Secret Records of the Leader of the Beichen Sword Sect
Chapter 197 - 196: Void Heavenly Demon

Chapter 197: Chapter 196: Void Heavenly Demon

"Ah---!"

In an instant, Yao Honglei let out a long howl to the heavens! Her eyes filled with blood, her hair standing on end, her face twisted! Her face ashen with blood! Like a ghostly mother Shura! Filled with grief and fury, she lost her mind in a moment!

"Blood Poppy Divine Skill! Bloody Sky!!!"

One punch!

The howling blood wind! Sweeping up pieces of flesh and blood-soaked mud from the ground! Like a petal tornado! A full-force blow! Directly striking that shadowy figure!!

BANG!

"Poof---!"

Yao Honglei! Defeated!

Like a scattering red leaf blown by the wind, Yao Honglei was blasted ten zhang away by a punch! Blood spurted like an arrow, her whole body stained red! The right arm she punched with was torn from the shoulder!

The shadowy figure, like a projected light and shadow, did not move, one hand still in a punching posture, the other hand holding the arm torn from Yao Honglei.

Then it looked at the arm, and actually inserted it into its own body, in the next moment, the white lotus-like arm was stained by the black ink and turned utterly black!

Then the figure waved its newly acquired right arm, casually striking toward the rear courtyard of the Prince Mansion!

"Boom---!"

Heaven! Collapse! Earth! Destroy!

Moment! Explode! In! Pieces!

The entire rear courtyard of the Prince Mansion exploded in an instant! Ink Spring black water gushed out like oil! The endless black tide covered the sky, spraying towards the Sky Dome! The unbounded ink water further swept and spread from the ground! Reversing the Earth Vein and engulfing the entire Prince Mansion, expanding towards Jiangdu!

And the black shadowy figure, arms open, bathed under this black spring ink sea, inexplicably, seemed to emit a "hehehe, hahaha" laughter!

However, it suddenly turned its head, looked toward the horizon, leaped up, rolling up the endless Ink Spring! Transforming into a black dragon, rising from the ground! Coiling and hovering high over the Southern Country’s sky!

"Hiss... That, that what is that!!

"What! What an astonishing demonic energy!!"

"Is it possible a Heavenly Demon is born!"

As the colorful clouds parted on the horizon, three golden armored Divine Generals appeared from the clouds accompanied by thousands of Guardian Immortal Soldiers, watching as the black tide swallowed the entire city with incredible speed, along with the dragon from the Ink Spring, sprawling towards the sky, sweeping everything before it. Hidden among the clouds, the Immortal Soldiers were terribly shaken!

We originally came to assist in the blockade of the Immortal Thief nineteen, and the Jiang Ying Witch, as per the Southern Country Lord’s decree. Who would have thought we’d encounter a scenario of Heavenly Demon descending!

So the three exchanged a glance, exchanged opinions, and immediately halted outside the city.

Well, not going up.

We were told to catch the Immortal Thief, not slay a damned Heavenly Demon! And with the military pay still in arrears, who’s willing to risk their life now? If they really need us, they’d better send a Tiger Talisman to mobilize the army!

Unfortunately, the Ink Spring Black Dragon would not care for their procedures. Upon sighting thousands of Immortal Soldiers hidden in the clouds in the distance, the Ink Spring actively surged towards them!

"Whoosh---!"

The black tide speared to the sky! Like an unseen brush, painting the sky, drawing a black line straight towards the cloud-hidden army! The brush then turned! Encircling, trapping the entire army within!

"Prepare!"

"Form the formation!"

"Gang Fist!"

What the hell is this move! How could it fly so fast! An Escape Skill!?

The three Divine Generals were shocked! Unprepared, they quickly shouted orders, commanding the army to form ranks!

But it was too late.

"Woosh---!"

As if a tidal wave swept over, myriad Ink Springs rushed forward, devouring the Immortal Soldiers who didn’t have time to react! Forming a massive black sphere in the sky! Like a floating liquid bubble! Or like a great cocoon nurturing some unknown entity!

Seemingly present yet absent, like virtual yet real, as if newly born, yet as though it has long existed between heaven and earth since ancient times.

"Wuwu... Brother, Brother..."

Yao Honglei, shedding tears of blood, crawled through the blood-covered corpse-strewn ground in the pouring black tide emanating from the Prince Mansion, fishing Tie Dan’s head out from the water, cradling it in her arms, rubbing her face against his, crying

"Brother... wuwuwu..."

Then Tie Dan’s eyes snapped open. Spat out a mouthful of ink,

"What the hell are you crying for! Hurry and run!"

"Ah!"

Yao Honglei, startled, let go, and Tie Dan’s head almost bounced off her chest, thankfully she quickly reacted, grabbing his hair with one hand to pull Tie Dan back, clamping him tightly against her chest.

Tie Dan was so infuriated he almost spat blood, bleeding from his eyes, ears, mouth, nose, staining Yao Honglei all over.

Frustrated, but truly unable to fight back. Didn’t you see Lord Xiao was sent flying with a single punch!

"Run run run! Take my body with you! I can’t last many breaths! Can’t use Refining! Use the hair!"

"Alright!"

Then Yao Honglei didn’t waste a word, turned and ran!

Truly on the run.

Yao Honglei also noticed, with the black water rushing over the ground, the True Qi between heaven and earth could not be used, let alone flying or escaping. Yet for some reason, her hair could still transform, the Blood Poppy Skill seemed to still work.

So she whipped her hair, wrapping Tie Dan’s body and head, carrying him on her back, and sprinted away. Taking advantage of the dragon’s inattention, she rushed out of the boundless black ocean, dashed out of Jiangdu, escaping along the way!

Meanwhile, Tie Dan sealed his meridians with his mouth, fully focusing, not wasting a bit of True Qi, while in the Divine Court, repeatedly deliberating, flipping through the Mystic Sect Daoist Sutra and the Heavenly Book classics, searching for the origin of the Ink Spring black water.

He actually found it, but even the old Mystic Sect’s collection was wild enough to have this crooked stuff recorded...

This thing was called Earth Spring.

This existed far back in ancient times, before Yin and Yang were separated, before Taiji was opened, before Taishi and Taichu were unnamed.

That primordial universe referred to as Taichu, more primitive than chaos.

That called Taichu, the universe, after long evolution, gradually split clear and turbid, transforming into Heavenly Breath and Earth Spring.

This Heavenly Breath was the Tai Chu Innate Qi, with this Qi, there was form, there was matter, there was the creation of heaven and earth, there was the cycle of creation.

And the Earth Spring was what was left after the Innate Qi dispersed.

But the record ended there, clearly even the old Mystic Sect had never seen any Earth Spring, just transcribing an exaggerated, orally passed account.

Now it’s only known that among the Daoist Sect predating the Three Great Sects, before Taiji practice, but of Ancient Path lineage, there was a line of Taixu Daoist Skill, specializing in cultivation with Earth Spring.

It’s said that Taixu Dao could break through the Divinity Transformation Realm, reaching the Great Dao beyond Shattering Void, but the lineage later ascended, and no legacy remained in the world.

Oh damn... so much for documentation!

But Lord Xiao did mention that the painting depicted the Dongxuan Taixu Realm, possibly the ancient inheritance of Taixu Dao.

Taixu, Taixu, Tai... huh?

Had he exterminated a Taixu before? Seems it was called... Chaozhen Void Heaven!?

Oh! Damn! All makes sense now! The karma of annihilating an entire sect has arrived! Damn it!

Reflecting back, didn’t Tie Dan get a hint from Kun, found the Faceless Immortal Jade in Chaozhen Palace’s underground. Could it be the legacy of Taixu Dao?

Will it have the Earth Spring’s cultivation and resolution methods...

Might as well try, after all, Tie Dan now only has a head, besides researching, contemplating, no options are left, are there.

So, Tie Dan immediately sank his Primordial Spirit into the Divine Court, opened the notebook computer and played the Heavenly Book seen previously in the Jade.

Uh, still unreadable...

Alright, this time Tie Dan too encountered a returning boomerang, so-called understanding is understanding, not understanding is not understanding, not understanding means not destined...

"Xuantian, Xuantian."

Hmm?

Tie Dan turned to look; it seemed someone was calling Chen Xuantian outside the dormitory door.

However, Chen Xuantian had already shielded and died for him, after all the head was chopped off...

"Xuantian, Xuantian."

The call was ethereal, ceaselessly echoing in Tie Dan’s mind.

The voice was indescribably familiar, but Tie Dan couldn’t immediately recall where he’d heard it before.

Could it be because the flying sword shattered, damaging the Primordial Spirit, and now severely injured, only a head remaining hurt his foundation.

Tie Dan somehow out of instinct opened the dormitory door in response to that call.

Then he returned to Yanzi Cave.

The Xuan Nu Statue hung on the shrine above, and the Xuan Nu in the painting gestured to him.

"Xuantian! Xuantian!"

Tie Dan looked at her,

"What’s up?"

Xuan Nu smiled warmly, looking at him as if he were a pet monkey,

"I’ll teach you a move, this time you must learn seriously."

After all, idle is idle anyway, so Tie Dan shrugged.

"Come."

And Xuan Nu smiled warmly, leapt out of the painting, like an immortal descending to the earth.

Then her ethereal celestial-like face suddenly collapsed like a fury-stricken Yao Honglei, tendons bursting! Muscles raging! Skull splitting open! Seven orifices bleeding! Like a mountain goblin tearing off its skin! Transforming into a shocking, horrific ghost face! A sword piercing Iron Egg’s brow Divine Court! Annihilating the Blood God’s Son with one sword!

"Ah---!"

Tie Dan screamed wildly! Jumping up from the ground! Only feeling a scorching pain between his brows, while still lingering a fear of being pierced by a sword, panting, cold sweat all over, heart pounding, wait, body, heart...

Touching his neck, Tie Dan found his neck was tied with hair. Though still faintly aching, with obvious scar touchable, indeed reconnected to the body, Essence Blood and True Qi began to slowly recover circulation.

Heart still beating, body condition seemed normal, the True Qi of the inner scene seemed sealed by Earth Spring, nearly stagnant, and his Blood God’s Son was gone.

Hmm, the Divine Court Golden Core, the Blood God’s Son refined through Blood Jade Technique, truly perished.

However, it’s not that the Xuan Nu in the dream pierced it to death with a sword; it was to repair the Dao Body, subconsciously dissolving the previously refined Blood God’s Son inner core as Blood Origin to self-recover, regenerating through bathing in blood, dissipating the skill to return the spirit.

Hmm, how the Divine Sect doesn’t die and can always resurrect and rise again was precisely through relying on this Blood God’s Son’s great method for life preservation.

Then Tie Dan turned his head, looking at the faint Yun Honglei, likewise having her severed arm wound stitched with hair, exhausted, in a deep sleep.

Saved by her once again...

"Dan, I’m done too..."

Then Tie Dan turned again, only to see Lord Xiao lying on his other side.

Tie Dan solemnly, "Lord Xiao, any last wishes."

Lord Xiao smiled, "You wish me dead, huh..."

Tie Dan, "..."

Lord Xiao, "Deny it you might okay..."

Tie Dan, "Is that the last wish?"

"Alas... pisses Lord Xiao off..."

Lord Xiao got up, walked to the cave entrance, pointing in a direction,

"Head straight in that direction, seek refuge at Heng Mountain. Below Yellow Court Peak of Heng Mountain, there is a White Dragon Pond. Enter the cave from the waterfall’s water curtain; there’s a Taihua Yeqing Pond.

That Yeqing Pond is the Spiritual Spring Blessed Land converged by Heng Mountain’s Earth Vein. Bathe for a month, you can cleanse the Earth Spring, restoring the meridians’ flow."

Tie Dan paused,

"Heng Mountain, then you..."

Lord Xiao smiled with indifference,

"No need for sadness, even comrades will have times of separation.

The path ahead is yours alone to walk, fledglings will eventually face the storm."

Tie Dan solemnly bowed,

"Thank you, senior, for your care."

Lord Xiao nodded, accepting his bow, said earnestly,

"Tie Dan, that Heavenly Demon comes for you, be extra cautious."