Chapter One: If I could rely on my sword in the next life, I would slay all treachery and laugh at the heavens.

With arrogance and disdain on my lips, I cannot help but sigh within my heart. Brother, I ultimately failed to avenge you and eradicate the three major sects

At this moment, Ye Xiao's glance back was akin to that of a king in the sky suddenly turning around; despite being in a precarious and declining state, he still exuded an endless majesty and disdainful gaze

Sitting, standing, moving, and walking; these four phrases precisely describe the mastery of a Daoist expert in the realm of the Dao

As soon as this statement was made, the three individuals at the forefront immediately displayed an exceptionally grim expression.

Sit like a mountain, steadfast and unyielding

A burst of laughter filled the air, brimming with unabashed mockery

Isolated and powerless

A pair of delicate white hands, with slender fingers, is simply more tender and beautiful than those of a young lady

Ye Xiao smacked his lips. It seems that this term is not quite suitable when used to describe a man

In the next moment, he sat up abruptly from the bed, casually grabbed the bronze mirror from the bedside, held it up in front of him, and the next moment, he let out a cry of surprise

Ye Xiao brought her hand in front of her, her eyes wide open

The old man gritted his teeth and waved his hand: "Kill! At any cost!"

The sword light swept across like a matchless ribbon, followed by a series of piercing screams that echoed incessantly. Several individuals plummeted from the heights, spraying blood as they fell, flailing their limbs in a desperate dance toward the ground

Only in the air, a faint and elusive sound is softly swirling.

With a thunderous bang, Ye Xiao's figure, which had been soaring at high speed, suddenly came to a halt on a rock without any warning. Accompanied by a wild laugh, he abruptly turned around, and a piercing sword light, like lightning cleaving through the heavens, was suddenly unleashed.

With a loud bang, the entire world trembled.

The Final Power

Amidst the smoke and dust, a long howl echoed as a figure suddenly burst forth from the void, radiating with the brilliance of thunder and lightning, speeding away. The velocity was so great that the smoke and clouds trailing behind him formed a long dragon of dust, rolling forward.

What is happening? Wasn't I fighting against the three major sects? Wasn't I dead? With my body destroyed and my spirit dissipated, facing that annihilating blow, how could I possibly survive..." He opened his eyes, and what he saw was a magnificent room. He could feel that he was lying on a soft bed...

In the face of such a formidable presence, who would dare to be complacent

I am not dead

I see, we understand now. The old man with white beard slowly nodded, and a sudden madness of killing intent enveloped his face: "The words have been spoken, and the opportunity for life has ended. My three major sects will never allow you to exist in this world again"

Because the person in front of me is the smiling monarch

Ye Xiao suddenly felt that she had "awakened".

This is not my hand! Ye Xiao stared blankly at the hand in front of her, unable to react for a long time.

In a shroud of mist, the old man in white gazed at the chaotic stones soaring into the sky before him, his expression somber as he murmured: "Although you have discovered it, you will no longer have any opportunity... and you will never know the true truth..."

The three major sects joined forces, collectively sending forth three thousand four hundred ninety-six experts to pursue over a long distance of thirty-seven thousand miles! Hahaha... what a grand undertaking!

Beautiful

Wherever one goes, thunder follows

It turns out that Lord Ye's original intention towards our three major sects was actually to uphold justice for the world. To stand up for the practitioners of the realm? Hehe, Lord Ye is indeed a benevolent and righteous person. However, little do we know that with Lord Ye's imminent fall today, who will thereafter stop the grand plans of our three major sects? Although we have suffered heavy losses, our foundation remains intact. At most, it will take a thousand years to fully recover our strength. Unfortunately, after today, there will no longer be a renowned Lord Xiao in this world.

Rubble collapses amidst the clouds, and dust rises to fill the sky

"Lord Ye, had it not been for your obstinate insistence on severing our livelihoods, we would not have united against you in this manner." Opposite him, an elderly man with a white beard, exuding an air of ethereal grace, sighed and said, "I simply do not understand... why the renowned Lord Xiao would suddenly declare war on our three major sects. You have relentlessly driven us to the brink of destruction, and your merciless actions have ultimately led to today's mutually destructive situation, harming both others and yourself. What is the purpose of this?"

A lingering chant resounds through the air

Ye laughed mockingly: "You don't know? Don't you know? Hehe..."

This solitary and invincible sovereign of laughter, who traversed life alone, finally comprehended his greatest flaw in the final moments of his existence

This time, the attack was launched by everyone present, almost frantically exerting their full strength! Hundreds of peak experts fought with their lives simultaneously, as beams of white light crisscrossed in all directions. Countless formidable powers converged at this moment, surging towards the location of Ye Xiao with the force of a sky-splitting thunderbolt

The final surge of power erupted, and Ye Xiao found himself splattered with blood all over, unable to sustain his flight any longer

In the air, only his defiant words remained

Faced with this clearly desperate and hopeless monarch, even though it is known that he is destined to be powerless to escape and has already exhausted all means, at this very moment, no one dares to take a reckless step forward

He looks very handsome... After taking another look at himself, Ye smiled and nodded: "Much better looking than my original appearance, but... what is going on here?"

No one is exempt, regardless of who they are

In the mirror, there is the face of a stranger, a young boy. He is at most fifteen or sixteen years old, with a fair complexion, sword-like eyebrows, and starry eyes, quite handsome. His small mouth is red, and he is as beautiful as a girl.

All cultivation resources in the world belong to you! If others wish to interfere, it is against the natural order, and their nine clans should be punished, leaving no chance for survival! It is you who have pushed matters to the extreme first; I am merely responding with the same methods. What is there to misunderstand?

Laughing at all the heroes in the world, I am the sovereign within the universe

Suddenly, countless shadows surged through the smoke behind, and a series of smoke-like dragons abruptly appeared, soaring through the air and pursuing wildly

The combined attack of the three major sects truly shook the heavens and the earth. Columns of dust and smoke surged into the sky, and in an instant, the heavens collapsed and the earth shattered. The mountain where Ye Xiao was located was covered by countless fragments, soaring into the air, and was almost completely destroyed in the blink of an eye

His whole body ached severely, yet he had no time to attend to these pains; all that filled his heart was an endless confusion

Haha..." Ye laughed and coughed, saying: "Those with virtue? That phrase is indeed not bad. The treasures of the world rightfully belong to all people; whoever seizes them is the owner. However, in your quest to occupy Ling Mountain, you have sacrificed the spiritual veins, often resulting in the slaughter of tens of thousands, turning what was once a prosperous area of a thousand miles into a realm of the dead overnight. You utilize the vast amounts of bloody spiritual essence to hasten the growth of the spiritual veins, while publicly claiming that this place has been afflicted by a plague. You have no choice but to act this way, as it is for the sake of the people of the world... How many such distorted facts and insane acts have you committed over the years? How can you even claim to be virtuous? What a fine example of virtue! Haha..."

Only regret for being powerless to slay the fierce and stubborn enemy

Suddenly, he felt a sharp pain in his mind, as a tidal wave of memories surged in like a storm. The immense impact nearly caused him to faint

The winds of change are stirring

It is a pity that I, Ye Xiao, am alone and powerless, unable to slaughter each and every one of you, these beasts in human clothing! If I, Ye Xiao, could rise again, I would surely strike down every one of you madmen with my blade... Alas, a single hand cannot clap, leaving evil to run rampant, a regret of this life!

Enduring such an attack, with no power to resist, one is bound to be shattered into pieces; how could it be that one did not die?

He lowered his head, looking at the large hole in his chest, with his internal organs clearly visible. Surprisingly, he stretched his battered body and said indifferently: "Originally, no matter how much wrongdoing your three major sects committed, it had nothing to do with me. However, you monopolize cultivation resources, forcibly alter the spiritual veins; monopolize rare materials; making it so that in the entire Qingyun Heavenly Domain, apart from your people, no one else can cultivate... Such tyrannical and overbearing actions that cut off others' futures, I simply cannot tolerate. Since I cannot tolerate it, I will intervene!"

No one noticed that at the moment Ye Xiaofen was shattered to pieces, a faint purple light flickered in the sky

Holding my head, I breathed deeply for a long time before finally digesting these extremely unfamiliar memories

Ye Xiao gasped heavily, yet his eyes remained filled with mockery and disdain. With a cold laugh, he said: "Heh heh, even if I am at the end of my rope today, unable to escape this calamity, just know that even if I die, how many of you will ultimately be left alive

The most evident cost of this relentless pursuit is the blood-soaked path that stretches across countless mountains and rivers

Your Excellency Ye, your words are misguided! In this world, treasures are only possessed by the virtuous; the path of cultivation is inherently one of the survival of the fittest. What is wrong with our approach?

He let out a cold laugh and murmured: "If in the next life I could rely on my sword again, I would slay all treachery and laugh at the heavens... Laugh at the sovereign, but alas, there is no next life!"

In an instant, a tremendous force surged forth, shattering both Ye Xiao and the entire mountain beneath him

Even though the leaves appear to be in a state of decline at this moment, no one dares to lightly touch their sharp edges

If in the next life I can rely on my sword again, I will slaughter all treachery and evil, laughing at the heavens

Have you gone mad, you who have always acted according to your own whims, laughing with unparalleled arrogance and without any regard for others

The rock on which he stands is precisely the highest point of the entire mountain, where the eagle turns its head

Behind him, hundreds of skilled fighters, who had been pursuing him at high speed, halted in unison under his piercing gaze. Their eyes reflected an extremely complex mix of emotions as they looked at Ye Xiao. Further away, extending beyond the limits of sight, lay a gruesome passageway constructed from countless mangled corpses. A sudden, unexpected gust of wind whistled through, causing several heads that refused to close their eyes to spin around.

No regrets on this perilous journey of life

Slaughter the treacherous and laugh at the heavens

The three major sects gathered a total of 3,496 experts to set up a massive trap and employed countless tactics to jointly hunt down Ye Xiao. To this day, the long pursuit has stretched over 37,000 miles, with countless mountains nearly obliterated along the way. Yet, with the strength of a single individual, Ye Xiao fought his way through, managing to slay 3,496 experts, leaving behind a scene of devastation and the scattered remains of legendary masters in his wake.

Ye Xiaoqing couldn't help but scratch her head, oh, I still have a body...! ... Wait a moment!

This point is beyond doubt

The howling wind swept away all the dust and debris, leaving only a plain strewn with rubble, while the once towering mountains had vanished without a trace

In an extremely powerful explosion, the entire mountain was instantly reduced to ashes.

Ye Xiao laughed heartily. After a month of relentless fighting without rest, he was truly exhausted, almost devoid of the strength or will to move. Faced with such a devastating and annihilating attack, he found himself without even a trace of power to evade; he merely smiled, looking indifferently at the assault before him.

If in the next life I could rely on my sword again

Everyone is well aware that at this critical moment, approaching him recklessly will lead to being dragged down to accompany him in death, sharing the same fate in the underworld

This legendary figure of the celestial realm

During this period, if any other forces rise, it will inevitably shake the transcendent status of the three major sects, which would undoubtedly be the worst outcome. Moreover, there are formidable opponents like the One Palace and One Pavilion watching closely!

"As long as I am alive, I will not allow you to act so frantically. But if I were to die... everything in this world would have nothing to do with me." Ye Xiao's smile was infinitely indifferent: "But as long as I am alive for one more day, the only thing I want to do is to exterminate you bunch of bastards"

Although it is already destined that the smiling monarch, a significant threat, can be eliminated today, the cost incurred in this operation is something that even the three major sects, as superpowers, cannot bear; without exception, the top experts of the three major sects have suffered at least an eighty percent casualty rate. Such a heavy loss will likely take a millennium to recover from.

Even if one is a peerless master, when faced with the three major sects, which are superpowers, one ultimately finds oneself powerless and unable to stand alone against them

This is a lifelong regret

Amidst the swirling clouds and mist, a great mountain suddenly crumbled completely, sending endless fragments of rock soaring into the sky, while countless clouds of dust rose up, at that moment, suddenly obscuring the heavens and covering the earth, rolling up in a tumultuous surge

... ...

Yet all of this remains utterly confusing to this day, and even now, I do not understand what madness has overtaken this terrifying laughing monarch! The so-called harm to others without benefit to oneself is nothing more than this!

I understand...

The stance resembles a bridge reaching towards the sky

Withdraw! He waved his large sleeves. Everyone retreated in unison and turned to leave

Ye Xiao's lips curled downward, accompanied by a cold smile

Although Ye Xiao had already reached the pinnacle of the Dao Yuan realm, after unleashing that stunning sword strike, he was like a sharp arrow whose strength had been exhausted. At this moment, he was completely drained and could no longer maintain his flying state. As he just landed and came to a stop, the rocks beneath him were already stained with the blood that had splattered from his body