Chapter 339: Chapter 160: The Power of Nine Breaths Qi Absorption!_2

“But what’s fake will always be fake; you put up an act of disdain to become the master of the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda, refusing it as though you scorn the power of an immortal artifact, but in essence, it is because you simply do not dare to accept the Immortal Spirit Baptism.”

“Once you choose to accept the Immortal Spirit Baptism, it will expose the fact that you do not possess the qualifications to become its master because you are nothing more than a shameless thief!”

As Yu Ke’s words fell, many cultivators’ faces showed expressions of shock and uncertainty.

“Is what Sacred Sage Yu said true?”

“I knew it! How could anyone in this world refuse to become an immortal artifact master? Turns out he had a guilty conscience all along.”

“To become the master of the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda surely means ascending to the Immortal Realm in the future, no one can refuse such a temptation.”

“I was almost deceived by his acting skills.”

“Such a person really is the most shameless!”

Yu Ke’s skillful distortion of truth left Shen Yuan momentarily stunned.

Actually, anyone who analyzed carefully could hear that Yu Ke’s words were somewhat far-fetched.

Yet, the combination of Yu Ke’s high-status identity as a Grotto Heavens Sacred Sage and the reputation of the Qingxu Sky, made many subconsciously believe in authority, in the words of a Sacred Sage.

Moreover, Yu Ke insistently claimed Shen Yuan’s refusal to become a master of the immortal artifact was due to his guilty conscience, which pre-emptively set a biased impression, then leveraging his influence to multiply the defamation of Shen Yuan was naturally more effective.

Seeing this, Shen Yuan couldn’t help but slowly start clapping for Yu Ke.

“What a performance by the Qingxu Sky, what a Sacred Sage Yu Ke!”

Shen Yuan asked with a smile, “According to Sacred Sage Yu’s logic, the reason I’ve made it this far is because I stole your opportunity during the trials?”

Yu Ke stood proudly in the air, replying coldly,

“Of course, that’s the case! Otherwise, with your Qi Refining Peak cultivation, what qualifies you to be discussed alongside True Beings like us who are Refining Spirits?”

The smile at the corner of Shen Yuan’s mouth grew more profound.

“Since Sacred Sage Yu believes that my mere Qi training stage cultivation is not worthy to be discussed on equal terms with the Sacred Sage,”

“then, I ask you to receive just one sword stroke from me!”

At the moment the words fell, the prolonged sound of a sword’s hum, like a dragon’s roar from the deep sea, burst forth. As if it were daylight, the sword light ascended from the grounds to the firmament, tearing heaven and earth apart.

The sword light was unstoppable; in an instant, it crossed miles to appear before Yu Ke. The surrounding air compressed under the sword light, and a howling wind spread Sword Qi in all directions.

“Presumptuous!”

Yu Ke, standing in the air, remained composed. His right hand slowly reached out, and the surging power of the Sun God manifested in an instant into a gigantic hand that grasped the sword light.

The sword light, almost beyond the limit of the Divinity Transformation Realm, was easily subdued by the power of the Sun God, which transformed into a Great Sun cauldron, effortlessly crushing the sword light.

Then, Yu Ke waved his vestment robe with a cold voice, “Is this all you have?”

The smile remained on Shen Yuan’s face, but he softly exclaimed,

“Eighteen years, yet aside from the foundationless cultivation, Sacred Sage Yu has not improved even in the slightest.”

With his words, Shen Yuan slowly took a step forward.

With just this one step, the ground of the entire Ingenious Tiny World trembled lightly. The rich and profound maternal energy of all creation swept through Shen Yuan’s vestment robe, and a majestic, substantial aura began to spread from him.

It was just an ordinary young man dressed in white, yet in all the cultivators’ eyes, Shen Yuan’s figure seemed to resonate with the entire earth, as if transforming into a second Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda standing between heaven and earth.

In eighteen years within the tiny world, unable to break through his cultivation, Shen Yuan embarked on the ancient Path of Refining Elemental Qi by adopting Primal Chaos Energy, interweaving arteries of the Earth. With Primal Chaos Energy as the principal force, he could even momentarily withstand beings comparable to the Great Demon Kings of the Return-to-Void Stage.

Although he was now separate from that tiny world, and the arteries of the Earth no longer under his control, this world had the Primal Chaos Nifty Pagoda at its core and was rich with Primal Chaos Energy, far surpassing that little realm, enough to push Shen Yuan to the apex by borrowing the momentum of heaven and earth.

In full view of the public, Shen Yuan slowly raised the Bronze Ancient Sword in his right hand.

“The earth position is yielding, and the superior man carries the weight with his virtue!”

Shen Yuan swept down with the Bronze Ancient Sword in his hand, where Primal Chaos Energy converged with the Primordial Spirit Sword Control Method, bringing the union of the sword and Elemental Qi to its peak at that moment.

Yu Ke felt an overwhelming sense of oppression instantly descending upon him.

The Bronze Ancient Sword in Shen Yuan’s hand seemed a primordial divine mountain, its sword moves linking mountains with the earth, capable of grinding to dust anyone in the path of its momentum.

“Clarity Void Manifestation!”

Facing such regal momentum, Yu Ke had no chance to evade, and a Sun God Dharma Image nearly a thousand feet tall appeared between heaven and earth.

With a horsetail whisk in hand, the face of the Sun God Dharma Image blurred, rising up with an 8 Trigrams Chart behind, Heaven and Earth illuminating to meet Shen Yuan’s heavy sword carrying the weight of mountains and rivers.

“Hum!!!”

An invisible wave began to spread from between heaven and earth; the ground collapsed in an instant, the raging energy of the Earth’s veins rushed to the firmament, engulfing the Sun God Dharma Image within it.

With a calm expression, Yu Ke stood on a spirit treasure 8 Trigrams Chart, protecting his body. The massive power of the Sun God was compressed to its extreme on the large Sun God Dharma Image, which withstood the strike that connected mountains and earth with sheer force.

As Sword Qi collided with the Sun God Dharma Image, the colossal image was forcibly pressed down toward the earth. The stalemate lasted but a fleeting moment before signs of collapse appeared.

A harsh light flashed in Yu Ke’s eyes as he waved his sleeve, releasing several talismans that evolved into Divine Arts in the sky above, summoning wind and clouds to form the shapes of dragons and tigers.