Chapter 238: Consider This Your Final Warning
"You⊠cough⊠Youâve killed so many cultivators. You may use righteous techniques, but how are you any different from those demonic cultivators? Do you intend to make enemies of the entire world?"
The monk's robes were soaked in blood.
Leaning on his staff, he stumbled to his feet, his body covered in countless sword woundsânot a single patch of skin was intact.
For a Buddhist cultivator, stepping into the Void Refinement Realm meant their Buddha Light was practically invulnerable.
But in the end, he had still fallen beneath Chen Huaiâanâs sword.
Chen Huaiâan said nothing.
He merely flicked his sword hilt.
A single streak of sword qi silently shot from the scabbard.
A sword lightâwider than half a sword formationâinstantly swallowed the monk whole.
The world fell into silence.
Around the secret realm, not a single cultivator dared to utter another word.
Everyone bowed their heads, trembling.
Even breathing too loudly felt like a riskâone misplaced breath, one stray glance, and death might follow.
The three Great Holy Lands might have Supreme Elders who could crush this Sword Pavilion Grandmaster.
But so what?
At this moment, until the three Supreme Elders exited the Great Secret Realm, this one man, one sword could slaughter all of them in an instant.
"From this day forth, I, Chen Huaiâan, along with my disciple Li Qingran, officially withdraw from the Sword Pavilion.
"If you seek revenge, come for me alone.
"But if you dare trouble the Sword Pavilion⊠I canât promise that your sectâs mountain wonât suddenly be split in half."
As he finished speaking, his hand rested on his sword hilt.
His movement was slow.
Yet the air around them seemed to freeze.
It was as if an unseen weight pressed against their chests, suffocating them.
Above the crimson clouds of dawn, a vulture glided silently.
The morning sun, hanging over the cliffside, looked like a drop of blood suspended in the sky.
The sword cultivatorâs fingers trembled ever so slightly.
Shingâ!
Two consecutive, ear-piercing cracks rang out from the scabbard.
The sea of clouds churned like tides beneath the force of his sword intent.
Someone saw two columns of white smoke rise from the distant mountains.
Someone else heard the deep, muffled groans of the earthâs ley lines.
Thenâ
As if an invisible giant hand had suddenly gripped their throats, Yaoxi Holy Land and Burning Purity Holy Land's sect grounds were crushed in an instant.
Crack!
The spiritual peaks shattered.
From the sky, a downpour of blood-red rain began to fall.
By the time the dust settled, there was nothing left of Yaoxi and Burning Purityâs sect grounds.
Only the blood-red sun remained, hanging alone in the sky.
Chen Huaiâan lowered his gaze to the black-scaled sword humming in his palm.
Without sparing another glance at the surrounding cultivators, he dispersed his sword formation and grabbed Li Qingran and the demonic cultivator girl by the shoulders.
Thenâ
He soared into the heavens.
Only a single sword cry echoed across the land.
"Consider this your final warning."
He couldnât just leave the Sword Pavilion unprotected.
But by destroying two Holy Land sect grounds before leaving, the deterrence was more than enough.
Now, before the Great Secret Realm opened, he had to set everything in motion.
He had to leave.
If he stayed, all he could do was keep killing.
With the speed of a late-stage Void Refinement cultivator, he ripped through the void, arriving at Sword Pavilionâs mountain in mere moments.
He landed on Falling Sunset Peak, placing the two girls down.
The demonic cultivator girlâs condition was worsening, but he had no time to deal with it.
"Li Qingran!"
"She cultivates demonic techniques. You canât use your own energy to heal her. If you have any gentle healing pills, give them to her. I need to set up a formation."
Standing at the edge of Falling Sunset Peak, his expression was grave as he issued his command.
"Understood, Master! I wonât do anything reckless," Li Qingran responded firmly.
She could sense itâ
Master was about to do something extremely important.
This was not the time to cause any trouble.
"Heavenly Divination, how can I completely hide the Sword Pavilion so that even a Supreme Elder cannot find it?"
ăThis is your first Heavenly Divination today. This attempt is free!ă
ăCalculatingâŠă
Above the Sword Pavilion, thunderclouds surged, and a mighty celestial force flickered through the lightning.
Moments laterâ
A system notification popped up.
ăTwo solutions available for completely hiding the Sword Pavilion:ă
ăOption 1ă: Use 108 artifacts imbued with the Dao of Concealment to set up the Heaven-Shrouding Absolute Formation. This will block all divination attempts. Any cultivator below the Third Tribulation of the Grand Ascension Realm will be completely blind to it. Those above the Third Tribulation will only see vague traces and be unable to discern its exact location.
ăOption 2ă: The player's current avatar cultivation is late-stage Void Refinement and has not yet refined a Minor World. The player may refine the Sword Pavilion into a Minor World. When the player logs out, they will enter God-Hidden Mode, making it impossible for enemies to detect both the player and the Sword Pavilion.
First option? Forget it.
Where the hell was he supposed to find 108 Dao artifacts?!
Not to mention, they specifically needed to be imbued with Concealment Dao Rhythms.
If he had to buy them, any artifact related to the Dao would cost at least a billion spirit stones.
"If I choose the second option and refine the Sword Pavilion into a Minor World, what happens when I log back in?"
ăYou can purchase the Supreme VIP Heavenly Concealment Package for a limited-time offer of 1 billion spirit stones per month. This will render you completely undetectable in Cangyun Realm.ă
"Thatâs robbery!" Chen Huaiâan gritted his teeth.
But it wasnât unacceptable.
After all, he could make more money.
"Another questionâif I refine a Minor World, do I have to stay in Void Refinement forever?"
Void Refinement cost 80 million per minute.
That was insane.
ăYou only need to purchase Void Refinement Stage 1 when logging in. The system also offers Game Auto-Mode, reducing costs to 1% of normal rates when offline. In Auto-Mode, you can access game functions and interact with NPCs but cannot control your avatar. Once you wear a VR headset, you will exit Auto-Mode and be fully online.ă
Void Refinement Stage 1 costs 1 million per minute.
1% of that would be 10,000 per minute.
That meant 14.4 million spirit stones per day.
Still expensive, but manageable.
There was no haggling with the system.
At this point, Chen Huaiâan seriously suspected the game system was in cahoots with Cangyun Realmâs Heavenly Dao.
He once thought 10 billion spirit stones would last him a long time.
Now, at this rateâ
He was going to need a lot more money.
ăDetected items in inventory that can be converted into Spirit Crystals.**ă
Soul-Pinning Nail of the Corpse King Jiang (100 Spirit Crystals)
Jade Ring of the Bone China Bodhisattva (10 Spirit Crystals)
"Waitâreal-world items can be converted into Spirit Crystals?!"
Chen Huaiâanâs eyes lit up.
This⊠This is amazing!
"Convert them!"
ăConversion successful. 110 Spirit Crystals have been added to your inventory.ă
ăExtracting karmaâŠă
ăYou have obtained:**
Remnant Soul of the Corpse King Jiang x1
Remnant Soul of the Bone China Bodhisattva x1ă
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