The eighth day of the fourth month, an ordinary day in an ordinary month, as for the year? It need not be mentioned.
Chen Jiuyang was on the border of City 318 in the era he belonged to.
At that time, Huaxia had also established a border defense city here.
It snowed all day, and the mountains were all white.
All things were silent.
On this side of the mountain stood the Huaxia Guardian Envoy.
On the other side of the mountain were the demon race, gods, and foreign cultivators and martial artists.
"Clang!!!"
The Guardian Envoy's sword, standing on the border line, suddenly let out a melodious sword cry, shaking thousands of meters!
Then, the assembly horn sounded abruptly.
Zhao Yun, the Guardian Envoy of the Western Border, clad in armor and wielding a long sword, led three thousand soldiers of no weak strength to the frontier line.
In the vast expanse of falling snow, Zhao Yun's heart couldn't help but tremble. He felt a terrifying aura, capable of obscuring the sky and sun, descending from the opposite side. Before anyone appeared, that terrifying aura had already permeated the mountains.
He let out a long roar, "What do you intend to do? Are you going to start a national war again?"
His sonorous voice spread out, reaching for ten miles around!
Under the shroud of dark clouds, many terrifying existences appeared. Among them, a monstrous beast, its form like a mountain, spoke, "Zhao Yun, we are not here for you. Today, we are waiting for one person, to settle an old grievance and mortal enmity."
Zhao Yun's heart relaxed, but his expression tightened, "These are... the true bodies of the Three Great Deities, the current Abbot of Little Thunderclap Temple, Lian Sheng, and the Four Great Demon Emperors!"
He couldn't help but take a deep breath, "Power beyond the Nation-Protecting level, the World-Suppressing level!!!"
Within Huaxia, besides those ancestors who were sealed and those reclusive old seniors from Jixia Academy, who else could deal with them?
Who were they waiting for to settle an old grievance and mortal enmity, to draw such a grand spectacle?
Suddenly, a young man's voice echoed from behind Zhao Yun, "They are waiting for me. Guardian Envoys, retreat and deploy the defensive formation, lest you get caught in the crossfire. If that girl Lie Xian comes looking for me then..."
"Swish swish swish!!!"
A scorching sensation arose, and an ineffable martial will suddenly surged.
Zhao Yun's eyes widened, and he abruptly turned his head to look back.
"This is..."
In the falling snow, there was a young swordsman dressed in a moon-white bamboo-patterned long gown. His appearance was handsome, and his build was slender. He walked in the snow, but...
When his gaze fell upon him, it was as if one were looking directly at the sun, his eyes almost being burned. The intensity of that ineffable will made it impossible to look directly, and that vast will permeated the mountains.
"When did our Dragon Kingdom produce such a martial arts powerhouse? Who is he... Report this intelligence to headquarters immediately..."
"Whoosh whoosh~"
In an instant, an ineffable and majestic power descended, suppressing the falling snow on this land. Within a radius of ten miles, not a single snowflake remained, and the visibility was clear, as if in a blue sky.
Chen Jiuyang walked slowly through the snow.
Although he was tens of miles away, he could feel the gazes of many terrifying beings scrutinizing him. Invisible forces collided and raged in the wilderness, melting the accumulated snow that filled the world.
"Before the great era, it was not permissible to attain enlightenment. Martial Saints were revered, and Great Saints were the pinnacle."
"The line of Quasi-Emperors was not to be touched."
Slowly passing by Zhao Yun and the three thousand soldiers, and crossing the border line of the Guardian Envoy's sword, Chen Jiuyang stopped and stood still. His deep eyes were calm and waveless:
"It seems... the absolute peak of this era has gathered here."
With just one glance, a terrifying aura that made Zhao Yun and the other soldiers shudder erupted from heaven and earth.
The great demon, whose form was like a mountain, was merely at the Venerable realm. It had not yet transformed, and was nothing more than an ant.
To reach the Emperor realm, one had to overcome the heavenly tribulation and transform.
Chen Jiuyang's calm gaze fell upon the girl dressed in ancient, luxurious, immortal-like robes, whose appearance and figure were exquisitely delicate and beautiful. He slowly spoke, "Lian Sheng, I spared your life back then... why must you come to seek death?"
"Is my intention to remain hidden not clear enough?"
"Back then, when I was the Holy Lord of Chongming Sea, I could have forced the Liu Xian clan to hand you over, but in the end, I let you go."
"In the cycle of life and death, the four-nine transformation yields one as a chance for life. You are seeking death."
The wind howled, billowing Chen Jiuyang's robes. Though his form was small, like a speck of dust in the vast ocean, who would dare to underestimate the astonishing martial will that surged forth?
"Seek death?" Lian Sheng, with a girlish appearance, spoke in a crisp and tender voice, yet there was a sense of ancientness, as if she were laughing aloud:
"Chen Jiuyang, you severed my immortal path of ten thousand years. This is an irreconcilable enmity."
"Though you have been in seclusion, I know you will emerge again."
"Therefore, after Yan Fengyun's demise, I captured all your old friends and acquaintances to force you out of seclusion!"
Lian Sheng raised her hand, and dozens of sealed figures appeared.
They were Gong Jingmeng, Zhou Fangzun, Ye Taisheng, Huangfu Ruisheng, Ye Tiannan, Wang Jiguang, Hu Qijie, Feng Hanhou, and others...
All were people with whom Chen Jiuyang had been on good terms in the past.
"Even if you, Chen Jiuyang, avoid karma by remaining in seclusion, you cannot escape your flaw of valuing loyalty and righteousness, no matter how much you try to hide!"
"You, Chen Jiuyang, are vengeful, and am I not? Even if I wait for tens of thousands of years, I will force you to appear and kill you with my own hands to repay the great enmity of severing my immortal path!!!"
"Very good." A hint of chilling killing intent flashed in Chen Jiuyang's eyes:
"I will give you one last chance. Hand over my old friends and acquaintances, and I will spare your life..."
"Otherwise, I will beat you to death here today."
As his voice fell.
"Crack—"
"Rumble!!!"
"Roar!!!"
With a single thought, the aura of a Martial Saint appeared, covering the sky with a flick of his finger. As the air currents churned, it was as if heaven and earth were being overturned, with an extremely violent and ferocious aura!
Dragon roars and tiger cries shook heaven and earth!
"Clang!!!"
"Good, good, good." Lian Sheng, with her girlish appearance, narrowed her eyes, also unleashing a ferocious killing intent, "You have cultivated in seclusion for so many years, and indeed, you have improved considerably."
"But, before me, it is still not enough!"
Since Emperor Fu Zhao ascended the throne, all beings in heaven and earth were unable to ascend to the imperial throne, confining them to the limits of heaven and earth.
No matter how astonishingly talented you were, you could not transcend heaven and earth to break through, to step out of the shackles.
After Emperor Fu Zhao's demise, it further caused all beings to regress a step.
Therefore, ordinary experts and prodigies from before Emperor Fu Zhao, when placed in today's world, were the peak combat power of the world!
With a roar!
The two figures flashed forward.
From the ground to the sky, from the sky to the ground.
Rolling waves of energy intertwined layer by layer, extending for more than tens of miles. Looking from afar, it was as if a celestial dragon had descended, causing ripples in the void.
"I am the limit of heaven and earth in this era!"
Lian Sheng's attack came with wind and thunder. With a single blow, it seemed to shatter space. Her majestic, azure blue blood energy obscured the sky and sun, commanding all things to submit.
This is—
The might of a Martial Grand Saint!
If a Martial Saint possessed the ability to support heaven and earth!
Then a Martial Grand Saint could pluck stars from the sky, their power exceeding the recognized combat strength of the mortal world!