Chapter 9: Destroying Heaven

While following Qing Wu Gui to the Twin-Tailed Dragon Carp, Bai Man and Mu Han stumbled upon a spiritual spring along the way. The two women stopped immediately and descended to the spring to explore its wonders.

The spring was located beside a million-year-old tree, only about two meters wide, yet its waters shimmered with purple, green, and red lights—extremely beautiful. As soon as Bai Man and Mu Han arrived beside the spring and saw its stunning waters, enchanting smiles appeared on their faces.

“The Beauty-Preserving Spring!”
“It’s indeed the Beauty-Preserving Spring!”

The two women cried out in astonishment, unable to take their eyes off the spring.

In the realm of cultivation, there were legends about the Beauty-Preserving Spring—female cultivators who drank its waters could eliminate impurities from their bodies, expand their meridians, and, most importantly, maintain eternal youth and beauty, with their skin glowing with luster.

Although Bai Man and Mu Han were already cultivators and retained youthful appearances, seeing this legendary spring was too much of a temptation for them to resist.

Yet, just as they cried out in amazement, their voices alerted a group of people hiding in the Heaven’s Punishment Mountains. There were four of them, all at the mid-stage of leaving the body, practicing earth-based cultivation techniques. Dressed in light yellow martial robes, they instantly flew to the Beauty-Preserving Spring and surrounded Mu Han and Bai Man. Naturally, they also took in the beauty of the two women, their eyes glowing with desire.

“Haha! Our four brothers are really lucky. After hiding in the Heaven’s Punishment Mountains for a year, we didn’t catch a Golden Qilin, but instead found two beautiful women!” exclaimed the tallest man among them joyfully.

“Yes, Senior Mie Tian!” the other three laughed in agreement.

At first, Bai Man and Mu Han were panicked upon seeing the four men, but they quickly calmed down and gave them faint smiles.

“Your lives end today,” Mu Han said calmly, looking at them as if they were already dead.

Enraged, the four men could bear it no longer—being dismissed by a woman in the late Golden Core stage and another in the late Nascent Soul stage at the same time.

“Third Brother, capture these two beauties and seal their Nascent Souls!” Mie Tian shouted angrily.

Immediately, the three men took off to capture Bai Man and Mu Han alive. But just as they rose into the air, three figures appeared in the sky—Qu Yi, Qing Wu Gui, and Wu Yuan.

“Looking for death!”

Qu Yi shouted angrily, picked up the Fulong Sword, and immediately summoned a golden dragon to attack the three of them at once. Qing Wugui followed behind the golden dragon, wielding his black sword, and struck at one of them suddenly.
“Ah!”
The three couldn’t retreat in time; one of them was pierced by Qing Wugui. His body trembled, then was destroyed by the eerie black energy, killing him instantly.
“Senior sister, I didn’t scare you, did I?” Qu Yi asked worriedly.
“Mu Han, it’s okay,” Qing Wugui said firmly.
Bai Man and Mu Han both looked at their partners with joyful smiles, their expressions extremely charming.
As for Mie Tian, seeing that one of his three junior disciples had been killed in just one round, he was terrified and tried to flee.
“Wuyuan, stop them!” While caring for Bai Man, Qu Yi also kept an eye on everything around him. Noticing Mie Tian’s panicked expression, he immediately shouted.
Wuyuan let out a sound and flew behind Mie Tian and his two companions, preventing them from escaping.
“You five, where do you come from? We’re from the Immortal Slaying Valley. If you dare attack us, the Immortal Slaying Valley will never spare you,” Mie Tian shouted viciously, trying to intimidate Qu Yi and the others.
Hearing this, Qu Yi laughed even more wildly. He had already killed Yang Tianqi and thus became an enemy of the Immortal Slaying Valley. He wasn’t afraid of even Shi Jue, the valley master at the mid-stage of Spirit Emergence, let alone these three at the mid-stage of Outward Departure.
“You’re from the Immortal Slaying Valley? Great, then give me your lives,” Qu Yi sneered.
In an instant, Qu Yi, Qing Wugui, and Wuyuan each chose one of them and began attacking. Qu Yi faced Mie Tian, while Qing Wugui and Wuyuan targeted the other two.
Qu Yi immediately swung his Fulong Sword fiercely, aiming at Mie Tian’s chest. Mie Tian stepped back lightly to avoid it and flew dozens of meters away.
“Kid, with just a top-grade treasure sword, do you think you can challenge me? Very well. Since you killed my junior disciple Mie Di, I’ll kill you to avenge him,” Mie Tian said coldly after realizing Qu Yi’s strength.
Qu Yi smiled faintly and suddenly used the golden-speed secret technique “Ten Thousand Miles in an Instant.” His entire body turned into a phantom, appearing in front of Mie Tian as he struck again with his Fulong Sword.
Mie Tian was shocked, realizing that Qu Yi had hidden his strength earlier. He hadn’t expected Qu Yi’s speed to be even faster than that of ordinary late-stage Outward Departure cultivators.
Due to Qu Yi’s speed, Mie Tian could only defend himself with earth-based spells, as he couldn’t pinpoint where Qu Yi’s real body was, leaving him no choice but to defend.

Faced with Mie Tian’s full defensive efforts, Qu Yi couldn’t break through either. On the other side, although Qing Wu Gui was only in the early stage of exiting his body, he could effortlessly send his black sword forward. The cultivator from Shi Xian Valley, who was in the middle stage, always appeared terrified, clearly scared by the merciless killing intent carried by the black sword. Wu Yuan, on the other hand, found it easy to kill that cultivator in the middle stage with just one strike, but he enjoyed the game too much. Whenever the cultivator tried to escape, Wu Yuan would immediately spread his wings to chase after him and trample him relentlessly with his four hooves. It could be said that the cultivator in the middle stage was being abused thoroughly. Mu Han, who was observing from the side, suddenly became interested as colorful lights flashed in her eyes. This was her Soul Illusion Technique, which directly assisted Qing Wu Gui in attacking the cultivator in the middle stage. In doing so, Mu Han not only learned the cultivator’s spells but also “stole” his energy, while also affecting the cultivator’s soul, slowing it down. Seizing the opportunity, Qing Wu Gui thrust his black sword again and instantly eliminated the cultivator in the middle stage. Seeing Qing Wu Gui kill his opponent, Wu Yuan became excited and trampled so fiercely that he even blew up the cultivator’s body. Extremely brutal! Wu Yuan didn’t care at all; since he relied on drinking essence blood to advance his cultivation, he was already accustomed to bloodshed. Bai Man and Mu Han cast disgusted looks at Wu Yuan. Seeing him smiling cheerfully, the two finally realized that Wu Yuan had no concept of cruelty or brutality. Meanwhile, Qu Yi continued to fight against Mie Tian, who kept raising earthen walls around himself. Despite Qu Yi’s magical attacks, Mie Tian would only break the walls before rebuilding them. If it were just Qu Yi alone, Mie Tian believed he could exhaust Qu Yi’s vital energy using this method. But when he saw his other two disciples killed as well, he finally panicked. “I’ll fight you to the death!” Mie Tian roared in fury. Instantly, he took out a golden square seal with the words “Mie Tian” on it. “Mie Tian Seal—destroy everyone under heaven!” Mie Tian activated his life treasure and shouted angrily. Then, the Mie Tian Seal flew into the air, transforming into a giant rock over a thousand meters tall, carrying a force capable of destroying everything, aiming to crush Qu Yi and the others to death. Yet just as Mie Tian thought he could kill them all at once, he suddenly found that Qu Yi and the others had disappeared in an instant.

“Impossible! How could that be? The space around us is chaotic—instant teleportation is absolutely out of the question!” Mie Tian shouted angrily.
Fueled by anger, Mie Tian had to cast another ‘Column Sky Wall’ spell, setting up stone pillars around himself to block the falling Mie Tian boulders and prevent his magical treasures from being destroyed.
As soon as the Mie Tian boulders disappeared, Qu Yi, Qing Wu Gui, and Wu Yuan reappeared, laughing heartily as they stared at Mie Tian.
“You guys…” Mie Tian sensed a terrifying aura; he truly couldn’t figure out these people, especially Qu Yi.
“Mie Tian, you didn’t expect this, did you? We have invisibility talismans. No matter how powerful your spells are, you can’t attack us. And now, you can die,” Qu Yi said with a smile.
Only then did Mie Tian realize it was a special spiritual talisman that allowed them to disappear and reappear suddenly.
“I may not be able to defeat you three, but it’s impossible for you to stop me,” Mie Tian said confidently, scanning the surroundings.
Qu Yi, Wu Qing, and Wu Yuan exchanged smiles before launching a joint attack.
With the chaotic space around him, Mie Tian couldn’t teleport away. Faced with the attacks of the three, he had no choice but to build earth walls around himself for defense. Still naively, he believed that with his mid-stage Outward Emergence cultivation level, his vital energy was greater than that of the three combined, allowing him to deplete their energy before leaving the Heavenly Punishment Mountains.
Qu Yi seemed to see through Mie Tian’s thoughts and burst into laughter. Wu Yuan was already at mid-stage Outward Emergence, while he himself possessed six Yuan Ying, giving him vital energy equivalent to mid-stage Outward Emergence. Moreover, he could absorb Yuan Ying at will to replenish his energy. Although Qing Wu Gui was only at early-stage Outward Emergence, the combined pressure and killing intent from him were even more terrifying than those of mid-stage cultivators.
With the three attacking together, Mie Tian realized he couldn’t defeat any of them individually, let alone withstand their combined assault. The pressure was immense; his vital energy vanished in half in an instant, as if a reservoir were draining.
“Heaven, Earth, and Earthly Sources—spread across a thousand realms! Detached Earth Shield!”
To save his life, Mie Tian used a separation technique, storing his soul in a Yuan Ying while his body exploded to break through the attacks of the three. The Yuan Ying then flew away.
Qu Yi, with the spiritual awareness of a Artifact God, sensed that Mie Tian’s Yuan Ying was only three thousand li away and believed he could still catch up, so he immediately flew after it.
But at that moment, a late-stage Outward Emergence beast suddenly appeared above the Heavenly Punishment Mountains and rushed at the three of them.

It is clearly the Golden Qilin.