Aspiring to the Immortal Path

The Jade Spring Sect was exterminated.

It had been exterminated easily, without the slightest pressure on the perpetrator.

Not only was the Jade Spring Sect finished. Tang Jie had also killed that True Person Xiang from the Seven Absolutions Sect. Of course, Tang Jie didn't forget to loot the Jade Spring Sect, even though the treasures of such a minor sect were of little value to him.

But what made Tang Jie the happiest was that he had verified the power of the Sovereign Blade.

This battle had gone exactly as he had imagined. The Sovereign Blade was meant for dealing not with cultivators, but with treasures. Its ability to counter all weapons was even more destructive to cultivators than its sharpness.

This was why he had been able to win so easily.

It had to be understood that this was a sect that could fight against an Infant Tending cultivator in a direct confrontation. While Tang Jie also had this capability, it wouldn't be an easy victory, and he might not even be able to beat an Infant Tending expert of one of the six major sects. Ming Yekong was such a case.

If both sides used their full strength, Tang Jie had no chance of beating Ming Yekong.

But when the Sovereign Blade showed its true power, everything changed. Tang Jie could feel that he had risen a level in body cultivation, reaching "invincible to everyone below Violet Palace" in both types of cultivation. Perhaps he could even be unmatched against Infant Tending experts.

There was a big difference between being able to fight an Infant Tending expert and being unmatched against them.

This thought left Tang Jie feeling very satisfied.

Tang Jie threw all the bodies into his diagram world, burned down this bandit sect, and headed for the Seven Absolutions Sect.

The Seven Absolutions Sect was located in the center of Duskland, positioned toward the north, in the Middlecross Mountains.

The Middlecross Mountains extended for five thousand kilometers and covered a larger area than the Zephyr Mountains. The Seven Absolutions Sect had many disciples, being the largest of the six major sects, with s25,000 cultivators.

The principal peak of the Middlecross Mountains was the Ethereal Summit, and it was also where the headquarters of the Seven Absolutions Sect was located.

There were many smaller mountains around the Ethereal Summit, tightly encircling it and protecting it. These mountains appeared to be natural, but each one was aligned with the principles of the world, and when put together, they formed a massive formation: the Universe Reversal Yin Yang Formation.

It was said that it had taken the Seven Absolutions Sect a thousand years to lay down this formation. Every year, the Seven Absolutions Sect would throw large amounts of manpower and resources into its construction, the scale of which would be enough to make one's blood run cold. Even all of Tang Jie's wealth put together was only enough to build a corner of this massive formation.

In return for such terrifying costs, the Seven Absolutions Sect received incredible defensive power, and it was said that during the Primordial Fog Calamity, the Seven Absolutions Sect received the least damage. This was also why they were able to stand among the six major sects even though they specialized in the auxiliary fields. There was truly no one who could outdo them when it cto formations, and even a formation genius like Tang Jie would be able to find a few rivals in this sect. But they wouldn't be as ruthless as him, nor did they have as many resources available to them.

Despite all this, the Seven Absolutions Sect had never been happy about being known as an auxiliary specialist. They strived to grow stronger, recruiting talents and collecting mantras and techniques. They allied with Horizon Ocean Pavilion, the strongest yet also least populous of the six major sects, trading their resources for various profound mantras. Gradually, through their various dealings, they began to produce their own unique geniuses.

Wang Juemie was a representative work of the Seven Absolutions Sect.

This Great Brother of the Seven Absolutions Sect had been rising in reputation as of late, his fcomparable to Tang Jie's, and people had already begun to put the two together and speculate as to which was stronger.

Annihilation (Juemie) Mountain!

Wang Juemie stood on the summit of this mountain that carried his name, his upper body bare.

Around him were eighteen men, each of them ten feet tall and covered in bulging muscles, stone staffs in hand, their bodies flashing with a bronze luster.

These giant men were powerful body cultivators that the Seven Absolutions Sect had produced along with Wang Juemie, but years of inhuman training had gradually deprived them of their humanity and intelligence, ultimately resulting in half-human, half-puppet existences that could only obey orders. They were called Mountain Lifters.

These Mountain Lifters had the strength to lift up mountains, on par with a Soul Transformation expert, and what they were holding weren't stone staffs, but eighteen mountains that forging masters of the Seven Absolutions Sect had refined and compressed into stone staffs. Thus, these stone staffs were called Mountain Staffs.

The Mountain Lifters holding their Mountain Staffs were frightening in pure weight alone. If it weren't for the fact that the Middlecross Mountains had been reinforced by the formation, Annihilation Mountain would have collapsed just from the load.

Wang Juemie cast his gaze across the Mountain Lifters and shouted, "Two of you, come!"

Two of the Mountain Lifters stepped forward, swinging their Mountain Staffs at Wang Juemie. Just the swing of these staffs stirred the winds into a frenzy.

Wang Juemie simply raised an arm.

A Mountain Staff slammed into his arm with a deafening boom, but Wang Juemie seemed completely fine. On the other hand, the attacking Mountain Lifter was shaken by the backlash and had to take a step back. The other Mountain Lifter's staff swung at Wang Juemie's back. This strike made Wang Juemie stagger and take a step forward, the skin on his back slightly cracking. But the wound quickly healed, indicating the astonishing energy hidden within this body.

Meanwhile, Wang Juemie swung a fist at the Mountain Staff, sending it flying together with its owner.

"Four!" Wang Juemie yelled, unsatisfied.

Four Mountain Lifters cforward, swinging their staffs. Wang Juemie roared, and his impressive body grew even larger, thrumming with power. Wrapped in this immense strength, he charged at the six Mountain Lifters.

"Another six!" Wang Juemie said, still not done.

Another six Mountain Lifters stepped forward, making it a total of twelve Mountain Lifters attacking Wang Juemie.

Wang Juemie was fearless, and even though the blows from the Mountain Lifters had him throwing up blood, he grew only more energetic as he fought.

With punch after punch, he once more pushed back the Mountain Lifters. He roared, "All of you together!"

Eighteen Mountain Lifters attacked Wang Juemie together.

This was the equivalent of eighteen Soul Transformation cultivators attacking with their full strength. The only difference was that their lack of intelligence meant that they lacked variation, meaning that they couldn't make full use of their immense power and were lacking in practical combat. As a result, Wang Juemie had openings he could exploit.

He suddenly raised his arms, blocking four Mountain Staffs and using the force of the blow to retreat. As he was blocking these four strikes, two more staffs swung at his back, but he knocked one Mountain Lifter away with an elbow strike, and brought the other Mountain Lifter down with a bear hug. He moved quickly among the Mountain Lifters, taking whatever blows he could and attacking wherever he could attack, engaging in a blood-pumping fight against the eighteen Mountain Lifters.

Even though it was reinforced by the formation, Annihilation Mountain was devastated by these terrifying exchanges, rocks obliterated and trees collapsing. The disciples spectating from a distance shook their heads. "Hah, right after we finished cleaning up Annihilation Mountain, we have to fix it up again."

"Annihilation Mountain basically has to be rebuilt every tGreat Brother cultivates."

"There's nothing we can do about that. At his current level of strength, there's very few places that can endure his power."

As the disciples talked, their eyes were full of admiration and reverence.

For them, Wang Juemie was basically a god. To reach this level after only a mere two hundred years of cultivation was simply unheard of.

Someone even said, "Great Brother's divine might is unparalleled, so how can Tang Jie and Great Brother possibly be on the slevel? Hmph. The only one who can challenge the Jewel Immortal Sovereign after two hundred years will be our Great Brother."

"Right, right!" the crowd agreed.

Only one person smiled and said nothing, seated alone on the ground, hugging one knee: Mu Yi.

A young cultivator saw this and snorted. "Mu Yi, do you have anything to add? Are you still not convinced by our arguments?"

After graduation, Mu Yi was no longer that genius of the academy, only a member of the Seven Absolutions Sect. Countless geniuses were competing in this place, and everyone had their own strong points. While Mu Yi was intelligent, his naturally weak body was a flaw that was difficult to change, meaning that he couldn't compete in strength, so it was difficult for him to stand out. If Wang Juemie hadn't insisted, Mu Yi might not have even been able to sit here and talk with everyone.

Mu Yi looked up at the sky and lazily said, "If Tang Jie were that easy to deal with, he wouldn't be Tang Jie. I've heard that he could already fight with a Violet Palace cultivator. Although Great Brother also fought Martial Uncle Jin to a draw, in my view, Martial Uncle Jin held back. Currently, Great Brother is still no match for Tang Jie."

"Audacious!"

"Absurd!"

"Great Brother can even take on eighteen Mountain Lifters. What's one Tang Jie compared to that?"

Everyone berated Mu Yi.

But Mu Yi ignored them all.

Wang Juemie walked out of the cloud of dust.

He was drenched in blood, his bones were shattered, and his muscles were shredded. It was clear that the eighteen Mountain Lifters had beaten him up badly, but he had still won.

He strode over to Mu Yi and said, "You believe that the currentis no match for Tang Jie?"

Mu Yi nodded. "In terms of strength, Great Brother can overwhelm an Infant Tending cultivator, but you lack in terms of variation. When you fought with Martial Uncle, you were able to draw with him in a contest of pure strength. If Martial Uncle Jin had used other methods, he would have been able to beat you. Tang Jie is both a law and body cultivator, and from what I know, his strength is on par with yours. If you add on his spell arts, with Horizon Ocean Pavilion even saying that he has a Dao Art, I think it will be very difficult for Senior Brother to beat him!"

A cultivator interrupted, "Great Brother, don't listen to this guy's nonsense. All he knows is how to argue…"

"Get out of here!" Wang Juemie grabbed that cultivator by the neck and casually threw him, and he disappeared like a comet into the distance.

Wang Juemie said, "I also feel like I won't be able to easily beat Tang Jie, given that he could take eleven fingers from Jewel, but do I not have even the slightest hope?"

Mu Yi shook his head.

Wang Juemie frowned, clearly very annoyed. It was obvious that he deeply trusted Mu Yi's judgment.

"In truth, if you want to beat him, there is a way," Mu Yi abruptly said.

"What is it?" Wang Juemie urgently asked.

"Wait! Wait a while! From the information I've collected, Tang Jie has been able to advance so quickly largely because of the resources he has obtained. But Tang Jie cannot possibly have so many resources to sustain him forever. One day, you will surpass him."

Wang Juemie shook his head. "Too slow! Tang Jie has already said that he will be coming for his appointed meeting. He's going to be here soon, and I don't want to miss out on this opportunity."

After sthought, Mu Yi replied, "Then there's only one other method."

Wang Juemie's eyes narrowed. "You're saying…"

"The Lifeless Path!" Mu Yi replied.