Chapter 362 : Refreshing the Record

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Zhao Yue’s expression returned to its icy calm. Behind her, the Beiyin Demon-Subduing Dharma Aspect radiated an increasingly terrifying aura.

Because the disparity in cultivation among the Three Firmaments was too great, in order to maintain the balance of the 《Three Pure Ones Evolution of the Heavens, Unified Qi Harmonization Immortal Art》 and reduce the burden, she had not fully unleashed her Dharma Aspect to display the complete might of the Beiyin Demon-Subduing Dharma Aspect.

Instead, she had merged the Dharma Aspect’s power into unified qi, amplifying the other two nascent Dharma Aspects, making the Three Firmaments joining forces equivalent to three Nascent Soul True Monarchs fighting together.

Now that the Immortal Art had been broken and backlash had set in, Zhao Yue had suffered some internal injuries. She needed to divert a portion of her Heavenly-Gang True Qi to calm the turmoil within her dantian qi sea. The strength she could wield had dropped from thirty percent to twenty-five percent. However, she no longer needed to restrict the power of the Beiyin Demon-Subduing Dharma Aspect.

“Victory or defeat will be decided in battle,” Chen Beiwu replied seriously, raising his eyes slightly.

“Very well.”

Zhao Yue smiled faintly and slowly lifted her right hand. “Then let me show you what a Nascent Soul True Monarch truly is!”

The moment her voice fell, Zhao Yue brought her hands together. The Beiyin Demon-Subduing Dharma Aspect burst forth with brilliant radiance. The Mountain-and-River Cloak around her moved without wind, stirring celestial phenomena and causing goose-feather snow to fall across the heavens and earth.

“Nine-Layered Abyssal Springs, Yin Qi Return to Truth!”

Zhao Yue’s expression was indifferent as she chanted the incantation. The upper-left arm of the Dharma Aspect behind her moved downward, slowly aiming the Illumination-Yin Mirror at Chen Beiwu.

A chill instantly rose in Chen Beiwu’s heart.

His instincts warned him that the mirror’s power was unfathomable. He must not be fully illuminated by it, or the defense of the Five Qi Armor might very well be shattered.

“Whoosh!”

His eyes flashed. Activating the Three Absolutes True Gang, Chen Beiwu continuously tore through space to close in on Zhao Yue, leaving afterimages in his wake.

“You cannot escape!”

Zhao Yue snorted coldly. Silver light erupted from the Illumination-Yin Mirror behind her.

The Abyssal Spring Yin Qi was the ultimate yin and ultimate cold. It was no ordinary frost, but yin-sha energy accumulated from the depths of the earth for ten thousand years.

Its color resembled black ice, its weight like lead. Stored within the Illumination-Yin Mirror, it could be drawn forth by the mirror’s radiance, injuring the Nascent Soul spirit, damaging a True Monarch’s Dao Foundation, and causing the target’s vitality to wither and perish. It was especially effective against Golden Core True Persons who had yet to forge a Purple Mansion Nascent Soul.

Chen Beiwu slashed downward with his blade to avoid the incoming mirror light, only to discover that the Abyssal Spring Yin Qi had permeated heaven and earth. It was everywhere, impossible to evade—let alone close the distance for a surprise attack on Zhao Yue.

“Crack! Crack!”

His body stiffened slightly. Just one strand of Abyssal Spring Yin Qi that he had failed to evade in time caused the Five Elements treasure radiance of his Five Qi Armor to flicker violently, emitting a piercing freezing sound.

The yin qi spread rapidly. Wherever it passed, Chen Beiwu’s flesh grew cold and rigid, his meridians sluggish. The circulation of Yuanshi True Qi within his dantian qi sea slowed. Even a third of his skin became covered in pitch-black black ice, nearly forcing him out of the Myriad Spirits Tribulation Transformation state.

Sensing this, Chen Beiwu did not dare to withstand it head-on with the Five Qi Armor. Instead, he unleashed the Nine-Ban Cudgel Illumination Profound Ability through the vertical eye on his forehead.

In an instant, a Great Sun hung high in the sky. Nine streams of pure, ultimate firelight shot upward, encircling him and forming nine bans.

First Ban: Spirit Stagnation!

Second Ban: Qi Incineration!

With a flash of golden light, the pitch-black ice covering his body rapidly melted away, emitting sizzling sounds.

“Soul Intimidation, Body Lock, Manifestation, Severing the Source!”

Breaking free of restraint, Chen Beiwu formed a hand seal with one hand. The vertical eye on his forehead glowed faintly as he consecutively unleashed four bans toward Zhao Yue.

Four golden beams pierced through space, shooting toward her.

Zhao Yue remained calm. The Beiyin Demon-Subduing Dharma Aspect extended its right palm and grasped through the air. Vast Heavenly-Gang True Qi erupted, forcibly crushing the four golden beams and sending towering waves of energy surging outward.

“Whoosh!”

Chen Beiwu flashed to Zhao Yue’s left side and pointed a finger.

“Nine Bans as One, Silence Ban · Return to Nothing!”

As the finger descended, the four golden beams that had just been obliterated re-condensed and appeared once more. Together with the five golden beams encircling Chen Beiwu, they merged into a special prohibition. Ignoring spatial distance, it directly shifted to Zhao Yue’s front.

Zhao Yue’s pupils contracted slightly. Without hesitation, she activated the Nascent Soul Teleportation Profound Ability, appearing a hundred zhang away in an instant. Yet her expression remained grim.

The prohibition had not lost its target due to teleportation. Instead, like a bone-clinging parasite, it locked onto her and shifted synchronously, flashing before her again—impossible to evade.

At the critical moment, Zhao Yue gave a clear shout and clasped her hands.

“Beiyin, protect me!”

Before her voice faded, the Heavenly-Yin Feng Crown atop the Beiyin Demon-Subduing Dharma Aspect’s head flickered with dim light, transforming into a Netherworld Heavenly River that enveloped Zhao Yue’s entire body. It collided head-on with the Nine Bans, and for a moment, the two forces were evenly matched.

“Pfft!”

At that instant, the backlash of the Immortal Art that she had been suppressing within her qi sea could no longer be contained. Zhao Yue spat out a mouthful of blood. Yet the Netherworld Heavenly River protecting her continued to coil in the void without the slightest sign of weakening.

‘This cannot drag on. The outcome must be decided within three moves.’ Zhao Yue’s thoughts raced.

If not for the backlash, she could have relied on her True Monarch realm to slowly exhaust Chen Beiwu, who was using explosive killing techniques.

After all, in a battle of endurance, a Golden Core peak cultivator could not possibly outlast a Nascent Soul True Monarch.

But now she was suffering backlash. Though the strength she wielded had not exceeded the limits of a Pure Yang Nascent Soul, the longer the battle dragged on, the worse her internal condition would become.

To ensure the safety of her Pure Yang Nascent Soul and suppress the backlash, she had to determine victory within three moves.

With that thought, Zhao Yue clenched her left hand within her sleeve. A transparent bead the size of a longan fruit appeared in her palm.

If Chen Beiwu could obtain the Earth Vein Profound Talisman within the spiritual vein nexus, she too could obtain a one-use Profound Treasure—the Fixed Profound Pearl!

This treasure was not meant for slaughter, but it could instantly immobilize a single living being within a certain range, similar to a top-tier immobilization technique.

Even a Nascent Soul True Monarch, if caught off guard and locked by the Fixed Profound Pearl, would be immobilized for two breaths.

Two breaths might not seem long, but it was enough time for a Nascent Soul True Monarch to decide life or death.

Thus Zhao Yue feigned a relapse of her injuries, deliberately exposing a flaw and allowing Chen Beiwu to advance to her front.

Meanwhile, the Guarding-the-One Mirror at Chen Beiwu’s spirit platform flickered slightly, confirming he had seized the opportunity to break through the Beiyin Dharma Aspect’s defense with a single strike, launch a fierce offensive, and prevent Zhao Yue from using teleportation to widen the gap. Without hesitation, he activated the Three Absolutes True Gang and charged forward recklessly.

There was no choice. The longer it dragged on, the greater the risk. The Myriad Spirits Tribulation Transformation had its limits.

He did not believe he could outlast Zhao Yue, a Nascent Soul True Monarch. Better to seize victory amid danger.

“Fix!”

Zhao Yue flicked her left finger. The Fixed Profound Pearl shattered within her sleeve, erupting into an invisible, intangible force that descended upon Chen Beiwu.

A sense of foreboding surged within him. He attempted to use the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade to tear through space and retreat, only to find that time itself seemed to freeze.

No—more accurately, he himself had been frozen in time, completely unable to move!

“Boom!”

The instant Chen Beiwu was immobilized, Zhao Yue gritted her teeth. Vast Heavenly-Gang True Qi erupted from within her. Even the Beiyin Demon-Subduing Dharma Aspect behind her expanded from ten thousand zhang to fifteen thousand zhang.

But unleashing forty percent of her strength came at a heavy cost. Her beautiful face turned pale, and a sweetness rose in her throat as she nearly spat out more blood. She forcibly suppressed it.

A quarter of an hour!

If she could defeat Chen Beiwu within a quarter of an hour, even driving forty percent of her Pure Yang Nascent Soul origin would not inflict lasting damage. Afterward, she would only need to consume some Fourth-Tier Profound Medicines to recover.

“Beiyin Suppresses the Prison, Dharma Aspect Transforms into a Cauldron.”

“Seal!”

Zhao Yue formed complex hand seals, her voice resounding with majestic Dao tone.

In the next moment, the Beiyin Demon-Subduing Dharma Aspect hurled forth the Extreme Yin Cauldron in its grasp. Then its body transformed into a deep-blue radiance and eerily merged into the cauldron.

“Dong!”

The Extreme Yin Cauldron trembled. The profound runic inscriptions engraved upon its body lit up one by one, radiating a terrifying aura capable of suppressing the eight wastes and freezing the nine nether realms.

Chen Beiwu instinctively sensed danger, yet immobilized, he could only watch as the Extreme Yin Cauldron suppressed the void, expanding at lightning speed into a colossal three-legged, two-handled cauldron.

As the massive cauldron slowly inverted downward and expelled a stream of extreme yin energy, the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade flickered faintly, attempting to tear through space and shift Chen Beiwu away.

But without the support of Chen Beiwu’s Yuanshi True Qi, its power was limited. It could not invoke the Three Absolutes True Gang to break the cauldron’s lock.

In but an instant, Chen Beiwu was drawn entirely into the Extreme Yin Cauldron, completely isolated from the outside world.

“To fall beneath the Extreme Yin Divine Flame is your honor!”

With those words, Zhao Yue’s eyes grew solemn as her hands formed an incomparably complex series of seals.

If she could unleash the full might of her Pure Yang Nascent Soul, she would not need such trouble. A single seal would suffice to ignite the Extreme Yin Divine Flame, which burned all things and was especially effective against Yin Spirits and Yang Spirits alike.

But having only just entered the Nascent Soul realm, and using forty percent of her Nascent Soul origin to execute such a supreme killing technique, she required at least a dozen breaths of preparation. Fortunately, the Fixed Profound Pearl had successfully bought her two breaths of time.

The moment he entered the cauldron, even with Chen Beiwu’s heaven-reaching abilities and the unparalleled defense of his Five Elements Armor, difficult to break as it was, he would still be defeated beneath the Extreme Yin Divine Flame.

As for whether the Extreme Yin Divine Flame would burn Chen Beiwu to death, Zhao Yue felt that was unlikely.

The Divine Transformation True Venerable overseeing the Crimson Flame Realm would not stand idly by while the top-ranked cultivator of the Yuxu Rankings suffered foundational damage. At the critical moment, he would surely intervene and save Chen Beiwu.

At this time, the two breaths had passed. Chen Beiwu regained his ability to move, his expression grave as he stared at the cauldron walls around him and slashed out with his blade.

“Clang!”

The blade light rebounded violently. Chen Beiwu staggered, unable to conceal the shock in his eyes.

What terrifying defensive power. This Extreme Yin Cauldron, formed from the fusion of the Beiyin Cauldron Beast and the Beiyin Demon-Subduing Dharma Aspect, was likely comparable to a Heaven-Reaching Profound Treasure—perhaps even surpassing it in might.

Yet compared to the cauldron’s defense, what concerned Chen Beiwu more was the intense sense of crisis that the Guarding-the-One Mirror Light could not dispel.

His intuition told him that once the Extreme Yin Divine Flame Zhao Yue spoke of ignited, he would at most endure ten breaths.

“Do you wish to win? I can help you.”

Yan’s voice suddenly echoed within Chen Beiwu’s mind.

‘Senior Yan, this is the Grand Assembly of Heroes. Are you certain you can assist me?’ Chen Beiwu raised a brow, somewhat surprised.

‘According to the rules of the Grand Assembly of Heroes, I indeed cannot interfere in the contest among the immortal sect prodigies. However, if an immortal sect prodigy gains my recognition and forms a Companion Contract with me, then I may enter the field and aid you in securing victory,’ Yan replied calmly.

‘Form a Companion Contract?’

The sudden surprise made Chen Beiwu wary.

A Fifth-Tier Fortune-Origin Beast was certainly precious—a dream countless cultivators of the Immortal Alliance could not attain.

But a Fifth-Tier Fortune-Origin Beast whose cultivation was unfathomable, very likely a Fourth-Realm Beast King, perhaps even a Fifth-Realm Beast Sovereign, carried significant uncontrollable risk—especially since Chen Beiwu concealed many secrets.

‘Correct.’ Yan transmitted through divine sense, tempting him. ‘That little girl is not weak, but she is still no match for me. I can help you seize the championship of the Grand Assembly of Heroes and make you the most dazzling star of the younger generation of the Yuqing Immortal Sect.’

‘What must this junior pay?’ Chen Beiwu probed.

Hearing this, Yan was quite satisfied.

Caution was good. If it were an ordinary cultivator of the Immortal Alliance receiving its recognition, they would likely be eager to contract immediately.

Still, this was fitting. Yan’s temperament was usually impatient; a cautious Contract Cultivator would complement it well.

‘Very simple. I am a Fifth-Tier Fortune-Origin Beast. I do not stand alongside mere cats and dogs,’ Yan said evenly. ‘If you dissolve your Companion Contracts with those three Heavenly-Gang Mystic Beasts now, I can form a Companion Contract with you.’

“Buzz!”

At those words, the Five Elements Armor on Chen Beiwu’s body, the Three-Pointed, Double-Edged Blade in his hand, and the vertical eye upon his forehead all transmitted intense emotional fluctuations.

“Forgive me, Senior Yan. What you regard as cats and dogs are treasures I will never abandon in this lifetime,” Chen Beiwu refused without hesitation.

So what if it was a Fortune-Origin Beast?

One day, he would raise Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and the Five Qi Vine to become Fifth-Tier Fortune-Origin Beasts as well!

‘Why? I can help you attain Divine Transformation,’ Yan said, somewhat surprised.

Though it had roughly grasped Chen Beiwu’s temperament, it was still taken aback by his decisive refusal.

Dissolving the Companion Contract did not mean Chen Beiwu could not continue raising Golden Egg, Iron Egg, and the Five Qi Vine.

If he handled matters properly, he could dissolve the contract yet still keep the little fellows by his side.

‘I will not abandon companions who have shared life and hardship with me for the sake of Divine Transformation.’

Chen Beiwu shook his head slightly. ‘Besides, if I can abandon my companions for Divine Transformation today, then in the future I could also abandon you for a stronger Companion Beast.’

‘Impossible. Only the legendary Primordial Dao Beast surpasses me,’ Yan replied dismissively.

As confident as it was, it did not believe it would ever be abandoned. The scenario Chen Beiwu described would never occur.

‘In any case, I cannot accept this condition,’ Chen Beiwu said resolutely. ‘Without your assistance, Senior Yan, I will still attain Divine Transformation True Venerable in the future!’

Hearing this, Yan was momentarily stunned.

Divine Transformation was difficult to achieve, yet the confidence radiating from Chen Beiwu’s divine sense felt natural, as though attaining the Dao and becoming a True Venerable were effortless.

The youth truly did not know the immensity of heaven and earth. Once Chen Beiwu stumbled, he would realize how laughable such thoughts were!

With that, Yan ceased transmitting.

Though Zhao Yue was nearing her limit, without Yan’s intervention, Chen Beiwu could not possibly win this contest.

“Exhale…”

Chen Beiwu let out a turbid breath and looked around.

Even though his divine sense was cut off by the Extreme Yin Cauldron, through the Nine-Breath Chaos Divine Ability he could still clearly perceive Zhao Yue’s fate.

Yes, even now, Chen Beiwu still had a final trump card unrevealed.

The Nine-Breath Chaos Divine Ability: Gather, Fortune, Dissolve, Suppress, Calamity, Position, Seal, Edict, Immortal!

Among them, Suppress could suppress the opponent’s destiny, granting himself heaven’s assistance.

Calamity could seize the disasters and baleful fate of heaven and earth, impose them upon the enemy, cause their immortal path to decline, and bring fate backlash.

If he unleashed the Nine-Breath Chaos Divine Ability, Zhao Yue would most likely collapse under the overwhelming backlash and lose.

But Chen Beiwu hesitated. A Divine Transformation True Venerable presided over the Crimson Flame Realm—he might detect fluctuations in fate. Was it worth risking exposure for the sake of ranking in the Grand Assembly of Heroes?

After a breath of contemplation, Chen Beiwu quickly arrived at an answer.

Not worth it!

Compared to his own hidden secrets, a mere victory or defeat meant nothing.

Just as Chen Beiwu resolved to unleash the Azure Radiance Myriad Spirits Wall and drag Zhao Yue into a prolonged battle to exhaust her, the Heavenly Fate Purple Dragon Rank within the Chaos Heaven and Earth suddenly stirred, raising its head to roar toward the sky.

Outside, Zhao Yue was midway through forming a seal when her confident, beautiful face suddenly turned pale. She could no longer suppress the backlash within her.

‘Not good!’

Sensing the tremor of her Pure Yang Nascent Soul within her Purple Mansion, Zhao Yue no longer cared about victory in this contest. She hurriedly halted the release of the Extreme Yin Divine Flame. The Extreme Yin Cauldron occupying the void vanished, revealing the massive body of the Beiyin Cauldron Beast.

At the same time, within the Sky-Patrolling Palace—

True Venerable Taoyan opened his eyes. His figure disappeared, reappearing instantly before Zhao Yue.

“Heal!”

With a sweep of his sleeve, Zhao Yue’s body trembled. A flush returned to her pale face as her chaotic aura gradually stabilized.

“Victory and defeat are decided. Let this end here.”

True Venerable Taoyan cast a deep glance at Chen Beiwu.

He had been observing this contest in secret. He had expected Zhao Yue to win, yet she failed to suppress her internal backlash and ultimately fell short.

But one thing he had to admit—talents emerged in every generation.

To fight one against three at the Golden Core peak, displace one Golden Core Great Perfection cultivator, and defeat both a Nascent Soul True Monarch and another Golden Core Great Perfection prodigy—such a record had already refreshed the history of the Grand Assembly of Heroes.

From this day forth, the name Chen Beiwu would resound throughout the Immortal Alliance.

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