Even though he could easily weave a seal using the Zhen Yuan, the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle was much faster, and the seal he weaved would be much tighter and stronger.
For this reason, even though the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle had not reached the level of a Saint artifact, it was still far more fearsome in the hands of a Sealing Sage.
With it, one's fighting prowess would be raised to a whole new level.
"This is great!"
Mu Xuan's eyes lit up in excitement as he grasped the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle tightly.
The Sluggish Spirit Shuttle was only half a chi long. It had a sharp head and a swallowtail, reminiscent of a small fish swimming in a river. There were cloud-like patterns carved on its surface, and as soon as Mu Xuan grabbed it, it emitted a buzzing sound.
"Assimilate!"
Mu Xuan bellowed as a droplet of blood flew out and landed on the surface of the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle. Following which, he channeled his zhenqi into the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle.
It seemed like the artifact spirit within the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle was trying to resist, but Mu Xuan was simply too powerful. On top of that, the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle was perfectly compatible with the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle.
Heaving a sigh of relief, Mu Xuan kept the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle into his dantian, allowing his saint energy to nourish it.
Boom!
Mu Xuan seemed to have benefited greatly from assimilating the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle. His aura, which had already stabilized a moment ago, surged once more, and ominous clouds gathered in the sky.
"This …"
Xue Qianqiu was taken aback.
This was the sign of a breakthrough to Saint. Mu Xuan's talent was simply too frightening!
More importantly, the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle was once Saint Ruo Can's artifact. He had studied it for a long time after his teacher gave it to him, but he was still unable to assimilate it. Yet, in less than three minutes, Mu Xuan had succeeded.
This was truly inconceivable.
Shouldn't a weapon of this level be as loyal as the Heaven Measuring Ruler and have its own perseverance? Why would it waver so easily?
With his previous experience and the help of the Sluggish Spirit Shuttle, Mu Xuan paid a heavy price to overcome the lightning tribulation and become a Saint.
He took out the various treasures that he had prepared beforehand and recuperated for a moment before recovering. Feeling the surge of energy in his body, he laughed heartily and said, "Thank you, Saint Qianqiu!"
Xue Qianqiu felt a little stifled, but he did not know what to say. So, he could only say, "Brother Mu, since you have already made a breakthrough, when should we set off?"
"Let's set off now.
"Alright!"
Xue Qianqiu was just about to sense the Cloud Piercing Shuttle's location to find Su Yin's whereabouts when he suddenly froze. He turned his head in a certain direction.
Not only him, but Saint Lingxiao, Saint Morning Dawn, and Mu Xuan, who had just broken through, also had strange expressions on their faces.
Coming to a realization, Xue Qianqiu's eyes lit up in excitement. "It's Su Yin! To think that he would have achieved a breakthrough to Celestial Ascension Ordeal as well! This is the perfect opportunity to kill him!"
Who would have thought that Su Yin would succeed in his attempt to become a Saint just like him?
"En!" Everyone nodded in unison.
Had it been in the past, Zhang Xuan would have been able to think of all sorts of means to escape, but if he was in the midst of a tribulation, there was no way he would be able to escape at all. Furthermore, he would have to divert a large portion of his strength to fend off the lightning tribulation … That was the moment when a cultivator was at their strongest, but at the same time, they were also at their weakest. Without a doubt, that was the best opportunity to hunt down Zhang Xuan!
After confirming his suspicions, Mu Xuan didn't hesitate for too long. He hurried back and found the Scarlet Pheasant that Mu Xuan had mentioned.
Like Dragon Emperor, he was a middle-aged man with thick eyebrows.
Upon hearing that they were going to bring him out to kill someone, Chi Yan nodded excitedly.
With Chi Yan's help, Xue Qianqiu tore open a spatial rift and headed in the direction of the Cloud Piercing Shuttle.
Four grade-3 Saints, one grade-2 Saint, and one grade-1 Saint. That was a total of six experts. It would be more than enough for them to kill a young lad who was in the midst of a Celestial Ascension Ordeal and a weapon!
…
In the Wuwei Sacred Ground.
Yin Ruohai, Mo Yuanfeng, and Yunfeng were seated in the main hall with deep frowns on their foreheads.
"Have you found out the exact location of that lad?" Yin Ruohai turned to an elder before him and asked.
"Not yet!" The elder shook his head. "I only know that he appeared at the Sword Qi Pavilion a few hours ago. Afterward, he seemed to have gone to the Master Teacher Pavilion. "
If they could not find the other party, it would be useless even if they captured Fairy Hanyun and the others!
If they wanted to kidnap the other party for ransom, they should have at least contacted his family!
Su Yin simply could not sit still. He had just found out that Fairy Hanyun had gone to the Phoenix Domain, and before he knew it, Fairy Hanyun had already gone to the Dragon Domain. When he found out that Fairy Hanyun had gone to the Dragon Domain and arrived at the Sword Qi Pavilion, he chased after Fairy Hanyun as fast as he could, only to find that Fairy Hanyun was already gone …
Instead of kidnapping Fairy Hanyun, he was chasing after Fairy Hanyun instead … Just the thought of it left him depressed.
"As long as we spread the news that we have captured Fairy Hanyun, he'll definitely come looking for us …" Yunfeng said.
"No, this will leave a stain on the Wuwei Sacred Ground's reputation …"
Yin Ruohai shook his head once more. Just as he was about to continue speaking, the air in the room suddenly froze as a powerful force spread out.
Huhuhu!
Three silhouettes suddenly appeared.
"Daolord …" Yin Ruohai and the others bowed.
It was none other than the master of the Wuwei Sacred Ground, Daolord Wuwei. Back then, he had left behind a sliver of his will to kill Su Yin, but it had been destroyed by Liu Xiaoliu's secret technique.
Sitting on the main seat, Daolord Wuwei introduced the two elders who came in with him, "These two are Daolord Lingyuan and Daolord Su Ming!"
"Greetings, Sages!"
Yin Ruohai and the others were so frightened that they did not dare to speak carelessly.
Three Sages appearing at the same time was something they had never seen before.
"I know what happened to Su Yin. The two Daolords rushed back together with the intention of hunting him down!"
Daolord Wuwei's eyes gleamed as he asked, "Where are Fairy Hanyun and the others?"
"They're being held in the next room!" Yin Ruohai nodded.
"Well done …" Daolord Wuwei heaved a sigh of relief. "Bring them over!"
Before he could finish his words, the three Sages sensed something and looked into the distance at the same time.
"We already know where Su Yin is. Let's go together!"
Daolord Wuwei's eyes lit up as he made a grabbing motion in the air. Yin Ruohai, Liao Yunfeng, and the others immediately floated up. Then, he made another grabbing motion, and Fairy Hanyun, Shangguan Wanqing, and the others flew over as well.
Si la!
Tearing through space, the group rushed toward the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
…
At the same time, the Dragon Emperor, the Phoenix Emperor, and the others in the Dragon Domain also sensed the powerful ripples of lightning and flew out.
The Dragon Emperor frowned. "It seems to be Su Yin. He … How did he make a breakthrough?"
"If he cultivates his physical body and possesses the Dragon Bloodline, it's impossible for him to undergo the Sage Ordeal. Unless … Shit, we've been deceived!" Sage Sang Yu's face paled in disbelief.
"Deceived?" The Dragon Emperor was still in a daze.
Sage Sang Yu said, "I suspect that … he's the successor of the 36 Ancient Sages. His so-called bait is to deliberately steal the Sage remains in our hands. Otherwise, there's no other explanation for the current situation!"
"The fact that you can figure it out means that you're not stupid …"
A calm voice sounded, and a figure suddenly appeared in the hall.
"You Chi?"
Everyone frowned when they saw the person's appearance.
It was You Chi, who had cultivated with the Dawn Sage back in the Sword Qi Pavilion.
"Why are you here?" Sage Sang Yu walked up to You Chi. As disciples of the Yellow Springs Sage, they naturally knew each other.
"If I didn't come, the Sage remains would have been completely refined …" You Chi harrumphed coldly.
"You have all been deceived by that Su Yin! He's the successor of the 36 Ancient Sages!"
As he spoke, he revealed everything that he knew to the Dragon Emperor.
He did not think much of it when he was in the Sword Qi Pavilion, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. The young man named Su Yin was able to execute the Unparalleled Sword Intent. Unless he had inherited the heritage of a Sword Sage, there was no other reason for him to be able to do so.
With this conjecture in mind, he looked deeper into the matter. Coupled with the actions of Xue Qianqiu and the Dawn Sage, how could he not figure out what was going on?
As soon as he came to a realization, he immediately rushed over.
However, even though he was fast, the young man was even faster. He had attempted a breakthrough to Sage, and it seemed like he had succeeded …
He sure was decisive!
"Damn it!"
Not expecting a Sage, an existence that even the Firmament Firmament feared, to be fooled by a minor character, the Dragon Emperor was so furious that he nearly exploded. He turned to the Phoenix Monarch and asked, "Phoenix Monarch, are you the one who brought this person here? Are you in cahoots with him?"
"Nonsense!"
The Phoenix Monarch harrumphed coldly. "He cleared the tenth box in the Sea of Phoenix Flowers, so he's an esteemed guest of mine. Naturally, I couldn't turn him down, so I brought him here. After arriving at the Dragonfish, he first crossed the Dragon Gate before entering the Dragon Transformation Lake … I thought that he was an illegitimate son of yours, so I didn't say anything. Why would you push the blame to me? "
"You …"
The Dragon Emperor's face turned livid.
He had really thought that the young man was an illegitimate son of his … Who could have thought that the young man was actually one of the thirty-six Ancient Sages?
"God Monarchs, please stop arguing for the time being. Su Yin is currently attempting a breakthrough to Celestial Sage. It's not too late for him to realize that he has been duped. As long as we can kill him, we'll be able to get the whereabouts of the thirty-six Ancient Sages!"
"Un!"
Hearing those words, the two God Monarchs and Sage Sang Yu nodded in agreement.
As long as one did not overcome the lightning tribulation, one would not be considered a True Sage. Furthermore, even if one did become a True Sage, one would still die.
"Let's hurry up and leave!"
"Alright!"
Knowing that there was no time to waste, the four experts tore open a spatial rift and rushed toward the Hundred Thousand Mountains.
…
In the blink of an eye, a huge storm had gathered in the area.
Xue Qianqiu had made his breakthrough in the Buzhou Mountain, and Mu Xuan had made his breakthrough in the Ruoshui River. These two places were sacred grounds that Sages had built for many years, and they were able to prevent the aura of the lightning tribulation from leaking out. On the other hand, Su Yin did not have such a foundation, so he had only chosen a random mountain.
As such, as soon as the lightning tribulation appeared, all those who had reached True Sage immediately rushed over. They wanted to see who it was that was attempting a breakthrough to Celestial Sage, and they wanted to see if they could get anything out of it.
…
While Su Yin was unaware of the situation, he could roughly guess what was going on. Raising his head to look at the sky, he saw that the lightning tribulation had already reached its limit.
Si la!
An azure electric arc streaked across the sky, heading straight for the top of his head.
This was the first lightning tribulation of a rank 1 True Sage!
"Good timing!"
Su Yin did not dodge or retaliate. Instead, he took a deep breath and allowed the lightning tribulation to strike him.
It was only a rank 1 Lightning Tribulation, so it did not take much effort for him to overcome it. On the contrary, he could use it to temper his body and transform his Celestial Energy into Saint Energy, thus making his cultivation purer.
Tzzzzz!
Lightning flowed through Zhang Xuan's body, fusing with the power of laws that he had absorbed with his muscles and bones.
"So, this is the effect of the lightning tribulation …" Su Yin's eyes lit up.
He had absorbed the laws of the Path of Teacher, Path of Swordsmanship, and Path of Emotion. Under normal circumstances, even if there was no backlash from fusing them together, it would still take a very long time for the laws to fuse perfectly with his body and soul.
However, with the lightning tribulation coursing through his body, it was able to fuse perfectly with his body in just a short period of time. This saved him a lot of trouble.
It was no wonder why Yang Xuan would be so happy when he saw that Zhang Xuan was able to conceal his cultivation.
If it was a rank 3 lightning tribulation, Zhang Xuan would not have dared to absorb it so recklessly.
Kacha! Kacha! Kacha!
Another three bolts of lightning struck Zhang Xuan.
The Sage Ordeal from rank 1 to rank 3 consisted of four bolts of lightning, and each bolt of lightning would strike nine times. This was also known as the Four Nine Lightning Ordeal.
From rank 4 to rank 6, there would be six bolts of lightning, and above that, there would be nine bolts of lightning!
Each bolt of lightning would grow stronger than the previous one, and the tearing force it harnessed would grow stronger as well.
Ordinary rank 1 Saints would be able to withstand the first bolt of lightning, but they would find it difficult to withstand the second bolt of lightning. The third bolt of lightning was fraught with danger, and as for the fourth bolt of lightning, it would be nigh impossible for them to overcome it unless they used all of their trump cards.
Su Yin's cultivation had already reached rank 3 pinnacle, so a rank 1 lightning tribulation was nothing to him.
The lightning clouds in the sky seemed to have sensed Zhang Xuan's arrival, and they swiftly brought down the remaining three bolts of lightning.
Su Yin did not dodge the lightning tribulation. Instead, he absorbed all of the lightning into his body, allowing it to temper his power of laws.
The three bolts of lightning struck simultaneously, and twenty-seven thick bolts of lightning coursed through Su Yin's body, causing his body to tremble slightly. His cultivation was rising at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Zhang Xuan was agitated, but in the eyes of others, it was a different story.
In the eyes of others, Zhang Xuan's soul seemed to have been crushed when the lightning struck. He stood motionless on the spot, unable to resist at all.
"Now's the time …"
How could Dao Lord Wuwei and the others, who had just rushed over, miss such a good opportunity? With a loud boom, a huge palm print slapped towards Su Yin.
Great Inaction Star Technique!
At the same time, the remaining two Saints, Dao Lord Lingyuan and Dao Lord Su Ming, also released their strongest attacks.
Sword Qi whistled, and the palm power was like a knife. The space and time beneath the dark clouds could not withstand it and became slightly distorted.
They had also heard that Su Yin had brought more than ten Saint corpses with him. They had rushed over with great difficulty, so naturally, they wanted to get a share of the loot.
After being a Saint for so many years, they understood that only True Saints could be valued by others, and they were just pawns.
If they wanted to go further and live longer, becoming a True Saint was the way to go.
Therefore, the three powerhouses immediately unleashed their strongest combat strength without holding anything back.
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