Chapter 180: Ultimately Reduced to the Dust of History

Chapter 180: Chapter 180: Ultimately Reduced to the Dust of History

The power of Su Zhong’e’s sword strike was far beyond Zhu Yan’s expectations.

After all, Zhu Yan had spent sixty years in the Spirit Vein consolidating his life’s work on the Martial Dao. Hadn’t Su Zhong’e done the same?

The Sword Gang dispersed the Fire Dragon and, without pausing, continued to sweep toward Zhu Yan.

With a flick of his sleeves, Zhu Yan waved his arms, and two more Fire Dragons spiraled forth.

The instant the Fire Dragons and Sword Gang collided...

BOOM—

A deafening sound exploded like a clap of thunder, as if tearing space itself apart. For a moment, the entire valley fell eerily silent.

In the next instant, the Sword Gang and countless flames rained outward in every direction.

The people below scrambled to flee in a panic.

It wasn’t just the people below; even Su Zhong’e and Zhu Yan themselves were blasted back several dozen yards by the explosion.

Both men stared at each other, a hint of surprise in their eyes.

The next moment, they both charged toward each other, unleashing new techniques midway.

Zhu Yan had no choice. He knew he couldn’t last for many more attacks. He had to take down Su Zhong’e and kill the invading enemies before his life force was depleted. Otherwise, the Fiery Fire Sect would truly be annihilated.

Su Zhong’e, on the other hand, knew Zhu Yan’s life force was fading. He had to finish him and avenge his uncle before it was completely gone.

"Profound Celestial Tyrant Sword!"

As Su Zhong’e unleashed this attack, Zhu Yan froze. He stared in horror at the Sword Momentum solidifying before his very eyes.

"Impossible! How can this be? You’ve actually cultivated the Profound Celestial Tyrant Sword to the Ninth Layer?"

Of course, Zhu Yan would never know that Su Zhong’e had reached the Ninth Layer of the Profound Celestial Tyrant Sword only because the wine had suddenly gone to his head. A flash of inspiration had struck, and as he swung his sword, he had unexpectedly unleashed the Sword Intent of the Ninth Layer.

Perhaps this was simply Zhu Yan’s fate.

In that brief moment of stunned silence, the Sword Qi struck him.

After entering his body, the Sword Qi ravaged his limbs and meridians with tyrannical force, finally exploding in his Dantian.

As a Void Realm expert, by the time he reacted, he was utterly powerless to stop the Sword Qi rampaging through his body.

Thus, a legend of a generation met his end in an unbelievable battle.

Regardless of what Zhu Yan had done in the past, he had truly been a legend of his generation among the Six Sects and Eight Gates and throughout the entire Cultivation Realm of the Eastern Domain.

With the fall of the legend that was Zhu Yan, the Fiery Fire Sect, which had endured for more than three thousand six hundred years, was left with only one possible fate: its own fall.

As for that Integration Realm Supreme Elder, Su Zhong’e dispatched him with just half a move.

All that remained was a one-sided slaughter.

"Who is Zhou Yi?"

After everyone from the Fiery Fire Sect had been slain, Su Zhong’e hovered above the sect’s main hall and called out to the dozens of black-clad figures below.

Ying Xiao flew up from the crowd.

Arriving before Su Zhong’e, he clasped his hands in salute. "I am Zhou Yi."

"Go back and tell your Lord Chu that I have fulfilled my promise as agreed upon. I am grateful for your master’s gift of wine. After I awaken in three years, I will thank him in person."

"Elder Su, there is no need for that," Ying Xiao said. "My master carries the people of the Eastern Domain in his heart. After you awaken, the best way to thank him would be to work for the welfare of the Eastern Domain’s people."

"In that case, I’m even more determined to meet your master. The Fiery Fire Sect still has plenty of good things left; I’ll leave them to you. We’ll meet again in three years!" Without waiting for Ying Xiao’s reply, Su Zhong’e gracefully floated away and disappeared over the horizon.

News of the Fiery Fire Sect’s annihilation quickly spread throughout the entire Eastern Domain.

Yan Qi, on Three Mountains Island in Celestial Wave Lake, received the news the very next day. The moment he heard it, his eyes filled with disbelief.

’The Six Sects and Eight Gates all have Void Realm ancestors presiding over them. Even though every sect’s ancestor is at death’s door, just barely clinging to life by hiding away in a Spirit Vein, the power those old monsters can unleash in one final battle is absolutely unprecedented.’

’If not for that, with the rifts between the Six Sects and Eight Gates growing deeper over the years, I would have already wiped out several sects by now. Why else would I have schemed for so long without managing to destroy a single one?’

He couldn’t wrap his head around who had destroyed the Fiery Fire Sect, nor how they had dealt with those two old monsters.

Yan Qi didn’t know that at the same time the Fiery Fire Sect was being destroyed, the men he had dispatched to the valley mouth on the mandatory route to Taiyue Mountain had also been completely wiped out.

If he had known, he likely would not be so calm and composed.

In fact, he was still thinking about it. ’Once I’ve dealt with the Sect Leaders and prodigies from the Six Sects and Eight Gates who plotted against our Red Blood Mansion, I must find out which power destroyed the Fiery Fire Sect. Then I’ll see if it’s possible to bring that power under my control too.’

Yan Qi’s ambitions were certainly great.

The Tengxing Grand Assembly had been underway for four days, yet not a single piece of news had returned. He wasn’t the least bit worried.

’My plan is absolutely foolproof,’ he thought. ’After all, I’ve planted so many people in the Tengxing Grand Assembly. It won’t be easy for the Six Sects and Eight Gates to unite, let alone leave Taiyue Mountain alive.’

’As for Great Xia, the Celestial Heart Hall, and those two Mercenary Corps that are all the rage—in my eyes, they’re nothing more than posturing clowns, a minor skin irritation.’

’With just a little bit of strategy, I’ve pinned their core forces on the border between the Celestial Qi Kingdom and the Da Zhao Kingdom, too afraid to make a move.’

’Once I’ve dealt with the Six Sects and Eight Gates, I’ll turn back and bring about the end of Great Xia and those so-called Mercenary Corps.’

Yan Qi was lost in thought for a long time. He stood up and paced around the hall a few times before stopping and turning to the middle-aged man who had returned to report.

"Has there been any news recently of Cultivators from other domains, especially the Central Domain, coming to the Eastern Domain?"

"Reporting to the Sect Leader, absolutely not. If there was, this subordinate would not dare to conceal it."

"Anyone in the entire Eastern Domain powerful enough to contend with Zhu Yan is just barely clinging to life in a Spirit Vein. The attention of the entire Eastern Domain’s cultivation world is focused on the Cyan Cloud Sect. Moreover, the Sect Leaders of the other notable sects have either submitted to my Red Blood Mansion or are also at the Cyan Cloud Sect. Who could possibly launch a sect-annihilation war against the Fiery Fire Sect at such a critical juncture?"

He seemed to be asking the middle-aged man, but he was also asking himself.

"This cannot wait. Investigate! Aside from Taiyue Mountain, mobilize every force you can and find out who destroyed the Fiery Fire Sect. Report to me the moment you have news."

Yan Qi said to the middle-aged man.

"Sect Leader, I have already arranged for men to investigate. With the Fiery Fire Sect destroyed and so many valuables inside, I’m sure the attackers wouldn’t just leave them behind. It shouldn’t be difficult to investigate."

Yan Qi nodded, then asked, "Still no news back from Taiyue Mountain?"

The middle-aged man shook his head.

"It seems I’d best go to Taiyue Mountain myself. Go inform the Elders who are here at the sect and have them accompany me."

The middle-aged man hadn’t even left when Yan Qi sensed several powerful auras approaching from a distance.

A moment later, the alarm bells on Three Mountains Island began to clamor.

"What’s going on?" Yan Qi rushed out of the courtyard and shot into the air.

"Who has come to Three Mountains Island?"

"We indulged your Red Blood Mansion for so many years, never expecting we were raising a tiger that would one day turn on us. Today, this old man will risk what’s left of his life to make your Red Blood Mansion pay its blood debt in blood!"