Volume One, Chapter 18: Crushing the Arrogant Dragon—No Place for Such Recklessness

Chen Xuanting arrived on the second floor of the Hall of Myriad Treasures.

The shelves on the second floor were filled with all kinds of pills and heavenly treasures.

Chen Xuanting quickly found the Sun Spirit Flower he needed.

The Sun Spirit Flower was a rare heavenly treasure capable of helping someone break through from the Golden Core Realm into the Yin-Yang Realm.

With his talent, he could break through into the Yin-Yang Realm in a short time even without the aid of external objects, but possessing the Sun Spirit Flower would save him considerable time.

He walked up to the Sun Spirit Flower.

The flower was enclosed by a restriction. To obtain it, one had to pay one million contribution points.

Contribution points could be exchanged for any treasure within the Hall of Myriad Treasures.

One million contribution points was no small sum.

A true disciple received only one hundred thousand contribution points a year. It would take ten years to accumulate a million.

Apart from the contribution points distributed by the sect, one could also earn them by carrying out sect missions or exchanging treasures.

Chen Xuanting’s master had given him fifty million contribution points.

“I’ll take this Sun Spirit Flower. Have someone bring it out.”

“I’ll fetch someone right away.”

Bai Yun eagerly ran off to handle the matter.

A steward of the Hall of Myriad Treasures soon arrived.

Chen Xuanting took out his identity token and handed it to the steward, who said awkwardly, “This Sun Spirit Flower has already been reserved. Perhaps you could choose another treasure.”

Chen Xuanting’s gaze turned cold. “Who reserved it?”

The steward replied, “The true disciple, Long Aotian.”

The moment he heard the name, Bai Yun hurriedly said, “Senior Brother Chen, Long Aotian has a very powerful background. His father is the Hall Master of the Law Enforcement Hall, and his mother is the daughter of the Sect Master of the Profound Sword Sect. He is extremely arrogant and overbearing.”

Chen Xuanting’s face was filled with disdain. Such a background was utterly beneath his notice.

“I want this Sun Spirit Flower. If Long Aotian comes looking for you, tell him that I took it. If he wants it, he can come directly to Divine Firmament Peak and find me.”

The steward knew of Chen Xuanting’s background and did not dare offend him. He could only retrieve the Sun Spirit Flower and deduct one million contribution points from Chen Xuanting’s identity token.

When he saw that Chen Xuanting still possessed more than forty million contribution points, his heart trembled. He guessed that they had been given to him by the Supreme Elder.

This was the benefit of having a good master.

Afterward, Chen Xuanting exchanged for more heavenly treasures and pills, spending over thirty million contribution points.

Such extravagant wealth was enough to make everyone around him envious.

Chen Xuanting left.

He had just walked down from the pavilion when he encountered an extraordinarily beautiful woman.

“Senior Brother Chen, what a coincidence that we should meet here. It seems we are truly fated.”

The woman smiled seductively, her beauty capable of captivating an entire city. She was extremely confident in her appearance, believing that few men could resist her charms.

Chen Xuanting probed her with his spiritual sense and discovered that she possessed no special constitution. His expression immediately turned cold.

“Get lost.”

The smile on the woman’s face instantly froze, and her confidence collapsed in an instant.

By the time she recovered, Chen Xuanting had already left the Hall of Myriad Treasures.

“How hateful! He actually ignored me.”

Wu Mei was beside herself with anger.

She had suffered a setback at Qi Haoran’s hands, and she had never expected to suffer another at Chen Xuanting’s.

“She really thinks that relying on her little beauty is enough to make every man in the world fall for her. What kind of person is Senior Brother Chen? He is a peerless prodigy who possesses a Saint Physique. How could he possibly take an interest in her? Perhaps her younger sister, Wu Ling’er, might still catch Senior Brother Chen’s eye.”

A woman’s mocking voice came from nearby.

Wu Mei shot a cold glance at the woman gossiping behind her, snorted, and turned away.

Her pride had been wounded. She swore that she would make Chen Xuanting kneel at her feet. When that happened, all those women would be consumed by envy and jealousy.

After returning to Divine Firmament Peak, Chen Xuanting entered the Hall of Northern Dipper and began secluded cultivation.

He took out the Sun Spirit Flower and refined it. A surge of pure yang energy entered his Golden Core. After absorbing this energy, the Golden Core developed cracks.

A moment later, the Golden Core shattered, and a primordial spirit was born.

He began cultivating the Nine Revolutions Divine Soul Art.

This cultivation method was specifically designed to temper the primordial spirit, making it incomparably powerful. It was even an Imperial-grade cultivation art. Unfortunately, it was incomplete and contained only two revolutions.

In this Age of Declining Dharma, many cultivation arts were incomplete.

The fact that he had obtained the complete Imperial-grade Devouring Heaven Demon Art was truly an opportunity of tremendous fortune.

Lingyun Peak.

“Senior Brother Long, the Sun Spirit Flower has been taken.”

Someone came before Long Aotian and informed him that the Sun Spirit Flower had been taken.

Upon hearing that the Sun Spirit Flower he had reserved had been taken, Long Aotian’s gaze turned cold.

“Who is so bold as to take the Sun Spirit Flower I reserved? Didn’t Steward Zhu tell him that it was reserved by me?”

Zhou Qing replied, “The person who took it was Chen Xuanting, the disciple of the Supreme Elder. Steward Zhu told him that you had reserved it, but Chen Xuanting left word that if you wanted the Sun Spirit Flower, you should go to Divine Firmament Peak and find him.”

“This man is far too arrogant. He clearly doesn’t regard me at all.”

Long Aotian considered himself sufficiently wild and proud, but he had never expected someone to be even more arrogant than he was.

“Does he really think that being the disciple of the Supreme Elder gives him the right to look down on everyone? The Taixuan Sect will not tolerate anyone more arrogant than me.

“Didn’t he tell me to go find him? Then I’ll go. I’ll teach him to keep his tail between his legs whenever he sees me.”

Zhou Qing hurriedly said, “Senior Brother Long, Chen Xuanting possesses a Saint Physique.”

Long Aotian cast a frigid glance at Zhou Qing, frightening him into silence.

“Do you think I’m afraid of him? I’ll use my Innate Tyrant Body to test his Saint Physique.”

Long Aotian left Lingyun Peak.

Before long, he arrived at Divine Firmament Peak.

“Chen Xuanting, come out and fight me!”

Chen Xuanting appeared in an instant.

When Long Aotian saw that Chen Xuanting had broken through into the Yin-Yang Realm, he knew that Chen Xuanting had already refined the Sun Spirit Flower. He shouted angrily, “Damn you! You actually refined my Sun Spirit Flower!”

A surge of innate tyrannical aura bore down upon Chen Xuanting.

Innate tyrannical aura!

Chen Xuanting knew that Long Aotian possessed an Innate Tyrant Body. This innate tyrannical aura was a divine ability granted by that constitution, capable of suppressing another person’s will and forcing them into submission.

Chen Xuanting released his killing intent. The moment his million-fold killing intent erupted, it blocked the innate tyrannical aura.

The terrifying killing intent shook Long Aotian’s mind.

What an overwhelming killing intent. How many people had this man killed?

“I won’t take advantage of you. I’ll suppress my cultivation and fight you. I want to see just how powerful your Saint Physique really is.”

“There’s no need to suppress your cultivation.”

Chen Xuanting summoned the Crimson Refining Sword and struck with a single slash. The Five Elements Sword Intent surged toward Long Aotian.

“How arrogant.”

Long Aotian threw out a punch and blocked the Five Elements Sword Intent. He was in the early stage of the Heavenly Human Realm, while Chen Xuanting had only just entered the Yin-Yang Realm. With an entire major realm between them, he could have crushed Chen Xuanting with ease.

Yet the Five Elements Sword Intent flowed without end. His punch had failed to disperse it.

What kind of sword intent was this? How could it be so powerful?

Long Aotian was deeply shaken.

“Great Strength Dragon-Elephant Fist!”

The phantom image of a dragon-elephant appeared. The punch possessed astonishing power, and it shattered the Five Elements Sword Intent in one blow.

The dragon-elephant phantom charged toward Chen Xuanting.

Chen Xuanting’s expression did not change. He unleashed the Sword Art of No Life, destroying the dragon-elephant phantom with a single slash and breaking Long Aotian’s Great Strength Dragon-Elephant Fist.

The Sword Intent of No Life shook the soul. Long Aotian was plunged into an endless slaughter and could not free himself. Before he could recover, Chen Xuanting sent him flying with a single strike.

Blood sprayed from Long Aotian’s mouth.

Chen Xuanting planted one foot on his chest and looked down at him. His eyes were cold as death itself, while Long Aotian’s burned with fury.

“The Taixuan Sect has no place for someone as arrogant and presumptuous as you. You are not worthy.”

“Get lost!”

Long Aotian left with resentment and humiliation.

Chen Xuanting’s strength had far exceeded his expectations. He had actually comprehended flawless sword intent while still in the Yin-Yang Realm. Long Aotian had come to teach Chen Xuanting a lesson, only to be taught one himself.

It was a profound humiliation, and he would certainly avenge it.

Watching Long Aotian’s departing back, a burning greed appeared in Chen Xuanting’s eyes.

Long Aotian had already become his prey.

He returned and continued his secluded cultivation.