Chapter 1087: Fate, or System Arrangement?

The current disciple of Ci Hang Jing Zhai who engages with the world is always Shi Fei Xuan, and this time is no exception. It is she who is brought about by the task triggered by Kai Xin.

As the Evil King’s voice faded, a graceful figure clad in white descended into the heart of the Thousand Buddha Formation. Her delicate feet touched the ground, forming a tripartite confrontation with the Evil King Kai Xin.

“Shi Fei Xuan of Ci Hang Jing Zhai, sends greetings to the Evil King on behalf of our senior sister.”

Seeing that the Evil King had already been controlled by his demonic nature, Shi Fei Xuan’s expression changed slightly as she frowned, but she still bowed calmly.

Kai Xin frowned in secret.

Shi Fei Xuan tried to use her senior sister to awaken another personality in the Evil King, but unfortunately, she clearly didn’t realize that the Evil King’s demonic nature was so strong that even the Thousand Buddha Formation couldn’t suppress it. Adding a little willpower to that demonic nature wouldn’t affect the evil side at all… Thus, her plan couldn’t work.

As expected, the moment her senior sister was mentioned, a red glow flashed quickly in the Evil King’s eyes:

“Ignorant youngsters! Has your Ci Hang Jing Zhai reached such a state that you can only rely on petty tricks?” Without moving, he vanished like a ghost from his original position and appeared in front of Shi Fei Xuan. His speed was so great that even she was caught off guard.

She reflexively grabbed her sword and retreated!

Bang!

Before she could draw her sword, the Evil King swung a palm, violently interrupting her move. Her sword returned to its sheath, and soon her body trembled—she had already suffered a heavy blow from the Evil King’s palm. The gap between her strength at the beginning of the Mythical Realm and the peak of the Mythical Realm was evident.

Kai Xin was also stunned.

Although her spiritual perception was as strong as hers three years later, Kai Xin quickly realized she had misjudged Shi Fei Xuan’s strength. In three years, Shi Fei Xuan’s strength should have reached the mid-stage of the Mythical Realm, giving her some ability to resist even the Evil King. But this person before her seemed not to have matured or grown stronger.

“Damn it!”

Kai Xin reacted swiftly. Frowning, she acted immediately!

Just as the Evil King’s second palm was about to strike Shi Fei Xuan, the Dragon Slaying Sword slashed forward! With its unstoppable, fierce blade light, even the Evil King had to take it seriously. “Hmph!” He turned and glared angrily, then easily shattered the blade light with a backhand palm strike.

The hidden spiral energy then swept up the shattered blade light and shattered the Evil King’s Immortal Palm Mark. He exclaimed in surprise, “Spiral Energy! How did you learn Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling’s Spiral Energy?”

Kai Xin ignored the Evil King’s astonishment. In his state under the “Moon in the Well” technique, the blade’s edge carried a unique spiral force. Unfazed by the Evil King’s immortal seal techniques, he skillfully integrated and continuously unleashed the “Eight Techniques of the Well.” Combined with his occasional use of the Combined Finger technique, he managed to fight the Evil King on par.

Shi Feixuan stood by, her expression filled with shock.

Yet Kai Xin knew that after mastering the “Meridians Transformation Scripture,” his strength had been enhanced to rival that of the Wuwei realm. Coupled with the “Nine Yang Divine Skill,” which allowed him to imitate the martial arts of countless mythical masters, along with the continuous recovery of internal energy, these factors enabled him to contend with the Evil King.

Another reason was his extensive experience fighting the Evil King, which had allowed him to thoroughly understand his tactics. Even when the Evil King exerted his full strength, Kai Xin had countermeasures—such as “the blood of the Fire Kirin.”

Thinking of this, Kai Xin sternly reminded Shi Feixuan, who was still dazed: “Miss Shi, go activate the mechanism quickly! I can’t hold off the Evil King much longer!”

These words snapped her out of her trance!

Shi Feixuan then remembered the purpose of their mission: to retrieve the sacred teachings left by the monks in the Great Buddha Temple before the Evil King. She quickly shook off her shock and amazement at Kai Xin’s strength.

She glanced around, and her eyes landed on a green stone slab at the center of the formation…

Unfortunately, Kai Xin and the Evil King were fighting nearby.

“…”

Shi Feixuan’s hesitant expression was immediately noticed by Kai Xin, who silently lured the Evil King away by more than ten feet.

Her eyes lit up as she rushed to the center of the formation. Without hesitation, she pressed her fingers together and shattered the green stone…

In an instant, ripples spread rapidly beneath the ground of the Thousand Buddha Formation.

Under the solemn gazes of the Evil King, Kai Xin, and Shi Feixuan, the thousands of Arhat statues around them slowly began to rotate.

Four stone tablets rose from the center of the formation.

“I found it!”

As soon as Shi Feixuan spoke, an astonishing pressure and aura erupted from the Evil King. Caught off guard, Kai Xin was knocked back.

“Miss Shi, be careful!”

Seeing the Evil King appear behind Shi Feixuan like a ghost, Kai Xin was terrified!

It was only at this moment that Shi Feixuan demonstrated her sharp swordsmanship skills and the wisdom passed down from the Cihang Jingzhai sect. Without turning around, she unleashed the power of her heart sword, which emitted a bright light like the moon. It instantly pierced through the Evil King’s palm seal. With a single gesture, she sent all four flawless white stone tablets flying away.

Whoosh! Whoosh whoosh whoosh!

Two of the white stone tablets shot forward and landed deep within the active Arhat Formation.

The other two flew in opposite directions, one to each side…

The Evil King’s reaction was certainly not displeased. He swiftly chased after the two stone tablets. As he flew over Shi Feixuan’s head, he lightly slapped her shoulder with his palm. Her veil was stained with blood and drifted down, but Shi Feixuan still used the momentum to fly toward one of the white stone tablets she had flung away. Seeing this, Kai Xin, who had been hesitating whether to pursue the Evil King, suddenly froze… A second later, he stepped forward without hesitation and chose another direction—the solitary stone tablet that neither the Evil King nor Shi Feixuan had explored. If anyone else were present and saw the three of them heading in different directions, they would surely find it very strange. But that was exactly what happened. The Evil King, seeing the four stone tablets separated, naturally focused on the closely grouped targets—the two stone tablets. Shi Feixuan, knowing she couldn’t stop the Evil King but not wanting him to get all the stone tablets, decided, despite her severe injuries, to snatch one and take it back to Ci Hang Jing Zhai. As for Kai Xin, the main character of this mission… His original goal was to obtain all four stone tablets. But unexpectedly, the system played a trick on him. Shi Feixuan’s strength wasn’t enough to rival the Evil King; she was severely injured even before they clashed, and now she had to face a group of Arhat formations at the Mythical Realm level. Kai Xin felt he wasn’t strong enough to fight both the Arhat formations and the Evil King at the same time. However… When he saw how the four stone tablets were distributed, a flash of inspiration struck him. The distribution of stone tablets in this world seemed to subtly mirror the fate of those tablets in the world three years later. It all seemed to have been predetermined. Once again, the Evil King would get two stone tablets… Ci Hang Jing Zhai would obtain one… and only one might fall into the hands of a player. Seeing this, Kai Xin’s first thought was that the system might have already set it so that the player could only acquire one martial art… Even if the player was extremely powerful, other situations might arise. For example, confronting Shi Zhi Xuan—who was not only terrifyingly strong but also likely untouchable in terms of escape—while Shi Feixuan, though severely injured now, belonged to the mysterious Ci Hang Jing Zhai. No one knew where the others were, so provoking Ci Hang Jing Zhai was clearly not a wise decision. That fleeting thought led Kai Xin to make a decision! But at that moment, he also came up with another very bold decision.

While chasing after the stone tablet, he quickly sent a message via homing pigeon to Xiao Yuyan outside the Thousand Buddha Cluster, asking her to check if there was any way to trigger a mission to assist Shi Feixuan.
In mid-air, he made a swift gesture!
“Shi Feixuan is seriously injured—send help!”
Whoosh!
Snow-white homing pigeons took off into the sky.
Although Shi Feixuan was severely injured and unlikely to break free from the Arhat Formation alone, Cihang Jingzhai was after all a sacred Buddhist site. His intuition told him that Shi Feixuan had the ability to leave the Thousand Buddha Cluster, but whether she could return to Cihang Jingzhai safely was another matter.
For Xiao Yuyan…
this was an opportunity!
…
Thud!
The moment her feet touched the ground, her eager gaze fixed on the stone tablet. But soon, her state of mind returned to its calm, composed demeanor.
He knew!
From the moment he touched the stone tablet, he had to be prepared to break free from the Arhat Formation.
…
The homing pigeon was released from Xiao Yuyan’s hands.
Whoosh!
With light steps, Xiao Yuyan gently landed on top of one of the Arhat statues at the outer edge of the Arhat Formation.
From her vantage point, she quickly spotted three abnormalities among the Thousand Buddha Cluster.
In one area, the noise was especially intense—Arhat statues everywhere seemed to be crumbling as if torn apart!
The Evil King!!
In another direction, there was a familiar presence—the fierce aura of a dragon-slaying sword, along with the relentless momentum of the Ten Blood Battle Styles…
Xiao Kai!
Only in the third direction did the Arhat statues keep spinning around, but they didn’t make a move. A streak of snow-white motion darted swiftly between the statues. Though it seemed extremely dangerous, its speed was even greater than that of the Evil King and Xiao Kai, allowing it to break through more smoothly.
“Shi Feixuan.”
Having identified her target, Xiao Yuyan stepped onto the Buddha head and without hesitation headed in the direction Shi Feixuan was trying to escape.
…
As expected.
Although Shi Feixuan staggered out of the Thousand Buddha Cluster, the heir of Cihang Jingzhai, now without her veil, was in poor condition—pale and weak. As soon as she broke free, she collapsed, the stone tablet in her hands trembling.
Yet this didn’t affect Shi Feixuan’s vigilance.
“Who’s there?”
The sound of fabric rustling in the wind reached her ears, and Shi Feixuan immediately summoned her inner energy to push herself up, though her hand holding the sword still trembled heavily.
“Miss Shi, it’s me.”
“Oh, it’s Miss Xiao Yuyan.” Only then did Shi Feixuan realize it was Xiao Yuyan, someone she had met a few times before. Relieved, she lost the last bit of strength holding herself up and collapsed to the ground.
“Miss Shi!”
“Please wake up…”

Xiao Yuyan was shocked! She hadn’t expected Shi Feixuan’s injuries to be so severe…
“The Evil King will be here soon… Take me to Fuyuan Inn, right away.” Before losing consciousness, Shi Feixuan managed to give her a task.
Xiao Yuyan glanced at the stone tablet that had disappeared into Shi Feixuan’s arms, then at the unconscious man. Frowning, she accepted the task, picked up Shi Feixuan, and in just a few flaps of her wings, flew swiftly toward the nearest city.
Just as Xiao Yuyan took Shi Feixuan far away, with a loud crash, the Evil King broke through the formation…
His gaze sharpened as his sinister eyes fixed on the direction where Xiao Yuyan had disappeared!
But before the Evil King could take action, there was a loud explosion! The Arhat Buddha statue collapsed, and amidst the flying debris, a dark figure burst out of a nearby formation!
Xiao Kai, carrying a white stone tablet, suddenly appeared in the sight of Shi Zhi Xuan.