[Special Event — Li Yunlin's Tribulation]
[Your family members learned from Li Yunbing about a sword shadow Li Yunlin faced beneath the Old Tree's omen.
Verbally, Li Yunbing agreed to help Li Yunlin find the half-immortal and immortal who wielded the sword. Secretly, however, he was unwilling to let his eldest brother face such a crisis.
Acting on the principle of striking first to gain the upper hand, he tracked down the 'Sword Heavenly King'.
After much thought, he concluded that only the Sword Heavenly King could pose a threat to his eldest brother.]
[Acquired Spoils of War: Sword Heavenly King]
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Border of Westfall Prefecture.
A spirit boat advanced, the sound of rattling chains echoing.
Li Dalong's 'Heaven-Imprisoning Lock' finally lived up to its name one day, imprisoning a true immortal inside an iron cage.
On the spirit boat were the members of the Azure Cloud Li Clan after a massive battle.
They leaned silently against the spirit boat, checking their Dharma Treasures, inspecting themselves to see if they had been planted with a Dao Seed, and dividing the spoils of war from the spatial rings.
After all, this trip into the Blood Moon was not for nothing. Sweeping through along the way, anything that could be stuffed into a spatial ring was taken, and anyone who could be killed was killed.
Launching a lightning strike on the Sword Heavenly King did not hinder them from sweeping away the enemies like an autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves.
Inside the cage forged from Tier-4 materials, the Heaven-Imprisoning Lock bound a young man with a face as flawless as jade.
This was the Sword Heavenly King.
The Sword Heavenly King glared furiously at the Li Clan members surrounding him, as well as the Red Dust Immortal who was leaning against the mast with a peculiar expression, staring at him.
He had already cursed all the curses he could muster.
As a Heavenly Immortal, His revival had not been easy in the slightest.
He had actually awakened over a hundred thousand years ago, continuously parasitizing the body of a sword cultivator.
That sword cultivator was at the Void Refinement realm. To evade the pursuit of the Department of Immortal Suppression and the Imperial Dynasty, He had even fled to a small island in the sea domains.
Finally hearing of the Blood Moon's revival, and that within it a Great Golden Immortal intended to restore the ancient Heavenly Court and recreate the glory of the immortals, He naturally wanted to reclaim His ancient status.
He wanted to gather kin far and wide, impart the Sword Dao to the world, and then absorb sword qi into Himself to advance further.
Who knew... upon arriving in Grandhaven Prefecture, hearing that taking down the Southern Frontier would earn Him a place, yet He had only been here for three years...
Just today, as He was guiding mortals to consume 'Sword Seeds' to become His kin, this group of people had already surrounded His stronghold.
Who could have thought the people of Azure Cloud would be so audacious?
"The Spirit Lord clearly stated that under His command, once the Heavenly Court is rebuilt, I would be His absolute foremost fierce general. He guaranteed my safety, I..."
The Sword Heavenly King muttered. Everything had happened too fast. Not a single one of the dozens of people was below the Void Refinement realm.
He even suspected that all the Void Refinement experts of Azure Cloud Prefecture had come.
Among them, the aura of a Great Golden Immortal even flashed briefly. Unable to hold out for even half an incense stick's time, He had already been captured.
He looked unwillingly at the Red Dust Immortal. "Who are you? Why do you associate with the Human Race of Azure Cloud Prefecture? Why do you target me so?"
"..."
The Red Dust Immortal spread his hands, glancing at Li Yaoqing, who was healing Li Yaotie.
Li Yaotie acted as a shield; the Sword Heavenly King's lethality was extraordinary, but fortunately, his body was tough.
Facing the Sword Heavenly King's question, he had no choice either. He was just an errand boy. He wouldn't dare to disobey the entity inside Li Yaoqing.
The historical records of the rolling red dust let the Red Dust Immortal know exactly who he could provoke and who he couldn't.
Furthermore... he hadn't even put the Sword Heavenly King in his eyes.
Seeing the Red Dust Immortal ignore him, the Sword Heavenly King was utterly furious, clearly exasperated to the point of spouting nonsense.
"A dignified immortal, actually associating with mortals, being used by the Human Race! You have completely disgraced the face of us spirits of heaven and earth!
And you mortals, the Holy Moon will sooner or later reach Azure Cloud Prefecture. Not a single one of you will escape.
Even if you kill me, so what? After ten thousand generations, the immortal body will revive again, and by then, you will all be gone..."
This tirade of furious curses was suddenly caught in His throat. He only felt a repulsive, monstrous demonic qi approaching.
A figure clad in a black robe, fiddling with a black dragon that resembled a winding snake on his left arm, slowly approached.
His wicked thoughts could almost pierce the heavens. Reaching the cage, he slowly squatted down, staring playfully at the Sword Heavenly King.
The Sword Heavenly King finally mustered His courage and shouted angrily,
"A demon who stole our immortal methods and cannot suppress his wicked thoughts! All that awaits you is a dead end!"
"You've been cursing the whole way. Are all immortals this kind of virtue?" Li Yunbing sneered mockingly.
Just as the Sword Heavenly King was about to continue cursing.
Li Yunbing reached in with a tightly clenched fist. The Sword Heavenly King glared coldly. "Going to use torture and abuse? I've seen it all throughout my long years. It's useless."
"I merely wanted to ask the Exalted Immortal to help me identify this item."
"Hm?"
The Sword Heavenly King froze for a moment.
Li Yunbing raised an eyebrow and unfurled his palm in front of the Sword Heavenly King.
Seeing Li Yunbing's palm, the Sword Heavenly King was even more bewildered. There were only palm lines. "There's nothing here..."
"Slap!!!"
Before He could finish speaking, Li Yunbing's unfurled palm tilted slightly to the side and slapped outward.
The Sword Heavenly King's face had a lot of meat, and the sound was very loud.
Perhaps having never been slapped in the face before, nor toyed with like a child, He was in such disbelief that His eyes lost focus.
The family members glanced over upon hearing the sound, then went back to whatever they were doing as if it were a common occurrence.
They mused inwardly that Li Yunbing hadn't eaten the immortal alive, so he was actually still quite rational.
Li Yunbing's chilling voice echoed in His ear.
"There is always something you fear. I just so happen to be an expert at manipulating wicked thoughts.
With your immortal body, you wouldn't want me to toss you down to the mortal realm, would you?
You'd better be obedient. Otherwise, I'll make sure the commoners you look down upon the most can slap you in the face with absolute impunity.
I imagine the many mortals in the Southern Frontier, whose families were ruined and lives destroyed by you lot, have many more ideas on how to deal with you than I do."
"You..."
The Sword Heavenly King burned with fury, but seeing Li Yunbing's mocking gaze, He felt terrified in His heart and didn't dare to speak.
The crowd gathered together.
Li Chang'an said in a deep voice, "This time, we took advantage of the Spirit Lord's order to negotiate with Min Tiange, giving us the opportunity to capture the Sword Heavenly King.
This matter has both pros and cons. The pro is capturing a Heavenly Immortal; the con is that once the Spirit Lord notices, our future operations will become even more difficult.
It will simply be the day of all-out war."
"He'll notice sooner or later." Li Tianqi grinned, "I saw Min Tiange. He finally came after all. We'll settle the new scores and the old debts together!"