Chapter 18: Since the Head’s Dead, Might As Well Take Down the Sect Too!

“Dear heavens! Can you please strike Qin Xuan dead with divine lightning! What gives him the right?”

“He only comprehends the Second-Layer Sword Intent! He doesn’t have two treasures! Why does he deserve to have both a wife and a concubine who are such stunning, kingdom-toppling beauties!”

Su Nianshuang’s appearance was undoubtedly like driving another sharp dagger into the hearts of the watching crowd.

Of course, it also added fuel to the raging fury of Fei Qian, the Head of the Joyous Dao Sect.

“All of you go die!”

BOOM!!

As Fei Qian’s sharp voice pierced the air, the energy between heaven and earth instantly became wild and violent.

Divine radiance burst forth from Fei Qian’s internal organs, connecting and forming something like a palace where deities seemed to reside.

This was the display of a Palace of Dao Realm powerhouse, exerting all her Spiritual Energy without holding anything back!

Consumed by wrath, Fei Qian’s only thought now was to utterly destroy the trio before her, grinding their very bones to dust!

Fei Qian raised the blood-red long blade in her hand and slashed viciously at the three.

Instantly, a chilling and violent blade light erupted. Its terrifying power caused the ground to crack violently.

“So terrifying! Fall back! The Joyous Dao Head is going all out!”

Feeling the sharpness of the blade Qi and the horrifying energy contained within it, the onlookers hastily retreated to a safe distance to observe.

Seeing Fei Qian launch her blade strike, Qin Xuan gathered his Sword Intent and Solar Divine Power, ready to draw his sword and fight.

At Divine Martial Realm level six, Qin Xuan had been able to kill the Patriarch of the Han Family in an instant.

Now that he was at Divine Martial Realm level nine, even though Fei Qian was a Palace of Dao Realm powerhouse, Qin Xuan was confident he could kill her with his sword!

However, just as Qin Xuan was about to strike, a slender purple figure stepped forward beside him.

“Husband! Leave this washed-up auntie to me! You’ve always protected me before; let me protect you this time!”

Ji Yingyue took a single step and instantly placed herself before the massive blade light.

A slender sword appeared in her hand. Its blade swirled with scorching Purple Phoenix Divine Flame, while an incredibly sharp Sword Intent Embryo clung to it!

“Divine Phoenix Severs Heaven!”

Ji Yingyue swung her sword. A sword light shaped like a divine phoenix with raised wings crashed violently into the incoming blade light.

BOOM!!!

A deafening explosion rang out! A powerful wave of leftover energy rippled outwards.

Neither Ji Yingyue nor Fei Qian retreated. Instead, they pushed forward against the wave of energy.

Both unleashed various martial skills, clashing high in the sky.

Standing at the Qin Manor entrance, Qin Xuan looked up at the battle.

He knew Ji Yingyue had just succeeded in her Nibāraṇ. Her cultivation had finally caught up, reaching the same level as his and Su Nianshuang’s. She naturally desired a satisfying, unrestrained battle.

So be it. Let the Joyous Dao Head test Ji Yingyue’s sword. Besides, he was right there. Even if Ji Yingyue couldn’t win, he would step in.

Thinking this, Qin Xuan activated his Truth-Seeking Eyes and looked at Ji Yingyue.

[Ji Yingyue. Realm: Rotating Sea Realm, Eighth Level. Intent: Sword Intent Embryo. Qualities: Purple. Innate Gifts: Purple Phoenix Divine Body, Purple Phoenix Spirit Vein!]

[Purple Phoenix Divine Body: Contains the bloodline of the Purple Phoenix. Can condense Purple Phoenix Divine Flame to burn everything. Can undergo Nibāraṇ. Each Nibāraṇ provides a qualitative leap in strength and innate qualities! (Already underwent one Nibāraṇ!)]

[Purple Phoenix Spirit Vein: A powerful Spirit Vein awakened during the Nibāraṇ of the Purple Phoenix Divine Body. Increases the bloodline purity, innate talent, learning ability, cultivation speed, and power of the Purple Phoenix Divine Flame within its bearer!]

After her first Nibāraṇ, Ji Yingyue’s qualities had risen to purple! She had also comprehended the Sword Intent Embryo and awakened the Purple Phoenix Spirit Vein!

It could be said that even if her cultivation realm hadn’t increased, Ji Yingyue’s combat power would have multiplied a hundredfold!

Moreover, after absorbing so many spirit herbs and spiritual liquids derived from Heavenly and Earthly Treasures, Ji Yingyue’s cultivation had already broken through to the Rotating Sea Realm, Eighth Level!

The present Ji Yingyue could probably crush her past self with one hand.

This was the terrifying aspect of the Purple Phoenix Divine Body!

While each Nibāraṇ carried immense risk, the rewards upon success were incredibly rich.

After assessing this, Qin Xuan stopped worrying.

With the combined boosts of the Sword Intent Embryo and the Purple Phoenix Divine Body, if Ji Yingyue couldn’t defeat even a mere Palace of Dao Realm Third Level powerhouse, she wasn’t worthy of being the Saintess of Tai Xuan!

For geniuses, fighting above their weight class was basic competence.

Of course, to Qin Xuan, Ji Yingyue’s performance seemed unremarkable.

But to the onlookers, it was simply jaw-dropping.

“By the heavens! Is the Qin Manor secretly the base of some Holy Land?”

“First Qin Xuan, using Second-Layer Sword Intent to instantly kill the Han Family Head. Now his wife comprehended Sword Intent Embryo and is challenging a Palace of Dao Realm powerhouse while merely a Grandmaster in the Rotating Sea Realm!”

“After this battle, the Qin Family will probably become the true number one family in the whole Azure Dragon Dynasty!”

“With Qin Xuan and his wife defending them, even the royal family wouldn’t dare to provoke the Qins easily!”

“Hey, neighbor, what do you think?”

“How do I think? Standing, lying down, sitting! All I know is Qin Xuan needs to die even more! Such beautiful and powerful wives! Who ends up marrying them?!”

BOOM!!

Amidst the stunned chatter of the crowd, the battle in the sky entered its final stages.

Although the Joyous Dao Sect Head Fei Qian had a higher cultivation realm, her innate talent was truly average.

Plus, she was obsessed with male partners, so her combat skills couldn’t possibly match Ji Yingyue, who had trained in a Sacred Land since childhood.

Moreover, Ji Yingyue grew fiercer and braver as the fight wore on, as if she was gradually adapting to her new strength.

This plunged Fei Qian into even deeper despair.

“Spare me! I’ll give you all my male partners! Whatever taste you like, I have them all!”

Fei Qian’s red robe was already badly burned by the scorching Purple Phoenix Divine Flame, revealing unnaturally white skin beneath deep, bone-showing wounds.

She could only beg Ji Yingyue pitifully for her life. She had struggled so hard to cultivate to this level; she didn’t want to die.

Faced with Fei Qian’s pleas, however, Ji Yingyue remained her usual cold, detached self.

As a Saintess of Tai Xuan, she understood the dark cruelties of the cultivation world well. How could she possibly feel pity?

Seeing this, Qin Xuan silently tightened his grip on his sword hilt.

Damned hag! She even wanted to gift all those male partners to Yingyue? ‘Whatever taste you like’? He really wanted to just slash Fei Qian dead immediately!

BOOM!

The Purple Phoenix Divine Flame blazed across the sky! Razor-sharp Sword Qi tore apart the clouds!

Following one shrill, agonized scream…

The plump, rosy body beneath the red robe was annihilated amidst the blinding sword light, dissolved into a bloody mist.

Fei Qian, the Head of the Joyous Dao Sect and a powerhouse of the Palace of Dao Realm, was dead!

After Fei Qian died, Ji Yingyue landed sword in hand at the Qin Manor gate. She looked like a goddess descending upon the world, transcendent and alone.

Only when Qin Xuan and Su Nianshuang walked over did Ji Yingyue finally smile.

Now possessing battle strength rivaling that of a high-level Palace of Dao Realm powerhouse, she knew once she returned to Tai Xuan Sacred Land, she would have vengeance, crush her contemporaries and obtain more resources and greater influence.

When that time came, she could bring Qin Xuan back to the Sacred Land to cultivate too.

Considering Qin Xuan’s gifts, even the Taixuan Saint Lord would be moved. He might even personally take Qin Xuan as his apprentice!

With the backing of the Tai Xuan Sacred Land, Qin Xuan’s journey on the martial path would go much, much further.

In the future, he might even attain the titles of King or Emperor!

“Are you alright? Weren’t injured, were you, Yingyue?” Qin Xuan looked at Ji Yingyue with concern.

Though Ji Yingyue had been overwhelmingly dominant, Qin Xuan was still a little worried. Fei Qian had, after all, been a Palace of Dao Realm powerhouse.

“Husband, don’t worry! I’m perfectly fine!” Ji Yingyue smiled brilliantly.

“That’s good!”

“Oh, by the way… since the Head of the Joyous Dao Sect is dead… doesn’t that mean the Joyous Dao Sect itself seems rather unnecessary?” Qin Xuan said to Ji Yingyue with a smile.

“Oh! That’s true!” Ji Yingyue’s eyes instantly lit up. She immediately understood the implication behind Qin Xuan’s words.

By killing Fei Qian, the Head of the Joyous Dao Sect, they had already forged an irreconcilable blood feud with the entire Joyous Dao Sect.

Although both Qin Xuan and Ji Yingyue had the confidence and power to not fear any retaliation from the Joyous Dao Sect…

The resources within a great sect led by Palace of Dao Realm powerhouses were incredibly valuable!

Since a death grudge was already formed, why not escort Buddha all the way to the Western Heaven? Finish it completely?

Neither Qin Xuan nor Ji Yingyue was some infuriatingly ‘merciful and righteous’ type. They felt not the slightest burden about wiping out an entire sect.

Such was the cultivation world — survival of the strongest!

They’d just kill fewer people in the process, that was all.