shoulders the responsibility of eliminating demons and protecting the righteous path, earning the respect and admiration of the world.
"If that's the case, then this so-called Mount Shu is nothing more than a group of demons that were forcibly seized and kept in captivity while they were still alive. Yet, it has been spread by various fallacies and rumors that it is a place for eliminating demons and protecting the righteous path... How ridiculous, and how hateful."
When this topic was brought up, Murong Tianhe's tone was filled with blatant sarcasm and hatred.
Lin Yi raised an eyebrow but did not take up the topic. Instead, he waited for the "mutation" that was about to erupt in the distance, which was surrounded by a lot of spiritual energy.
As a faint stinging sensation came from his left eye, Lin Yi knew it had begun.
In the rules of World Number Ten, the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception is one form of causal weapon manifested in a human being.
Death Perception is the ability to directly perceive death. Those who possess the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception can see the death of things, receiving this intangible concept of death as a visual message. As long as this death is destroyed, the thing itself will inevitably come to an end.
Having such eyes, it's impossible to say how happy Ryougi Shiki was as a human. It was precisely because she saw things that ordinary people couldn't see that she experienced pain, confusion, and terror... But she persevered through all of this. Otherwise, a madwoman with uncontrollable Mystic Eyes would obviously not be able to become a Heroic Spirit.
Since they could control these eyes while they were alive, it was only natural that they could become heroic spirits after death.
"Boundary?"
Ryougi Shiki was not surprised by the sudden enhancement of her Mystic Eyes. Although the ability of her Mystic Eyes to directly see "death" was greatly reduced after entering this unfamiliar world, it was only her own Mystic Eye. For the other Mystic Eye holder... or rather, the holder who copied a Mystic Eye from her, there were probably many ways to restore the power of the Mystic Eyes.
Through these eyes connected to the Root, Ryougi Shiki easily regained the ability to look directly at "death," even more clearly than she could at first, and vaguely seemed to catch a few barely perceptible "points"...
Frowning, Ryougi Shiki quickly ignored these points, gripped the dagger in her hand, and looked up at the sky.
There, Ilya, who had been concealing her presence using her Assassin class card, was already prepared and took a deep breath after receiving a signal from Ryougi Shiki.
"Multi-element symphony saturation bombardment!"
Incredibly, it would have been impossible to unleash such powerful magic with such a negligible amount of magic power within his body. However, as magic power continued to flow into a certain "gap" connected to his body, the same move was released with far greater power than he could have unleashed himself—it was enough to shake the barrier in front of him.
The magical brilliance from another world bloomed for the first time in the world of cultivators. The violent magic power impacted the spiritual energy barrier. The barrier, which was originally in a semi-hidden state, had to be fully revealed in order to resist the impact. Just as the Shushan disciples inside were about to rush out to kill the "demons" who dared to attack Shushan, Ryougi Shiki, who had been waiting for this opportunity, swung her short sword along the "line" in front of her.
"Wow--"
Just like a paper cutter slicing through paper, there was no obstruction or sluggishness, only the usual crisp and clean cutting.
Under this swift and decisive action, the spiritual energy barrier surrounding Mount Shu collapsed. The Mount Shu disciples below, caught off guard, stared blankly at the scene until the magic cannonballs, having lost their resistance, crashed into the unsuspecting mountain gate.
"boom------------!!!"
Reversal of Spiritual Energy: Chapter 219 Shu Mountain (Part 2)
Unexpectedly, the attack, which was expected to cause heavy casualties, only damaged the mountain gate below. Apart from a few handymen disciples who couldn't avoid the falling debris, almost no one was injured. Even so, the mere fact that the mountain gate of Shushan was pushed down in front of all the disciples of Shushan was enough to enrage the cultivators. In this era where face is more important than life to some extent, this attack was like slapping every Shushan disciple in the face in public.
Given the circumstances, they naturally had no choice but to take action.
"You audacious beast!"
With a furious shout, the spiritual energy that had been surrounding Mount Shu for years was suddenly pushed back a distance, revealing a figure below who, though not tall, exuded an aura as majestic as a mountain. His face was ashen, and the sword incantation he was forming in his hands changed dozens of times in less than a second.
The cold sword light didn't even give anyone time to react. There were only two rapid and sharp buzzing sounds, followed by two "gaps" that cleaved through the spiritual energy. Naturally, the two heroic spirits who were originally located within the "gaps" could not escape their fate.
"Is this the swordsmanship of Mount Shu?"
Looking out to the end of the aftershocks of the sword energy, the spiritual energy in the air was still surging. A single strike had caused destruction almost equivalent to a celestial phenomenon. It was released in this secluded Shu Mountain. If those two swords had been swung in a mortal city, it would probably have been another Shouyang.
Compared to ordinary people who cannot cultivate, these cultivators are indeed far too powerful... so powerful that the two cannot be considered the same race at all.
However, even such powerful cultivators have rivals, namely, opposing cultivators.
Almost at the same time that the protective barrier of Mount Shu was torn apart by the "Mystic Eyes of Death Perception", many magical swords that had been gathering power in the sky above Mount Shu began to fall downwards. However, the attack from the head of Mount Shu, a True Person cultivator, was too fast and deadly, so even if it was calculated in advance, there was no time to pull the two heroic spirits back.
"It's not much different."
At the edge of his vision, a rain of swords, like a torrential downpour, almost engulfed the entire Kunlun Mountain Gate. When hundreds of thousands of water and fire attribute spiritual energies were impacted and erupted, the blinding flashes that were produced in an instant made Lin Yi subconsciously recall nuclear weapons from another world.
—The principles are different, but the effects are similar.
With the support of the almost inexhaustible spiritual power within the Water Spirit Orb and Fire Spirit Orb, coupled with the abundant spiritual energy within this world, the only limitation on the intensity and width of the "Sword Rain" under these circumstances is the speed of the projection magic. For the "root" connected to the projection to unleash the same power as World Number Ten, it needs to be accomplished by analyzing the rules of this world. This might have been somewhat troublesome for Lin Yi two years ago, but it is no longer a problem for Lin Yi who has been immersed in this Xianxia world for two years.
On average, hundreds of magical swords projected per second, each carrying spiritual power from two completely different spiritual orbs, fell from an area more than a thousand meters above Mount Shu in a free fall. Whether they were blocked midway or landed successfully, the contact and collision during the process would inevitably cause the fragile internal balance to collapse—thus causing an explosion.
A storm of spiritual energy, formed from crimson and deep blue, swirled above Mount Shu. The force of the explosion tore apart the spiritual energy surrounding the mountain. After countless years, this mysterious and ancient cultivation sect was once again exposed to sunlight and scorching heat. However, sunlight represented scorching heat, but scorching heat did not necessarily represent sunlight...
"The sword roars through the nine heavens—!!!"
Following the "rain of swords," nine sword energies composed of pure fire-attribute spiritual energy roared down. Under the deliberate manipulation of the caster, they did not fall in free fall like magic swords, but instead bombarded and fell in a more direct and violent manner.
Visibly, when these nine sword energies, each over ten meters long, landed inside the gates of Mount Shu, a large circle of buildings surrounding Mount Shu, which relied on spiritual energy to float, collapsed. Even though Lin Yi was several kilometers away from the point of attack, he could still feel the heat wave blowing in his face. One can imagine what kind of hell the area directly attacked was facing.
There's a reason why Qionghua was able to bind a small world with the power of a sect. At least for now, Murong Tianhe's attack with the Xihe Sword alone is enough to prove the power of this immortal sword, which took countless resources from Qionghua to forge.
However, Xihe was once used to bind the demon realm and slay demons, but now she is openly turning her weapon against her own kind...
As one of the top righteous sects in the cultivation world, Xihe and Wangshu of the Qionghua Sect are no less famous than the Demon-Suppressing Sword of Mount Shu. When this iconic attack, which is almost a declaration of identity, descends from the sky, even the most foolish cultivator will know who the newcomer is.
"Xihe Sword - Qionghua!"
The Shushan Master roared in fury as he unleashed his second burst of power, expending his spiritual energy to try and block the "sword rain" from damaging the main body of Shushan. At the same time, he had to focus more on the Wangshu Sword, which had not yet appeared.
If we consider Lin Yi's indiscriminate projection sword wash using the Water Spirit Orb and Fire Spirit Orb as a torrential rain, then Xi He and Wang Shu are nothing less than "lightning strikes" that could fall at any moment. The former might make a True Person look disheveled, while the latter is absolutely fatal. Under such circumstances, this True Person of Shu Mountain cannot help but be cautious.
"Fellow Daoists of Qionghua, do you know what offense my Shu Mountain has committed against Qionghua that requires such a life-threatening threat?!"
"The real person has offended more than just Qionghua."
Amidst the leisurely calls, Murong Tianhe, carrying the Xihe and Wangshu swords on his back, appeared before the many cultivators of Mount Shu. The sword incantation he held in his hand and the two imposing immortal swords on his back were enough to prove his current stance. His next words, however, declared the start of the "war" in a thorough and straightforward manner.
"For the sake of all living beings, I urge my fellow Daoists from Mount Shu to take your leave first!"
Two completely incompatible spiritual energies, water and fire, are simultaneously controlled by a mere cultivator. Moreover, unlike Lin Yi who relies on external aids, he achieves this entirely through his own abilities. As the most renowned rising star of Qionghua, he wields Qionghua's two most powerful immortal swords and officially kicks off this disaster... or opportunity for the cultivation world of Shenzhou?
Reversal of Spiritual Energy: Chapter 220 Mount Shu (Part 2)
Just as the leader of the Zhuxian Alliance took over the main battlefield as planned, Lin Yi immediately began the second step of his operation.
Main Quest: The Demise of Mount Shu
[Success Reward: 5000 Reward Points]
[Failure penalty: obliteration]
[Each kill grants an additional 500 reward points, a Foundation Establishment cultivator an additional 2000 reward points, a Golden Core cultivator an additional 5000 reward points, a True Person cultivator an additional 30000 points, and a Tribulation Transcending cultivator an additional 100000 points.]
After a brief silence, Lin Yi, as expected, saw the Shushan disciples who had been huddled together to defend against the attack from above begin to fight each other in chaos. After using the communication artifact that Murong Tianhe had given him to send the message, he ignored it and moved towards another of the most famous places in Shushan.
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In the cultivation world of Shenzhou, just as one must mention Mount Shu when talking about sword-cultivating sects, one must also mention the existence of the "Demon-Locking Tower" and the "Demon-Suppressing Sword" when talking about Mount Shu.
There are many stories about the Demon-Suppressing Sword, which is rumored to be a divine sword that fell from the divine realm and can suppress all things in the world. However, Lin Yi, who had come into contact with it, noticed the limitations of this legendary divine sword. It can only suppress things with spiritual energy. Against an ordinary person who has not cultivated, it is probably just an ordinary flying sword.
For part of this reason, Lin Yi has come into contact with countless cultivation techniques in the past two years, but he still has not been able to truly absorb spiritual energy and become a cultivator. He has only used two Five Elemental Pearls to launch spiritual energy attacks.
The Demon-Sealing Tower is somewhat different. To be precise, it is not an immovable tower, but a magical artifact similar to the Demon-Suppressing Sword. However, due to its size and limited function, it is usually placed in Mount Shu as a place to seal monsters.
It's clear that the Demon-Locking Tower, like the Demon-Suppressing Sword, is extremely important to Mount Shu. Even when the outer gates were facing a crisis of survival, there were still two Golden Core stage elders guarding the vicinity of the Demon-Locking Tower... although it was of no use.
Stepping over two Golden Core cultivators pinned to the ground by magical swords, Lin Yi's left eye, which had been flashing with azure light, slowly returned to its original pitch black. After overcoming the final "obstacle," Lin Yi successfully stood before the famous Demon-Locking Tower of Mount Shu. However, unlike the expected eerie demonic atmosphere, even standing before this "Demon-Locking Tower," which covered an area the size of five football fields, he still did not sense even a trace of demonic energy.
"Are they all dead?"
With a slight raise of his eyebrows, he gently pressed his right hand against the gate of the Demon-Locking Tower, which was sealed by various magic arrays and chains.
"Increase"
Phase One
"extrusion"
Under the rapidly compressed vortex, everything, along with the air, was crushed and thrown inward.
Amidst the deafening roar that shook the entire Demon-Sealing Tower, Lin Yi slowly stepped inside through the twisted opening, his first sight being two wary-looking demons.
"Hmm, so these are the Qingqiu fox demons that have been extinct outside?"
He looked with great interest at the two "humans" with snow-white tails in front of him, who were looking at him with a mixture of wariness and excitement—or rather, wariness towards him, and excitement towards the exit of the Demon-Sealing Tower behind him.
"Make way, mortal."
Perhaps due to being imprisoned in this dark and spiritually barren space for so long, which had lowered their mental capacity, the Qingqiu fox demon, who was known for its wisdom, did not retreat in the face of the obviously "abnormal" situation. Instead, it revealed a ferocious expression: "Or I'll eat you!"
"Eating random things is not a good habit."
As if the monster in front of him was asking for something strange to eat, Qian Linyi, standing in front of its ferocious claws, smiled and said, "Isn't it easier to understand the structure by dissecting it than by eating it?"
In its left eye, shimmering with a pale golden light, was reflected the fox demon, its body pierced by countless strange weapons. In its final moments, it seemed to have regained its sanity, its face contorted in pain as if it wanted to say something—
"laugh--"
—A fatal blow piercing through the throat severed all “words”.
Lin Yi shifted his gaze from the "sample" in front of him to another fox demon that was retreating to the side, and raised an eyebrow: "And you?"
"Human, I—"
"laugh"
"Stop, you—"
"laugh"
"surrender--"
"laugh"
"laugh"
"laugh"
The composition of blood in demons is actually quite similar to that of humans. The similarity in composition can be determined from the pungent, fishy smell. Standing in front of the last young fox demon who hadn't uttered a single word from beginning to end, Lin Yi looked at its trembling body with a sense of enlightenment. The reflection in its azure eyes was no longer just a jumble of lines, but vaguely mixed with a few insignificant gray dots.
"What do you see?"
It sounded like a question being asked of the demon race before him, who was trembling with fear. The latter gritted his teeth, which were clashing together, and uttered two indistinct syllables. Lin Yi was able to decipher its meaning only by relying on his mastery of the language of the main god.
"monster?"
Hearing this, he was taken aback, then chuckled: "Indeed, what I saw was a 'monster'."
The projected sword blade pierced the gray spot without any obstruction.
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"Changqing, why?"
In front of the now-ruined Shushan Mountain gate, the sect leader and the only remaining True Person of Shushan clutched his bleeding abdomen, his face pale, and questioned the crazed young man before him. Judging from the young man's attire, he was also a disciple of Shushan, but the fact that he was still intentionally or unintentionally pointing at the spirit sword in front of him made him completely unsuitable for the title of "disciple of Shushan".
Faced with the questioning from his former master, Liu Changqing roared with a twisted expression, "Why?! I also want to ask you why—how much have I sacrificed for this Shu Mountain over the past fifty years, and what promises did you make to me back then? Just because of Tang Xuekui, a mere brat, you ignored all my efforts and sacrifices, not only handing over the Demon-Suppressing Sword to her but also wanting her to inherit the position of sect leader of Shu Mountain!"
"I've had enough of you, Master. I can accept that you won't let me go down the mountain to exorcise demons, and I can accept that you won't let me take medicine to cultivate. But what I can't accept is that you've taken everything that should have belonged to me away!"
Wielding his spirit sword, the former heir of Mount Shu roared with exhilaration: "Since that's the case, this disciple can only use this sword to reclaim everything, whether it's Mount Shu or the spiritual energy!"
Reversal of Spiritual Energy: Chapter 221 Clues
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