Chapter 448: I Am True Lord Tianyuan, Hurry Here!

“Heavenly Yuan Treasure Lotus, Sun and Moon Reincarnation Sutra, truly impressive.”

Just as Lu Changsheng cautiously headed towards the secret realm’s exit, an ancient voice suddenly echoed in his ears.

“Who is it!?”

Lu Changsheng froze, quickly turning to scan the surroundings, trying to determine where the voice had come from.

However, he was certain someone had just used voice transmission to speak to him.

“Young man, don’t be nervous. I am True Lord Tianyuan. Come here to receive my inheritance.”

The ancient voice echoed once more, as if it had journeyed across endless time, breaking through to Lu Changsheng’s mind in fragments.

“What!? True Lord Tianyuan!?”

Lu Changsheng was stunned.

He vaguely remembered Xiao Xiyue had previously mentioned details about the Heavenly Yuan Secret Realm.

He knew this secret realm was connected to the legendary cultivator, True Lord Tianyuan, from eight thousand years ago.

The Heavenly Yuan Secret Realm was even named after True Lord Tianyuan by the Four Great Immortal Sects.

Now, this voice is claiming to be True Lord Tianyuan, offering me an inheritance!?

“Something’s wrong!”

Lu Changsheng grew extremely cautious, completely distrustful of this claim.

Eight thousand years have passed. Even a Nascent Soul True Lord, let alone a Divine Transformation True Venerable, would have become dust by now.

And yet you say you are True Lord Tianyuan?

I could just as well claim to be Qin Shi Huang!

Though an inheritance might be tempting, the strange occurrences within the secret realm made Lu Changsheng unwilling to take risks.

Especially considering the recent anomalies in the secret realm, with countless vengeful spirits and ghost cultivators emerging. Lu Changsheng suspected this voice might be a ghost cultivator trying to lure him.

He ignored the voice and continued cautiously towards the secret exit.

“You possess the Heavenly Yuan Treasure Lotus and practice the Sun and Moon Reincarnation Sutra. This is destiny and a rare talent, making you worthy of inheriting my legacy.”

The ancient voice echoed again, weak and sporadic, giving the impression of utter frailty.

“The voice seems to be coming from the direction of the Heavenly Stele.”

Lu Changsheng noticed that the voice became clearer as he glanced in the direction of the Heavenly Stele, frowning slightly.

If the voice is indeed coming from the direction of the Heavenly Stele, it’s a sign he should definitely avoid that place.

That place is filled with malevolent forces.

Should he encounter another red-haired figure like the last time, he might have to rely on his Substitute Life Charm to escape.

“Boom Boom Boom——”

Just as Lu Changsheng approached the secret realm’s entrance, he saw in the distance, up in the sky, Chu Qingyi, Tiger Roar Cultivator, and True Person Lingfeng, still battling the red-haired figure together.

It was evident that all three of them were giving it their all.

Not only had Tiger Roar Cultivator used his merging technique to greatly enhance his combat power.

But Chu Qingyi and True Person Lingfeng had also employed some Secret Techniques, their Spiritual Energy surging, terrifyingly powerful.

Yet even with all this effort, the three were still no match for the red-haired figure.

They were getting pushed back step by step under the figure’s fierce assault, left with no choice but to defend themselves.

“Boom Boom Boom!”

The red-haired figure’s Qilin Flowing Cloud Robe was tattered, revealing his body covered in red hair, looking frighteningly sinister.

It seemed he had no techniques or Divine Abilities, relying solely on his raw physical strength.

But even lifting a hand, his power exuded a terrifying divine might, making True Person Lingfeng’s face turn pale as he struggled to suppress him with formations.

Suddenly, the red-haired figure seemed to teleport beside Tiger Roar Cultivator, sweeping his hand, as ghostly winds and evil spirits burst forth.

“Boom!”

Tiger Roar Cultivator, a giant like a small mountain, was assaulted by the violent wind. His bones creaked and popped, the massive white tiger phantom above his head roared furiously, its presence dominating.

Yet in an instant, the white tiger phantom was torn halfway apart, and Tiger Roar Cultivator was thrown like a cannonball, crashing to the ground with a thunderous impact, creating a massive crater.

“Hiss…”

Lu Changsheng’s eyelid twitched as he watched.

If not for Tiger Roar Cultivator’s extraordinary physical body and the merging technique he used, an ordinary Golden Core Formation cultivator would surely be shattered by such an attack.

He didn’t interfere, opting instead to slip quietly toward the secret realm’s exit.

At the entrance, the Golden Core Formation cultivators of the Sunset Glow Sect stood guarding with the disciples of the Four Great Immortal Sects, forming a formidable array.

As for the two Demon Cultivators, they were nowhere to be seen.

They must not dare to confront the Four Great Immortal Sects directly at this moment.

However, just as Lu Changsheng had this thought, he spotted a small black arrow and a blood-colored dagger shooting towards True Person Lingfeng from afar.

“Clang!”

Chu Qingyi, with her delicate and refined features, wearing a white sword robe, exuded a powerful aura. She quickly struck with her sword, stopping the small black arrow and the blood-colored dagger.

Then, her beautiful eyes filled with killing intent as she glared in the direction of the Demon Cultivators, saying coldly, “You demon scum, you truly deserve to die!”

“Since you are so dead-set on killing us, you will also pay the price!”

Chu Qingyi’s voice was icy cold, filled with deep anger.

They were already struggling to fend off the red-haired figure, and now the Demon Cultivators were also taking advantage of the situation to further hinder them.

In this situation, the two Demon Cultivators not only killed many Jiang Kingdom cultivators but also continuously interfered with her group, trying to push them to a deadly corner.

Chu Qingyi’s heart swelled with intense killing intent.

“These two bastards really aren’t afraid of ruining everything.”

Lu Changsheng frowned slightly at this scene, sensing the strong killing intent and fury in Chu Qingyi’s voice.

It was only natural. This situation was making the Four Great Immortal Sects’ people extremely frustrated.

If it weren’t for the red-haired figure, the two Demon Cultivators would have been suppressed long ago.

“Hmm!?”

At that moment, Lu Changsheng suddenly noticed the blue Magical Sword in Chu Qingyi’s hand shining brightly, as a golden light, like a blazing sun, shot upward toward the sky.

“Boom——”

Instantly, the grey and gloomy sky filled with thundering lightning, a violent and overwhelming force rapidly enveloped the area, covering the entire world.

Golden pillars of lightning descended from the sky, sealing all directions.

Even Lu Changsheng felt a sense of danger in that moment.

Realizing this was some sort of desperate Divine Ability, similar to his own ‘Yin-Yang Mixed Hole Great Millstone’.

“Hmph, finally getting serious.”

“Thinking you can kill us, what a delusion!”

The two hidden Demon Cultivators remained unflustered, mocking sarcastically.

They were being very cautious, each having some concealment Magical Treasure or Divine Ability, making it difficult to pinpoint their exact location.

“Heavenly Authority, guided by the sword!”

Chu Qingyi’s robes fluttered as she raised her blue Magical Sword high. Her expression remained aloof and cold, the ponytail behind her head flying like an icy-crowned phoenix.

Instantly, the sky swirled with storming clouds, endless lightning was drawn into her Magical Sword, and it burst forth with a dazzling divine brilliance, shooting toward one direction.

“Not good!”

A shadow appeared like lightning, with a shrill scream.

This sword strike not only aimed at the physical body but also the soul!

The moment he made a move, Chu Qingyi locked onto his presence.

“Boom Boom Boom——”

Endless thunderous sword light poured down from the heavens, forming a sea of lightning, raging like punishment from the heavens.

The Demon Cultivator desperately fought back, dark spiritual light surged as he summoned a black banner, which hovered around him, trying to fend off the waves of lightning strikes.

“Yin Luo, save me!”

He screamed in desperation, calling out for help from his companion.

But the other Demon Cultivator, Yin Luo, noticed that Chu Qingyi still had another sword strike prepared. He did not dare to reveal himself, concealing his presence.

“Aaaargh——”

The Demon Cultivator screamed in agony, his protective treasure shattered by the lightning sword light, his body scorched, skin and flesh torn apart.

“Damn it!”

Chu Qingyi’s face turned pale as her powerful aura surged. She couldn’t locate the other person’s presence.

But her sword strike had reached a point where it could no longer be halted, so she directed it at the Demon Cultivator in front of her, intending to cut him down with this final blow.

At the same time, the Golden Core Formation cultivators of the Sunset Glow Sect, along with the disciples of the Four Great Immortal Sects who formed a battle array, attacked with terrifying techniques.

“Boom Boom Boom!”

Sword light shone brightly, winds howled, thunder roared, and Spiritual Energy exploded wildly, creating an overwhelming force.

“Fairy Qingyi, look out!”

At that moment, True Person Lingfeng, who was pale-faced, shouted towards Chu Qingyi.

The red-haired figure suddenly broke through a layer of the formation’s spiritual light and appeared behind Chu Qingyi, his hand, covered in sinister red hair, swinging toward her.

At this moment, Chu Qingyi, with her Spiritual Energy nearly depleted, had no time to react.

“Pfft!”

The sound of bones cracking echoed from Chu Qingyi’s tall and graceful body, followed by a spurt of blood from her mouth as she was sent flying like a kite with a broken string.

“Kill!”

Seeing this, one of the hidden Demon Cultivators immediately summoned his blood-colored flying blade, slashing towards Chu Qingyi.

He could see that Chu Qingyi was now half-disabled, completely powerless to resist.

“Damn it.”

Seeing this, Lu Changsheng activated an Illusion Talisman and the Void Robes to their limit, gritting his teeth as he rushed out.

Initially, he didn’t want to intervene.

But given the current situation, with Chu Qingyi being both Xiao Xiyue’s senior sister and Yun Wanshang’s disciple.

If Yun Wanshang and Xiao Xiyue found out in the future that Chu Qingyi had died in front of him and he had done nothing to save her, he would’ve been hard-pressed to face them.

“Boom!”

The Wuxiang Treasure Wheel appeared, spinning behind Lu Changsheng and covering him in a veil of chaotic energy, masking his appearance.

“Whoosh——”

A sharp and domineering Spiritual Energy caught Chu Qingyi as a platinum sword shot out from Lu Changsheng’s sleeve, clashing and tangling with the blood-colored flying blade, shattering everything.

“What, another Golden Core Formation cultivator!?”

True Person Lingfeng, Tiger Roar Cultivator, and the Sunset Glow Sect’s Golden Core Formation cultivator who was about to rescue Chu Qingyi, were all stunned.

They hadn’t expected another Golden Core Formation cultivator to be within the secret realm.

However, this one appeared to be a righteous sword cultivator, not a demon.

“Fairy Qingyi!?”

Lu Changsheng’s heart sank as he looked at Chu Qingyi’s condition.

Her palace white dress was torn and tattered, her exquisite face was as pale as paper, completely devoid of color.

But that wasn’t the main issue.

The key issue was that Chu Qingyi’s meridians and bones were nearly shattered, with a strange energy eroding her life force.

Though she was critically injured and on the verge of death, her body instinctively repulsed against men, trying to struggle, but she couldn’t move.

However, she seemed to sense a familiar Spiritual Energy from Lu Changsheng and barely opened her eyes, weakly asking, “Who are you?”

“Whoosh!”

At that moment, the blood-colored flying blade came at Lu Changsheng again.

“You’re courting death!”

Lu Changsheng’s gaze turned icy as several flying swords appeared in his hand.

These swords were similar in appearance to the platinum sword but differed in color, gleaming with a light that resembled the stars, sharp and dazzling.

“Seven Luminaries Sword Formation!”

Lu Changsheng formed a hand seal, unleashing seven swords that erupted with golden, black, white, green, red, yellow, and blue sword lights, swirling around him.

He wasn’t using the Yin-Yang Creation Sutra but instead deployed the Seven Luminaries Great Freedom Sword Manual.

As for these seven swords, they weren’t the usual Seven Luminaries Star Swords.

They were small magical arrows he had acquired from Bai Feng Immortal.

But with the Wuxiang Treasure Wheel, he temporarily adapted them into flying swords to confront the enemy.

“Clang!”

The blood-colored flying blade collided with the sword formation’s spiritual light, causing a violent explosion, rippling magical energy. But it couldn’t advance an inch further.

Just as Lu Changsheng prepared to counterattack and strike down the Demon Cultivator.

“Kekekeke——”

The red-haired figure suddenly turned his hollow, soulless eyes towards Lu Changsheng, shooting two beams of blood-red light and letting out a low sinister laugh.

Even with Lu Changsheng’s powerful Divine Soul and mid-stage Body Tempering, his heart chilled, his blood churned tumultuously.

“Cough cough cough——”

Chu Qingyi, cradled in Lu Changsheng’s arms, heard the sinister laugh, her organs quivering, a surge of blood gushed from her mouth, and she nearly fainted.

“Careful, comrade!”

Though True Person Lingfeng didn’t know Lu Changsheng, he realized that Lu Changsheng wasn’t an enemy and hoped they could join hands to fend off the red-haired figure.

“Boom!”

The red-haired figure approached Lu Changsheng, and instantly the world around him felt sealed, as though trapped in a mire, making it difficult to move.

“Is this man really a Nascent Soul ghost cultivator!?”

Lu Changsheng was horrified by the realization.

From what he knew, only a Nascent Soul True Lord possessed the ability to suppress voids and lock down the heavens.

“Seven Luminaries Star Sword Formation!”

Lu Changsheng couldn’t afford to think further; he quickly formed spells, causing the Seven Luminaries Star Swords to tremble violently, multiplying into sixty-four identical swords. They shimmered brightly, spinning like they were connecting to the stars in the heavens.

“Boom!”

But before Lu Changsheng’s sword formation could fully materialize, a gigantic red-haired hand slammed down, shattering the sword light and reaching for Lu Changsheng.

With one arm holding Chu Qingyi and the other forming a fist, Lu Changsheng’s body radiated sacred light as he hurled a punch towards the red-haired figure.

“Bang——”

When the punch landed, Lu Changsheng felt as though he’d struck an ancient divine mountain made of indestructible immortal metal. His fist and arm throbbed with numbness, and he was sent flying away.

“What kind of monster is this!?”

Lu Changsheng was horrified, realizing that unless he unleashed everything he had, he would never be able to defeat this red-haired figure.

“Come here, come to me. If you don’t… it will kill you… I can’t hold on much longer.”

At that moment, the ancient voice Lu Changsheng had heard before echoed in his mind again.

“Kekekeke——”

The red-haired figure had previously attacked anyone it saw, targeting Tiger Roar Cultivator first, then turning to strike at Chu Qingyi.

When Chu Qingyi wasn’t in reach, it assaulted True Person Lingfeng.

But now, the red-haired figure seemed interested in Lu Changsheng, and after knocking him away, it gave chase relentlessly.

“Hmm!?”

True Person Lingfeng, Tiger Roar Cultivator, and the Sunset Glow Sect’s cultivator noticed this unusual turn of events, surprised and unsure.

But they didn’t ponder it for long, hastily attacking to alleviate the pressure on Lu Changsheng.

“Boom Boom Boom——”

Magical attacks rained down on the red-haired figure, barely slowing its advance, without causing any real damage.

“Damn it.”

Seeing this, Lu Changsheng’s expression darkened as he looked at the weakening and nearly lifeless Chu Qingyi in his arms.

His situation wasn’t too dire; he could still find a way to escape.

But in Chu Qingyi’s current state, she probably wouldn’t last much longer.

“Come to me, I can help you save her.”

The ancient voice continued to echo in Lu Changsheng’s mind, sounding more urgent and anxious than before.

Lu Changsheng pondered for a moment, weighed his options, and recalling his Substitute Life Charm and other means, he steeled himself and bolted towards the direction of the Heavenly Stele with Chu Qingyi in tow.

“Comrade!?”

True Person Lingfeng and the others were stunned as they saw Lu Changsheng suddenly carrying Chu Qingyi and fleeing deeper into the secret realm.

“Roar!”

Seeing Lu Changsheng rush in its direction, the red-haired figure charged after him, the space around them felt as if it had greatly compressed.

“Boom!”

The Nine Treasures Dao Bone on Lu Changsheng’s chest suddenly erupted, releasing a surge of majestic energy, overcoming the constriction slightly, and then he transformed into sword light, vanishing in an instant.

Before long.

Lu Changsheng arrived at the place where the Heavenly Stele had collapsed earlier.

He saw a deep pit below, array patterns woven together, radiating a hazy energy.

A mystically intertwined blue-green lotus flower faintly appeared.

“Is this…the Heavenly Yuan Imperial Lotus!?”

Lu Changsheng recognized the partially seen, partially hidden lotus, frowning, realizing it was a tier-four Heavenly Yuan Imperial Lotus!

Underneath the Heavenly Stele, an entire Heavenly Yuan Imperial Lotus was growing!?

“Senior!?”

Instead of seizing the Heavenly Yuan Imperial Lotus in front of him, Lu Changsheng called out.

He had sensed that the voice speaking to him was coming from within this lotus.

“Buzz!”

The blue-green Heavenly Yuan Imperial Lotus swayed lightly, its veins flowing, radiating a misty glow, seemingly entwining with the principles of the Dao.

Ripples of space energy formed a small vortex, as if connecting to another world.

Lu Changsheng’s eyes glowed with golden light, attempting to peer through the vortex to see what was inside.

“When a Heavenly Yuan Treasure Lotus matures into a Heavenly Yuan Imperial Lotus, it ascends from a void treasure to a cave heaven treasure, doesn’t it!?”

Lu Changsheng’s gaze sharpened as he vaguely noticed that the inside contained a world spanning several miles.

Immediately, he sent a puppet into the vortex.

Upon confirming it was safe within, Lu Changsheng carried Chu Qingyi into the vortex within the Heavenly Yuan Imperial Lotus.