Heavenly Mountain, located within the Endless Ice Field outside Frost Sky City.

The ice field was filled with extremely cold storms and various formidable ice and snow series Star Beasts, which were quite perilous for ordinary Shining Star cultivators.

Su Yuan traveled alone, flying for a long time until he arrived at a cold peak deep within the field and waited silently.

Not long after, a person clad in a Black Cloud Gold Silk Robe flew over from afar and landed behind him.

“Hey, sorry to keep you waiting.” Demon Soul grinned.

Su Yuan turned around and smiled as he nodded, “I just arrived.”

“The matter of the sword fight is settled, right?”

“All set.” Demon Soul nodded and began to explain in detail to Su Yuan.

Due to the change in Star Veins, this time the Heavenly Mountain Secret Realm had altered.

Based on estimates, the Heavenly Mountain Moon Milk condensed in the Heavenly Mountain Secret Realm would far surpass the previous amounts. Therefore, the format of the sword fight had also changed.

In the past, each sect held contests outside, engaging in one round after another. After determining the victors, they would then enter the secret realm to collect the Heavenly Mountain Moon Milk according to their rankings.

This time, due to changes within the Heavenly Mountain, the disciples of various sects had to enter the Heavenly Mountain Secret Realm earlier to collect the Moon Milk before it erupted.

“Enter on their own to collect?” Su Yuan’s eyes moved slightly, then he laughed softly, “That will be quite intense.”

If it were the usual contest method, even if someone couldn’t hold back, there would still be experts and seniors from each sect present to rescue or stop them in time, making life-and-death situations very rare.

But if the disciples of various sects had to search the secret realm on their own, with no one to supervise or rescue, it would be completely different!

All the top talents from various sects on the Southern Continent were eager and proud. Competing for the Heavenly Mountain Moon Milk, a treasure crucial for advancing to Radiant Moon…

Who wouldn’t give it their all?

Just thinking about it could make one feel the fierce degree of this sword fight!

However, this would make it more convenient for him to implement his plans…

Su Yuan’s eyes flickered. If it were the usual contests outside, he wouldn’t be able to assist Demon Soul openly.

But within the Heavenly Mountain Secret Realm… he could act without restraint!

As they were exchanging information, they suddenly felt an extremely sharp Sword Intent rise from deep within the ice field!

“What an astonishing Sword Intent!” Su Yuan’s eyes slightly narrowed, “Let’s go have a look.”

Su Yuan left a Qingming Realm mark on Demon Soul, then took a step forward and entered it.

Meanwhile, Demon Soul’s figure flickered and headed forward…

In the pure white ice field, bloodstains were scattered, and corpses lay around.

A young man in a blue robe held a three-foot green sword, and in front of him were four Shining Star cultivators with terrified eyes.

“How is he so strong!”

Their faces were pale, with several sword wounds on their bodies. They struggled to lift their weapons to defend themselves.

A cold glint flashed in the youth’s eyes. An extremely sharp Sword Intent infused his longsword, and he slashed horizontally.

“Slash!”

Sword Qi swept through, severing the icy wind!

Blood spurted in a fine mist, and the four in front were cut in half, weapons included, turning into corpses on the ground!

The sword-wielding youth held his longsword and looked at the corpses. Suddenly, he glanced coldly to the side, his eyes flashing before unleashing another sword slash!

Terrifying Sword Qi surged out like a roaming Dragon, shooting hundreds of meters away.

“Clang!”

A sound of metal clashing; a crimson longsword blocked the Sword Qi.

“Such powerful Sword Qi… No, it’s enhanced by Sword Intent. ’Will Sword,’ is it?”

Demon Soul was forced back several steps before dispersing the Sword Qi and steadying himself.

The young swordsman turned around and saw the figure in the black cloud gold silk robe. He slightly frowned, “Demon Sky Palace?”

“Demon Sky Palace, Qin Lianyun.” Demon Soul responded, then sized up the young swordsman, “Such powerful Sword Intent, is it Fang Shenyi from the Intention Sword Lineage of Ten Thousand Sword Divine Sect?”

“It’s me. And you are Qin Lianyun?”

Fang Shenyi’s eyes narrowed slightly, and he became a bit wary.

“Don’t misunderstand, I just sensed the commotion and came over to check. Oh, I also caught a few who were lurking around.”

Demon Soul waved his hand, and Flame Luo Ling flew out, entangled with three more men in black robes, evidently with the ones from before.

On Demon Soul’s command, fierce flames rose from the Flame Luo Ling.

“Ah!…”

Screams echoed, and moments later, the three were reduced to ashes.

Seeing this, Fang Shenyi’s wary expression eased a bit.

Demon Soul glanced at the corpses and asked, “What’s going on?”

Fang Shenyi coldly replied, “Not sure. Just some blind fools.”

“Friend Qin, if there’s nothing else, I’ll take my leave.” Fang Shenyi said.

Demon Soul replied, “As you wish.”

Fang Shenyi shot another glance at Demon Soul, then his figure flashed with sword light and quickly disappeared into the horizon, his speed out of Demon Soul’s sensing range in an instant.

Demon Soul lifted his Demon Saber and gently caressed it. A notch had appeared on its blade.

Though it was merely a Demon Saber clone materialized with demonic power, its hardness was comparable to an Epic Star Artifact.

Yet, it had been notched by a casual sword strike…

“Will Sword Fang Shenyi, huh?” Demon Soul’s eyes slightly narrowed, “Indeed formidable.”

Ten Thousand Sword Divine Sect, exploring the extremes of Sword Dao, had three branches: Will Sword, Ten Thousand Swords, and Independent Sword.

Independent Sword specialized in close-quarters combat, with swift, formidable, mystical, and domineering sword moves, being highly versatile.

Ten Thousand Swords practiced Dividing Light into Swords technique, transforming swords into thousands with vast power, using boundless sword light to overwhelm the enemy.

Will Sword required comprehension of Sword Intent. Sword Qi, enhanced by Sword Intent, possessed infinite power.

As long as the Sword Intent was strong enough, irrespective of physical, energy, spiritual, anything real or illusory, all could be cleaved with one strike, embodying the path of breaking all laws with one sword!

In the Ten Thousand Sword Divine Sect, Independent Sword had the most practitioners.

Dividing Light into Swords required high technique, ranking next.

And Will Sword needed superior insight and talent, having the fewest practitioners!

Moreover, unlike Taishang Sect and Demon Sky Palace, Ten Thousand Sword Divine Sect always had only three core disciples, one from each branch.

Currently, the core disciple of the Will Sword Lineage was this Fang Shenyi!

In the Qingming Realm, Su Yuan, too, had seen the outside situation through the Qingming Realm mark.

“The Southern Continent truly is the strongest, with so many experts from various major sects.”

Demon Soul nodded as well, “What’s next?”

Su Yuan said, “Since we are here, might as well collect some Star Dust. The sixth-level array is due.”

“Alright.”

Demon Soul agreed, then leaped into the depths of the ice field to slaughter…

…

A few days later, the sword fighting day arrived.

In the morning, outside Heavenly Mountain, a surge of Demon Clouds rolled onto the mountain.

As the black clouds dispersed, they revealed over a hundred people dressed in black robes.

Leading them was a middle-aged man in luxurious black and gold attire, followed by four elders, along with Chou Wuliang, Ji Changye, and some true inheritors and inner disciples.

“Unexpectedly, we who come from the Extreme North are the first to arrive!” The middle-aged man snorted coldly. seaʀᴄh thё nôᴠel Fire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

The middle-aged man was Zhou Yun, Ji Changye’s master, and a King-Level expert of the Demon Sky Palace!

This sword fighting event was led by Zhou Yun, along with four Elder Burning Suns.

At this moment, another wave of Clear Energy swiftly descended on the mountain.

The gold-threaded white robes marked them as members of the Taishang Sect.

“Evil Zhou, your temper grows more hasty.” A white-bearded elder from the Taishang Sect laughed heartily, “And you still haven’t gone mad from cultivation?”

Zhou Yun sneered, “Rest assured, Old Ge. I won’t fall to madness before you die of old age.”

Their verbal sparring revealed a history of acquaintanceship.

With the matter of Feng Xuanqing and Bian Xinghe, the atmosphere between the two sects now was very tense.

But both Zhou Yun and Ge Qiu had excellent control of their Star Power, showing no trace of King-level pressure, sparing the young Shining Star disciples around from any harm…

However, the disciples of both sects were scrutinizing each other.

Ji Changye glanced at Zhang Chunyi, who led the Taishang Sect, and asked Chou Wuliang softly, “You’ve fought Zhang Chunyi before. How was it?”

Chou Wuliang slightly shook his head, “No decisive outcome… And that was over a year ago. Hard to say now.

But his Eight-Nine Mysterious Skill is formidable, not beneath my Heavenly Demon Divine Skill.”

“I see…” Ji Changye nodded thoughtfully, his gaze turning to Mu Kexian, eyes narrowing, “And that Mu Kexian is not simple. Though she rarely takes action, her insight is said to be exceptionally high, even beyond Feng Xuanqing.”

“Hmm.” Chou Wuliang also scrutinized Mu Kexian briefly, then retracted his gaze.

Jiang Heng, seeing the Demon Sky Palace duo ignoring him, frowned deeply.

“What, am I not worth their notice?” Jiang Heng seethed.

He Zhengyuan beside him remained calm, showing no reaction.

On the Demon Sky Palace side, Chou Wuliang pondered for a moment before asking, “By the way, that Qin Lianyun… You teamed up with him before. How was he?”

Ji Changye thought for a bit, “Very strong, probably on par with you.”

“Oh? Really…” Chou Wuliang’s eyes narrowed, “And where is he?”

“He left early, said he was going to hunt Star Beasts in the ice field… Oh, he’s here!”

From afar, a black figure arrived swiftly, joining the Demon Sky Palace group: Demon Soul.

“Master Zhou.” Demon Soul stepped forward and saluted.

Zhou Yun gave Demon Soul a look, then nodded slightly, “Stand down.”

“Yes.” Demon Soul complied and stood beside Ji Changye and Chou Wuliang.

Chou Wuliang observed Demon Soul, while Ji Changye smiled, “Brother Qin, how was the hunt?”

Demon Soul grinned, “Quite fruitful.”

…

Time passed, and noon approached.

The Beast Taming Heavenly Sect, Five Directions Temple, Blood Evil Sect, Qiankun Sect, Ten Thousand Sword Divine Sect, Yixian Dao, True Yang Sect, and Limitless Demon Sect had arrived one after another.

With the earlier arrivals of Demon Sky Palace and Taishang Sect, all ten sects had now gathered!

Each sect had a King-level expert leading.

The disciples were curiously watching each other.

Among these disciples, many were already somewhat famous, but such a gathering was the first time!

With some time before the Secret Realm opened, Ge Qiu from Taishang Sect suddenly smiled and said,

“With all the disciples here and still some time to wait, how about we have some fun?”