Chapter 51: Golden Flower Great Unity Scripture
Inside the Skull Mountain Market, the crowd watched as Lu Yang and Yun Miaozhen vanished before their eyes. Everyone understood that this was the power of the Crystal Mystic Sword currently suspended in the sky.
Witnessing this scene, Luo Wuya’s expression remained grave, though he secretly rejoiced in his heart.
‘A Foundation Establishment Perfected One truly possesses unfathomable Divine Abilities. Senior Brother managed to hook a big fish. The Heaven-Escaping Sword… to think this Spirit Treasure has emerged again!’
This treasure ranks thirty-seventh among the one hundred and eight famous swords of the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion, placing it first among the Earthly Fiend numbers. Though technically not a Spirit Treasure, it surpasses ordinary ones. It houses a mustard-seed Grotto-Heaven within. When battling, one needs only to shine the sword light to sweep the enemy into this dimension, thereby seizing the advantage of time and place.
Inside the Grotto-Heaven, a cultivator from the Sword Pavilion has their spiritual power replenished by the dimension itself, allowing them to unleash ordinary Divine Abilities without exhausting their own power.
In contrast, non-Pavilion cultivators who fall inside suffer a thirty percent suppression of their True Qi, followed by a thirty percent reduction in their Divine Abilities, and finally, a thirty percent weakening of their Spirit Treasures.
With one side waxing and the other waning, the outcome is all but decided.
This was exactly why Yun Miaozhen remained brimming with confidence, even knowing Lu Yang was protected by a dual formation. She knew that his formations could not withstand the capture of the Heaven-Escaping Sword.
In truth, most things belonging to the Five Elements cannot stop the Heaven-Escaping Sword.
The only way to block it with a formation would be to use one involving void transformations. Alas, such formations are far too rare. Moreover, even if one existed, it is not something a Rank 9 Formation Master could arrange.
“It seems this demon will surely be beheaded this time.”
On the other side, Divine Martial Sect Elder Ouyang Feng clapped his hands and laughed. Although he could not take revenge personally, Lu Yang’s death would resolve the great hatred in his heart.
Luo Wuya could only shake his head in silence, offering no rebuttal. In truth, he shared the same sentiment. If Lu Yang relied on his dual formations, the battle might have been a fifty-fifty split. But now that he had fallen into the Heaven-Escaping Sword, it was surely a situation of ten deaths and no life. Even Luo Wuya feared he would be in peril if he were in Lu Yang’s place.
“However… this aligns perfectly with Senior Brother’s intent.”
“That Lu Yang failed to appreciate kindness and repeatedly went against the karma involved with Senior Brother. Senior Brother likely lured Yun Miaozhen here with the intention of borrowing a knife to kill…”
Thinking of this, Luo Wuya felt at ease.
Although they were fellow disciples of the Primordial Saint Sect, he had no intention of lending a hand. He was merely waiting for Lu Yang to be killed so Yun Miaozhen could seize his Qi destiny, thereby opening the Shaman-Ghost Secret Realm.
Meanwhile, inside the Heaven-Escaping Sword.
The sword light shone down, and the layers of formations failed to obstruct it. By the time Lu Yang regained his senses, his vision cleared to reveal a completely different landscape.
All he could see was a world ravaged by sword Qi.
As the sword Qi descended, Lu Yang immediately felt his True Qi weaken by thirty percent. Even channeling his Divine Abilities met with resistance out of thin air. He realized this was the suppression of the Grotto-Heaven.
In the next second, a brilliant light erupted overhead, and Yun Miaozhen paced out.
“Primordial Saint Demon, today you are destined to meet your doom. Accept your execution!”
Her clear voice descended from the heavens, truly like an immortal speaking with the constitution of heaven. With a single word, Lu Yang felt as if the entire world had turned against him, desiring to tear his corpse into ten thousand pieces.
After speaking, Yun Miaozhen pushed up her Daoist crown. Instantly, a brilliant golden glory appeared, illuminating the dome of the sky. It then split into three, transforming into lights of Gold, Silver, and Jade. They coiled around her like swimming dragons, linked head to tail, making her appear increasingly solemn and majestic.
Lu Yang’s expression grew grave.
After several lifetimes of cultivation, he was no longer as unfamiliar with the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion as he had been at the start. After a brief thought, he recognized the Divine Ability Yun Miaozhen was displaying.
“This is the Golden Flower Great Unity Scripture… the Great Divine Ability of the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion!”
Alarm bells rang loudly in Lu Yang’s heart.
The Grand Yin Corpse Liberation Transformation True Method in his possession was also a Great Divine Ability. Precisely because of this, he dared not look down on the power of such techniques.
“I really have to put my life on the line now…” Lu Yang’s thoughts raced.
According to his knowledge, the Golden Flower Great Unity Scripture could cultivate three lights: Gold, Silver, and Jade. Each light was a superior Divine Ability in its own right.
To cultivate this Great Divine Ability to perfection, one must achieve “Three Flowers Gathering at the Summit,” fusing the three lights into a single “Great Unity Golden Flower.” This Golden Flower not only possessed the effects of all three lights but also multiplied their power, even providing a boost to breaking through to Foundation Establishment!
‘…Fortunately, her Divine Ability shouldn’t be perfect yet.’
As the saying goes, the Great Dao is singular. If the Divine Ability were perfect, Yun Miaozhen wouldn’t have split out three lights; there would only be a single Great Unity Golden Flower.
‘Perhaps this is my chance…’
Just then, Yun Miaozhen made her move. With a wave of her sleeve, the golden glory around her moved with her will, shrouding toward Lu Yang.
Lu Yang immediately retreated. This golden light was called “Divine Light.” It moved via the mind; if the mind was chaotic, one would burn. If touched by even a speck of it, heart-fire would erupt from within, causing the body to shine with gold and burn. Without a method of suppression, one would turn into a pile of ash within moments.
“Go!”
With a thought, the Heavenly Demon Blood-Dissolving Divine Light surged upward. The monstrous blood light forcibly withstood the descending golden glory, and the two forces stalemated in mid-air.
Seeing this, Yun Miaozhen lightly pressed the center of her brow.
The next second, a Sword Pellet emerged. Like fleeting lightning, it vanished in an instant, reappearing directly above Lu Yang’s head to strike down—
Clang! Clang!
Sword Qi whistled down. Lu Yang’s Blood Sun Sword Pellet had been isolated outside the Grotto-Heaven, so he could only sigh and manifest a wind and thunder precious mirror behind his head.
The Supreme Sky Mirror!
The mirror surface shimmered, instantly accompanied by wind and thunder. The Supreme Sky Wind-Thunder Qi within the mirror rolled up streaks of lightning wrapped in howling yin wind. It forcibly intercepted Yun Miaozhen’s sword pellet, holding it fast like a vortex while the rolling wind and thunder continuously wore down the Qi on the pellet.
Yun Miaozhen was in no hurry; instead, she gave a cold smile.
Although she acted decisively, she was not reckless. Before coming to the market to attack Lu Yang, she had already investigated his intelligence.
Formations, the Supreme Sky Mirror—all were within her expectations.
Now that she had bypassed the formations with the Heaven-Escaping Sword and pinned down the mirror with her sword pellet, Yun Miaozhen felt victory was in her grasp and decided to end it in one stroke.
In the next second, Yun Miaozhen shook the Silver and Jade lights simultaneously. These were the “Qi Light” and “Essence Light.” The former could break all Qis under heaven, while the latter could sever steel tendons and iron bones. Shaking them together, they converged into a crystal-clear sword light that slashed toward Lu Yang!
“Worthy of a Sword Pavilion True Disciple…”
Lu Yang could only sigh. Yun Miaozhen was clearly no flower in a greenhouse; her execution of tactics and grasp of timing were precise.
In this situation, she also mastered a Great Divine Ability.
Although not yet perfect, she only lacked the final fusion. At the very least, she had mastered all three component Divine Abilities.
In comparison, Lu Yang’s attainment in the Grand Yin Corpse Liberation Transformation True Method was far inferior.
The final technique, the Taiwei Imperial Edict Scripture, was still stuck at a bottleneck, unable to advance an inch. He hadn’t even collected all three Divine Abilities, let alone achieved mastery.
“In a battle of arts, I am not her match…”
Lu Yang realized this clearly. After all, he wasn’t good at direct combat; he excelled at bullying the weak with higher cultivation.
But now?
Yun Miaozhen was at the Ninth Layer of Qi Refining; he was at the Eighth. Forget being in the same realm—he was fighting a stronger enemy with a lower realm, which was completely against his style.
‘If this were a few months ago, I would probably have to choose to restart…’
However, there was now a new variable.
Facing the two sword lights slashed out by Yun Miaozhen, Lu Yang raised his hand and threw out two talismans, which exploded in mid-air.
Boom!
A loud bang echoed as a bolt of lightning and a streak of sword Qi roared out, actually blocking Yun Miaozhen’s descending sword light in the nick of time!
“Rank 9 Talismans?!”
Yun Miaozhen’s brow twitched slightly, but she quickly regained her calm. “Just two? It’s still a drop in the bucket. How many talismans can you possibly have?”
As a True Disciple of the Sword Pavilion, she didn’t study talisman arts, but she wasn’t unfamiliar with them. To draw a ranked talisman—even a Rank 9 one—a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator would need at least three days. Furthermore, they had to cast aside all other matters and focus solely on drawing.
Therefore, she was certain Lu Yang held no more than ten talismans…
The next second, Lu Yang waved his hand again.
Then, a scene that left Yun Miaozhen dumbfounded appeared. A second, a third, a fourth… dozens, nearly a hundred talismans spread out across the sky!
Behind this sky full of talismans, Lu Yang shook the Myriad Spirits Banner. A host of Banner Spirits were working overtime, rushing production.
“How many? Don’t compare your individual cultivator workshop output with me. Let me show you the power of black-hearted industrial assembly line production!”
As his voice fell, the swarm of talismans activated.
Instantly, Sword Qi and lightning intertwined, illuminating the entire Grotto-Heaven! And illuminated along with it was Yun Miaozhen’s face, twisted in shock!
Translation Notes:
36 Heavenly Spirits & 72 Earthly Fiends: A concept from Daoist numerology often used in xianxia novels to rank sets of 108 treasures or weapons. The top 36 are the superior “Heavenly” tier (Ranks 1–36), while the remaining 72 are the “Earthly” tier (Ranks 37–108). In this context, the sword is ranked 37th overall, making it the strongest of the second tier.
36 Heavenly Spirits & 72 Earthly Fiends: A concept from Daoist numerology often used in xianxia novels to rank sets of 108 treasures or weapons. The top 36 are the superior “Heavenly” tier (Ranks 1–36), while the remaining 72 are the “Earthly” tier (Ranks 37–108). In this context, the sword is ranked 37th overall, making it the strongest of the second tier.
Mustard-Seed Grotto-Heaven: A Daoist metaphor for a vast spatial dimension contained within a tiny object. In this context, it implies the sword contains a pocket world inside it used to trap enemies
Mustard-Seed Grotto-Heaven: A Daoist metaphor for a vast spatial dimension contained within a tiny object. In this context, it implies the sword contains a pocket world inside it used to trap enemies
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