Chapter 50: Creating the Spiritual Peak

Ye Chentian's lingering might rippled across the valley, leaving behind an oppressive aura of Immortal Emperor coercion that left the surrounding living beings too terrified to make a single move.

Seated upon the dark jade throne within the Sect Master's grand hall, he tapped his finger lightly against the armrest, his gaze sweeping over the disciples standing solemnly below.

In the depths of Xiao Yi, Su Wan, and Luo Ningsheng's eyes, the shock of those three slaps obliterating a Fusion-stage powerhouse still lingered.

"System, use two character summoning cards."

[Ding-dong! Congratulations on summoning the 'Sword Domain Immortal Venerable' Ling Daochen (First Layer of Mahayana Stage) and the 'Myriad Techniques Heretic' Mo Chen (First Layer of Mahayana Stage)! Loyalty to the host: 100%!]

As the voice faded, two figures descended from the sky.

On the left, Ling Daochen was dressed in white surpassing snow, with an archaic longsword strapped to his back. The sword intent surrounding his body condensed into physical sword shadows that tore through the air with a sharp shriek.

On the right, Mo Chen wore a flowing robe embroidered with runes tracing the orbits of stars. As his fingertips formed hand seals, three spiritual patterns of lightning, fire, and ice condensed in the air, producing a muffled thunder-like roar as they resonated with the spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

"Hiss—such sword intent! It's more than a hundred times stronger than the Azure Peak Sword Sect's heritage mastered by Xie Qinghan!"

Qin Feng gripped his sword hilt so tightly his knuckles turned white, his Heaven-Slaying Sword Bone vibrating violently within his body as if it were about to burst forth.

"Just standing there makes my sword heart tremble. He is at least a Mahayana-stage swordsman! And a grandmaster of the sword path specializing in slaughter!"

Luo Ningsheng stared at the runes on Mo Chen's robe, her Innate Dao Fetus spontaneously resonating and emitting seven-colored glow.

"Those runes... they seem to contain the laws of heaven and earth! The spiritual energy flowing from his fingertips is a hundred times purer than the source of our Luo family's spiritual vein! This level of mastery over controlling elements is at the very least the strength of the Mahayana stage!"

"The Mahayana stage! Absolutely a Mahayana-stage grandmaster!" Zhao Hao's calves trembled as he recalled how the Void-Refinement elders of his own sect would kowtow upon merely seeing a Fusion-stage cultivator.

Then, looking at the two figures before him kneeling on one knee before their master, he suddenly felt that his talent of ringing the bell seven times was not even worthy of carrying these two men's shoes!

"This subordinate pays respects to the Sect Master!" The two men knelt on one knee, their voices causing the beams and pillars of the grand hall to vibrate with a hum as ripples of spiritual power spread outside the mountain gates.

"Rise." Ye Chentian raised his hand in a gesture of support.

"System, expend 200,000 points to exchange for 'Myriad Swords Ancestral Convergence' and 'Scroll of the Heavens'."

[Understood, successfully expended 200,000 points to exchange for 'Myriad Swords Ancestral Convergence' and 'Scroll of the Heavens'.]

[Myriad Swords Ancestral Convergence: King-grade top-tier sword canon. It allows the user to gather the spiritual consciousness of ten thousand swords for their own use, channeling the power of the nine heavens' starry river into the sword with a single thought. When the sword is drawn, myriad stars fall; when the sword rings, all domains submit! Cultivated to the pinnacle, one can summon the remnant soul of an ancient sword god to possess the body, cutting through cause, effect, and reincarnation with a single sword!]

[Scroll of the Heavens: King-grade top-tier technique manual. It compiles the origins of top-tier techniques, capable of deducing myriad techniques to their ultimate limits. Cultivated to profound depths, it enables wordless manifestation of law, summoning thunder of the nine firmaments with a single thought, transforming ancient glaciers with a single finger, and even reversing local laws of heaven and earth!]

"Ling Daochen, I appoint you as the Peak Master of the soaring Cloud Sword Peak. Rule over the 'Soaring Cloud Sword Peak', command all swordsmen, and I impart to you the grand outline of 'Myriad Swords Ancestral Convergence'. You may select disciples to impart it to!"

"Thank you, Sect Master!"

"This subordinate shall ensure that the swordsmen of the Profound Heaven Sect can sever starry rivers with their drawn swords and startle ghosts and gods with their ringing blades!"

Ling Daochen drew his sword from its scabbard, a clear and resonant sword cry piercing through the mountain gates straight up to the nine firmaments, causing the clouds to form a sword-shaped vortex as sword light wove into a net within the hall.

Su Wan gazed at the flowing light beneath Ling Daochen's sword, her Innate Sword Physique resonating with that sword intent. Her sword domain expanded spontaneously, colliding with the sword intent to spark brilliant lightning: "The power of this sword can actually induce celestial anomalies! With him teaching me, let alone the Fusion stage, even a Void-Refinement realm cultivator could be slain by my sword!"

"Mo Chen, I appoint you as the Peak Master of the Myriad Phenomena Law Peak. Rule over the 'Myriad Phenomena Law Peak', gather all spell-cultivators, and I bestow upon you the 'Scroll of the Heavens'!"

"Thank you, Sect Master!"

"This subordinate obeys the command! I shall ensure that the disciples of the Law Peak can summon thunder with a single thought and cover seas of clouds with a wave of their hands!"

The runes on Mo Chen's robe suddenly lit up, and outside the hall, three spiritual rivers of golden lightning, purple fire, and profound ice suddenly descended. The rivers pierced through heaven and earth, enveloping the entire Profound Heaven Sect and drawing the elemental spiritual energy within a radius of a thousand miles to converge frantically.

"Good heavens! Casually summoning elemental spiritual rivers? Such spell-cultivator methods are simply heaven-destroying and earth-shattering!" Luo Ningsheng covered her mouth, her Cold River Sacred Physique resonating because of this elemental power.

"With his guidance, my water-type techniques might directly bypass the Void-Refinement bottleneck and touch the Deity Transformation realm within three years!"

Ye Chentian communicated with the system.

"System, expend 100,000 points to exchange for two jade peak tokens."

[Understood, expended 100,000 points to exchange for two jade peak tokens.]

[Jade Peak Token: Contains spatial laws and spiritual gathering array foundations. Once infused with spiritual power, it can instantly construct the core palaces and basic cultivation facilities of the corresponding peak, complete with built-in basic arrays for gathering spiritual energy and guarding the mountain. It perfectly matches the peak master's aura and can automatically upgrade as the peak master's cultivation increases!]

Two jade peak tokens tore through the air, landing respectively in the hands of the two men.

The instant the tokens were infused with spiritual power, two peaks rose abruptly from the eastern side of the sect.

On the Soaring Cloud Sword Peak, thousands of sword stones automatically hovered in mid-air, sword cries shaking the firmaments, and every stone exuding piercing sword intent;

On the Myriad Phenomena Law Peak, amidst swirling clouds, three spiritual eyes of thunder pools, volcanoes, and ice springs could be seen, emitting pure elemental spiritual energy.

"Su Wan, Qin Feng, your Sword Cloud Peak is now incorporated into the Soaring Cloud Sword Peak."

"Luo Ningsheng, enter the Myriad Phenomena Law Peak and follow Mo Chen to thoroughly study elemental techniques!"

"Xiao Yi, enter the Myriad Phenomena Law Peak to assist in management. Your Burning Heaven Emperor Flame can cross-verify with Mo Chen's elemental techniques!"

"Lin Wan'er, you may freely enter and exit both peaks to study. Your Innate Dao Fetus must accommodate both sword and law!"

"Zhao Hao, enter the Soaring Cloud Sword Peak, command the outer sect swordsmen, and polish your sword heart alongside Ling Daochen!"

"The remaining thirty-seven disciples, be distributed according to your aptitudes."

Those with physical refinement aptitudes enter the Soaring Cloud Sword Peak to cultivate the method of 'simultaneous refinement of sword and body' under Ling Daochen;

Those with strong spiritual plant affinity enter the Myriad Phenomena Law Peak to learn 'spiritual plant techniques' under Mo Chen;

The remaining disciples are assigned according to their spiritual root attributes: fire types fall under Xiao Yi's command, water types fall under Luo Ningsheng's command, all subject to the dispatch of the two peak masters!"

"We disciples obey!" The disciples answered in unison.

"System, exchange for the 'Sword-Tempering Pool' and the 'Spirit-Gathering Banner'."

[Understood, successfully exchanged for 100,000 points!]

[Sword-Tempering Pool Array Diagram: Can construct a Sword-Tempering Pool on the Soaring Cloud Sword Peak. The pool contains heaven and earth sword gang; after a treasured sword is immersed in it for tempering, its sharpness and spirituality increase threefold.]

[Spirit-Gathering Banner: Can be erected on the Myriad Phenomena Law Peak. When the banner is waved, it can draw elemental spiritual energy from a thousand miles away, causing the spiritual energy concentration at the spiritual eyes to surge fivefold, and increasing the speed at which spell-cultivators condense their dharma forms threefold.]

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Ye Chentian waved his fingertips once more, and one hundred thousand top-tier spirit stones transformed into streams of light, pouring into the spiritual veins of the two peaks.

The sword stones of the Soaring Cloud Sword Peak suddenly erupted with boundless splendor, each stone projecting complete sword stance phantoms that rehearsed endlessly in the air;

The three spiritual eyes of the Myriad Phenomena Law Peak boiled abruptly, the elemental spiritual energy growing so dense it transformed into liquid spiritual slurry, forming three elemental rivers between the peaks.

"Ling Daochen, this is the 'Sword-Tempering Pool' array diagram, which allows treasured swords to absorb heaven and earth sword gang."

"Mo Chen, this 'Spirit-Gathering Banner' can draw elemental spiritual energy from a thousand miles away to help your disciples condense their dharma forms faster! You must use them well."

"Thank you, Sect Master!"

The two men accepted the treasures, shock flashing in their eyes.

Ling Daochen's treasured sword automatically un-sheathed and hovered above the Sword-Tempering Pool array diagram, emitting a yearning hum;

The moment the Spirit-Gathering Banner in Mo Chen's hand unfolded a single corner, it caused the spiritual slurry erupting from the Law Peak's spiritual eyes to surge by three feet.

He said to Ling Daochen and Mo Chen: "Pass down the order, give them one year to practice in seclusion. One year from now, have those disciples wipe out the Myriad Thunder Valley, the Nether Gu Palace, and the Azure Peak Sword Sect."

"Understood, Sect Master!"

Ling Daochen and Mo Chen answered in unison.