Chapter 345 - 145: Unquenchable Desire, Dao Talisman Breaks the Stalemate! Trampling the Branch Sect

That was why the Netherworld Venerable Master, who had once sought to establish order, had also failed.

When he was alive, everything was manageable. His overwhelming power suppressed the entire world. He subdued the Seven Heroes and Three Li, let alone other Cultivators.

But now that he was gone, barely a thousand years later, the order he had established had already fallen to pieces.

Even the Yin Department Divine System, which everyone had once seen as flawless, had now crumbled into dust.

Therefore, believing he had seen through Su Bai’s intentions, the Celestial Secret Sect Master let his killing intent dissipate.

Because this man was doomed to fail!

"Do you think this matter is difficult, Daoist?"

Su Bai asked in return, the Celestial Secret Sect Master’s face reflected in his eyes.

Human desire is the hardest thing to restrain.

Without the constraints of morality and law, and possessing power that transcends the mundane, who would be willing to be subservient? Who wouldn’t want to stand above all others?

Who would want to be bound by rules and laws?

Someone as strong as the Netherworld Venerable Master disappeared, and his order collapsed on its own.

This matter was, naturally, exceedingly difficult.

The Celestial Secret Sect Master nodded slightly.

"Then, for a peerless genius like you, Daoist, attaining immortality must be well within your grasp."

Su Bai smiled.

"Perhaps on the very first day you began your cultivation, you already knew you would one day achieve eternal life?"

The Celestial Secret Sect Master’s expression froze. He understood the meaning behind Su Bai’s words.

But he had no rebuttal.

He naturally considered his talent to be exceptionally high, but he wouldn’t dare claim he was absolutely certain of achieving eternal life.

Let alone at the beginning of his cultivation journey.

"From ancient times to the present, through the turning of ages and across the vast river of time, those who achieve eternal life are few and far between."

"And yet, despite this, countless Cultivators still pursue this ethereal goal, advancing wave upon wave."

"Look around. All the Ten Thousand Spirits in this world are ultimately fated to die. By your logic, if one knows they will die, why bother living at all?"

Su Bai gently flicked his sleeve and stepped into the city, his voice drifting behind him:

"In this world, there are many things that cannot be accomplished just by having the will to do so."

"But if something cannot be accomplished, does that mean you shouldn’t even try?"

He had never been one to be easily swayed.

The things he wanted to do, he did simply because he wanted to. That was all.

Whether he succeeded or not—what did that matter?

For some things, the journey is more important than the destination.

"Hm?"

The Celestial Secret Sect Master’s gaze sharpened, and the words he was about to say caught in his throat.

He watched Su Bai’s departing figure in silence.

Tianyunzi stood beside him, watching the young man in white robes drift away, an indescribable feeling stirring in his heart.

He had never seen anyone like him before.

’Truly a Divine Being!’

"Amitabha Buddha."

In the distance, the Rebirth Buddha Venerable softly chanted the Buddha’s name, lost in thought.

Behind him, several Monks watched the retreating figure with lingering fear. They too lowered their heads and chanted the Buddha’s name.

Faintly, they could sense that the heavens were about to undergo a great change!

...

CLANG!!

The sound of clashing metal shook the Gui Chen Sect’s branch headquarters.

In every long alleyway, countless sect disciples gripped their sharp weapons and charged toward the main hall.

From far away, the ceaseless roar of clashing metal could be heard from within the Gui Chen Sect branch.

Streaks of sword light, so solid they seemed tangible, pierced the void and shot out in all directions. At a glance, they looked like Sword Lotuses blooming in the air.

Faintly, angry curses and roars could also be heard.

"An Elder has fallen!"

"The assassin is still in the main hall!"

"The Gui Chen Sect has trained its soldiers for a thousand years! No matter who the assassin is, we must kill him!"

"Kill! Kill! Kill!"

Around the ruined main hall, disciples in blood-stained robes ran about, shouting wildly and waving command flags to direct the battle.

BOOM!

BOOM!

Upon the ruins of the main hall, its roof already blown clean off, a series of air-splitting explosions rang out one after another.

"Dammit! You damned thing, do you have any idea what you’ve done!?"

"You damned little bastard!"

"I’ll rip out your soul and render it into oil! I’ll make you wish for a death that will never come!"

Changqing Daoist rode a streak of sword light, soaring through the sky. As he swept his sword, an icy killing intent erupted from the depths of his eyes.

At this moment, he was so furious his chest felt like it was about to explode.

Just moments ago, he could only watch helplessly as that Gui Chen Sect Elder was killed before his very eyes, cleanly dispatched by a single sword strike!

Even the Gui Chen Sect’s very fortune had been severed in two!

The killing intent in his heart was about to drive him mad.

CLANG!!

Not far away, streaks of sword light also shot out from all directions, converging on the surrounded Jin Yunfeng.

Jin Yunfeng retreated repeatedly through the air. Under the assault of the sword strikes, he had almost no strength to fight back.

The power of Sword Nine was infinite, but its consumption of True Qi and Heart Spirit was also immense.

That last strike had nearly drained his very soul. His spirit was now listless, leaving him completely unable to fight.

If not for the fact that this White Bone Body, having been refined by Su Bai, was far stronger than before, it would have long since been shattered to pieces.

Even so, his bone body was already fractured in multiple places, and one of his arms had been completely pulverized.

"Killing one means I break even. Killing two means I come out ahead!"

Jin Yunfeng swayed, his one remaining arm raised high, his finger bones forming a sword sign.

He shot toward the sky!

He had come on this raid for the sole purpose of killing that Elder.

Now, his objective was complete.

Why should he fear death?

VMMMM!

A chilling sword light surged and roiled like a tidal wave.

Changqing Daoist instinctively retreated a thousand feet. The aura of this White Bone Body might not have been particularly strong, but that sword strike had left even him shaken.