The moment Lin Xun joined the battle, Xinhu immediately felt how terrifying the younger man’s heaven-defying power was. Previously, he could still contend with Xing Jianxia. Now, with Lin Xun's main body and his clones joining the fight, the balance was instantly broken, putting him at a disadvantage.

No wonder someone like Ziche Wuji was no match for this young man. This kind of power is truly unique; it's almost impossible to find anyone like him in previous epochs...

Xinhu sighed inwardly. At this moment, he finally abandoned the thought of retreating and escaping. His eyes shone brightly, and a calm expression appeared on his handsome, youthful face.

"Life and death are unpredictable; therefore, there is no need to fear!" Xinhu enunciated each word distinctly.

Immediately, his entire aura changed, becoming ethereal and transcendent, like a supreme Buddha without emotional fluctuations. Millions of snow-white, crystalline lotus flowers, all formed from law power, cascaded from him.

Xing Jianxia's pupils contracted, and he transmitted a warning to Lin Xun, "Be careful, this old bald monk is going all out!"

He of all people would know how terrifying an old expert at Xinhu's level could be when he decided to disregard life or death.

"Even putting his life on the line is futile!" Lin Xun's gaze was cold, and his attacks became even more domineering and fierce, showing no mercy. His true body and five dao bodies all glowed as they launched a full-force attack on Xinhu.

"Rise!"

In front of Xinhu, twenty-four Great Brahma Zen Beads roared in unison, burning and exploding one by one, releasing immeasurable Buddhist light. Subsequently, they transformed into twenty-four Maitreya Brahma Realms that covered this entire area.

At this moment, Xing Jianxia and Lin Xun shuddered, their hearts trembling. They had sensed a bone-chilling danger spreading toward them.

Both had noticed that a crack had quietly opened on Xinhu's forehead. As blood splattered, countless Buddhist scriptures, seemingly forged from divine gold, flew out from the crack in his forehead and into the twenty-four Maitreya Brahma Realms before him. Crash!

From a distance, it looked as if a golden waterfall of Buddhist scriptures was gushing from the center of Xinhu's forehead. They were so brilliant and dazzling, filled with boundless and sacred energy. It was also powerful enough to make one tremble.

"This old bastard has actually melted down all the laws and principles he mastered and completely integrated them into the Great Brahma Zen Beads!" Xing Jianxia's face turned ugly. Xinhu was being too ruthless; he was completely burning himself up, abandoning everything to take them down with him!

At this moment, the wisest course of action was undoubtedly to retreat far away and avoid this ticking Buddhist time bomb. However, Lin Xun didn't intend to flee. Even though Xinhu was fighting desperately at this moment, he knew that if he fell back, the old monk might seize the opportunity to escape. At that time, finding another opportunity to kill Xinhu would undoubtedly be even more difficult.

"Attack!" Lin Xun took a deep breath, and the power of his main body and the five dao bodies also burned, releasing an unprecedented amount of energy, as if he were fighting for his life. Seeing this, Xing Jianxia gritted his teeth and also went all out, attacking with all his might.

Fighting to the death? Bring it on! Let's see who can survive this desperate fight!!

Boom~~~

The battle became even more fierce, as if the heavens and earth were collapsing, turning this area into a chaotic and turbulent place. Destructive storms were raging everywhere.

In the midst of the battle, Xinhu suddenly let out a Zen chant, "Condense!"

Boom!

In front of him, the twenty-four Maitreya Brahma Realms suddenly shrunk countless times, transforming into a golden blade in the blink of an eye. The blade was three feet long with a lotus-shaped hilt.[1]

This weapon reflected twenty-four layers of law power, and the golden power fluctuations coming off of it at this moment were like the first ray of light that tore through chaos, spreading out from it.

At this time, Xinhu's face had become pale and transparent. His entire pool of power seemed to have been drained, and his seemingly eternal and immortal skin darkened and cracked inch by inch, resembling the bark of an old tree that had lost its vitality. Even his handsome face began to reveal countless wrinkles, instantly becoming incredibly old!

“If you two can withstand this strike, then I will die without regret,” Xinhu declared, his voice now decrepit and hoarse.

This attack had completely absorbed all of the dao he had cultivated throughout his life, draining him of his cultivation and all his achievements in the dao. This strike was supreme above and boundless below!

Even if the Great Silence Unlife Calamity was before him, Xinhu was confident that he could break through it with this single strike! After this, his life and his cultivation would also be destroyed. However, he no longer cared. He wanted to kill Xing Jianxia and Lin Xun at the cost of everything.

Let's all die together!

“Die without regret? Then I'll send you on your way!” At this moment, Xing Jianxia's fighting spirit surged, as if he had completely set down everything. He flicked his fingers. “Wind, Thunder, Earth, Fire.”

Four dao swords appeared in front of him. Each sword had been forged from Eternal Divine Materials that he had collected over the countless years and nurtured with his lifelong efforts. Behind each sword was a story made of legends.

Xing Jianxia flicked his fingers again. “No Life, No Return, No Past, No Void.”

Four more dao swords appeared in front of him. These swords had been transformed from the law powers he mastered. Now, they had been fully released, morphing into swords and soaring into the sky.

Finally, Xing Jianxia took a deep breath and clasped his hands together. “Nine is the Great Dao!”

A dao sword formed from his essence, qi, and spirit appeared, and it was slightly over three feet long. When this sword appeared, it was like dotting the eyes of a dragon. His previous eight swords all seemed to find their core, producing a heaven-shattering sword chant, their energies connecting and buzzing.

“Rise!”

Xing Jianxia waved his sleeve. Immediately, the nine flying swords lined up in a single line, spanning the heavens and earth. They seemed to want to split the world apart. Although there were nine dao swords, they seemed to merge into one, transforming into a brilliant sword energy that cut through the sky.

“What a magnificent display of Nine is the Great Dao! Truly worthy of being a direct disciple of the founder of the Origin Sect!” Xinhu seemed to sigh with emotion. As he spoke, his entire being transformed into a beam of light, merging into the golden blade. A monstrous surge of blade qi then rose to the heavens.

Boom!

Xinhu's soul, which was controlling the golden blade, shot straight into the sky, piercing the night, and striking towards Xing Jianxia and Lin Xun. The resulting golden blade light was a thousand feet long, resembling a white rainbow piercing the sun, a comet striking the moon, utterly unstoppable.

At this moment, Fu Nanli, Leisong, Ren Futian, Ye Jue, and the others who were engaged in fierce combat, were all abruptly affected by this. Their expressions fluctuated wildly as their hearts trembled.

“Nine into One, Open the heavens!” At the same time, Xing Jianxia flicked his sleeve. A sword energy formed from his nine dao swords instantly shot through the air. It flew directly towards the golden blade that spanned the sky.

The moment the sword energy and the blade qi clashed, the world darkened, the surrounding void suddenly sank, and the vast mountains and rivers nearby trembled. Everything seemed to fall into great terror in that instant.

Then—Clang!!!

The resulting collision was like the first thunderclap at the beginning of chaos. One of Xing Jianxia's dao swords couldn't withstand the force and was sent flying by the golden blade, humming mournfully.

Then, the second, the third, the fourth...all were unable to stop the golden blade’s attack and were defeated one by one.

The golden blade was too powerful! Invincible and unstoppable, one could even vaguely see Xinhu's figure in it.

This was truly an attack born of despair. One strike, burning his soul, body, cultivation, and dao—this was a strike that Xinhu, a Great Boundless Immeasurable Eternal, had paid with his life. How could such an attack be ordinary?

In an instant, Xing Jianxia's ninth dao sword was also knocked away. Now, the golden blade was now only a meter away from Xing Jianxia. Xing Jianxia could even see Xinhu's emotionless expression within the weapon.

“Damn it!”

The expressions of both Fu Nanli and Ren Futian, who were in the midst of battle, immediately flickered. Xinhu certainly had no chance of surviving, but with this strike, Xing Jianxia would likely perish as well!

Xing Jianxia understood this too. In this critical moment, he showed no fear or joy, but instead simply charged forward, attempting to use his own strength to completely exhaust the power of the golden blade. By doing this, Lin Xun would be safe. By doing this, the battle could be won!

However, even faster than Xing Jianxia was a dao sword. This sword seemed to appear out of thin air, carrying an indescribably dazzling light, arriving in an instant and striking the golden blade.

Boom!

The heavens and earth were overturned, and everything collapsed. A vast and surging force instantly spread out in all directions from the point where the dao sword and the golden blade met. The terrifying destructive torrent had sent even Xing Jianxia, ​​who had charged forward, flying back, his blood and qi churning. He coughed up a large mouthful of blood, already severely injured.

However, he couldn't care less about his wounds. His eyes were fixed on the distance, and his face was filled with shock. The strike unleashed by Xinhu with his lifelong cultivation and life force was incredibly powerful, so much so that he had been prepared to die to block it.

Now, the golden blade had been stopped!

“This...”

Almost simultaneously, Leisong’s and Ye Jue's expressions changed drastically. Following that, Fu Nanli and Ren Futian also revealed shocked expressions.

They saw that the storm in the heavens above had gradually subsided. When the light dissipated it revealed a strange sight. A dao sword spanned the void, firmly holding back the golden blade. Behind that dao sword was Lin Xun's imposing figure!

Earlier, when Lin Xun had sensed Xinhu's desperate last ditch attack, he unhesitatingly absorbed all five of his dao bodies into his main body, sacrificing them to unleash this sword strike. Therefore, he was able to arrive at this crucial moment and block the attack before Xing Jianxia.

In addition, this sword strike could be considered a manifestation of Lin Xun's lifelong dao. What was contained within was the power released after the ultimate fusion of Nirvana, Fortune Principles, the Five Principle Laws of the Return Dominion, and the Principle of Time!

At this moment, Xinhu within the golden blade revealed a bewildered expression.

His consciousness seemed to fall into a chaotic world, where he saw many incredible scenes: the five sacred mountains of the Return Dominion, the Fortune Dominion, time flowing like a river across the universe, countless paths of the heavens rising and falling, and countless lives cycling through life and death...

There was also the river of time flowing majestically in the chaos, and in the distance of that river was a towering figure who stood above it! Upon seeing this, Xinhu couldn't help but ask, "Is this the great dao that you seek?"

"That's right." Lin Xun's eyes were cold.

"There really is such an incredible dao in this world... No wonder you can possess such heaven-defying power in the Creation Realm. It turns out that this dao has already transcended the cycles of epochs..."

A murmur sounded from the golden blade. Xinhu seemed relieved, yet unwilling, and also filled with emotion.

Crack! Crack!

As the sound rang out, the golden blade shattered inch by inch.

1. No direct translation for this kind of knife. Basically it’s a monk’s knife that is not used for killing. ☜