Chapter 2642: The Great Palace Master’s Sword
Lianxi Great Palace Master sat atop a unicorn, clad in white sacred armor, with the Judgment Sword hanging at her waist. Her long hair cascaded down like a waterfall, her proud figure exquisitely graceful, every inch of her skin radiating a shimmering white light, like fine fat and pure jade.
The unicorn was no ordinary beast but a Radiant Divine Beast, with a pair of snow-white wings.
Thunder and lightning lurked within its pupils, its breath like a dragon’s, its imposing aura pressing down on all the Great Saints present, as if a beast clan deity a thousand zhang tall stood before them.
Yet, the unicorn had not reached the Divine Realm, still falling short by a step.
After a thousand years of cultivation, the former Shadowless Fairy appeared even more stunning. The yin qi and killing aura on her had faded considerably, while the power of light had grown blazing and intense, making her seem like a holy and pure incarnation.
She leaped down from the unicorn’s back, her feet striking the ground, then walked toward the corpse stall. Dense white patterns spread beneath her feet like a tide, surging toward Zhang Ruochen, Xiang Chunan, Shu Yong, and Hua Chunqiu.
Shu Yong looked up and saw the clouds and rosy clouds in the sky turn dark red, a soul-shaking killing intent rushing toward him.
Even though Shu Yong and Hua Chunqiu were both top-tier experts of their realms, their minds still trembled, caught in Lianxi Great Palace Master’s aura, feeling as if their sacred souls were suppressed, unable to resist.
This Great Palace Master of the Judgment Hall was far more terrifying than they had imagined.
Lianxi Great Palace Master’s gaze fell upon the two mutilated corpses, and she nodded, saying, “The price is too low.”
Shu Yong’s lips moved, but he couldn’t open his mouth.
The space where his lips were seemed frozen.
“I’ve been short on divine stones lately and wanted to sell them quickly, so I set the price low. If the Great Palace Master is interested, I’ll give you a ten percent discount. How about it?” Zhang Ruochen lifted the sign, pointing to the words on it: “Heavenly Realm cultivators, ten percent off.”
Among the onlookers, startled exclamations arose, all thinking Zhang Ruochen was courting death.
Was this a provocation toward the Great Palace Master of the Judgment Hall?
Lianxi’s appearance was like a stone stirring a thousand ripples, shaking the entire Red Dust Sea Market, unsettling all cultivators.
“The Great Palace Master of the Judgment Hall—this is a true heavyweight figure.”
“A hundred years ago, the Shadowless Fairy entered the ‘Red Dust Peerless List.’ A hundred years later, she’s likely already surpassed Red Dust and been listed among the peerless.”
“When a peerless-level expert makes a move, it’s bound to shake heaven and earth. I wonder if the Dao Locks of the Red Dust Archipelago can withstand it?”
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On a tower not far from the corpse stall, Yu Chenjing stood with her hands behind her back, gazing over.
Behind her, an old woman from the Thousand Star Civilization said, “The Great Palace Master of the Judgment Hall has personally stepped in. They might suffer a great loss. Should we intervene to help resolve the conflict and seize the chance to befriend them?”
Yu Chenjing shook her head, saying, “They’re deliberately trying to stir up trouble. If we step in, wouldn’t we ruin their plans?”
“But they probably didn’t expect to alarm the Radiant Divine Temple. That Great Palace Master of the Judgment Hall has killed countless people in the last hundred years, slaughtering clans and destroying realms without blinking an eye. She’s even slain two experts from the ‘Red Dust Peerless List.’ Who knows if the Judgment Sword at her waist will fall?” the old woman said.
The Judgment Sword was feared by all.
Especially in the Western Universe, this sword was considered the most terrifying killing weapon. Any traitor to the Radiant Divine Temple trembled at its name. Any evil being would be scared out of their wits.
Yu Chenjing’s gaze fell on Zhang Ruochen, saying, “Fu Gu and Mo Yang were both top-tier assassin emperors of the Heavenly Killing Organization. The one who could kill them both can’t be an ordinary person. Let’s watch. Perhaps he’s another peerless-level figure.”
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Lianxi Great Palace Master’s beautiful yet icy gaze fixed on Zhang Ruochen, and a chilling killing intent condensed into countless light swords flying out.
The swords howled, severing Dao Locks one by one.
Zhang Ruochen stood still, and the incoming killing light swords automatically dissipated, turning into specks of light.
“Some skill.”
Lianxi Great Palace Master’s gaze sharpened, and the sacred qi within her surged rapidly.
Zhou Yu didn’t know that Lianxi and Zhang Ruochen had already clashed once. Leading four Great Saints of the Judgment Hall, he stepped forward, saying, “Collect these two remains, store them properly, and take them back to Paradise Realm for burial.”
“If you want these bones, you’ll have to pay the divine stones at the listed price.”
Hua Chunqiu said this, then drew a stroke with his brush, forming an ink river that blocked Zhou Yu and the four Judgment Hall Great Saints on the other side. The sacred qi surging from the brush tip sent them flying like weeds.
Hua Chunqiu was a top expert of the Painting Realm, his cultivation reaching the Supreme Realm, close to being a Demi-God. How could Zhou Yu and these low-realm Great Saints contend with him?
Lianxi Great Palace Master’s eyes turned cold, and she swung her hand in a chop.
With a mere gesture, wind and clouds stirred, and the dense Dao Locks on the island were all drawn forth, manifesting like billions of light talismans suspended in the air.
“Boom!”
The ink river shattered.
Sword light formed from five fingers flew across the broken ink river and struck Hua Chunqiu.
“Bang!” With an explosive sound.
Hua Chunqiu raised his brush to block, but the Monarch Sacred Artifact-level brush was split apart, and the sword qi slammed into him.
Hua Chunqiu’s Dao Domain was torn apart, his protective sacred armor cracked, and he was sent flying, blood spraying from his mouth and nose. A foot-long bloody gash tore open in his abdomen, severely damaging his internal organs.
Both were at the Supreme Realm, but the gap was enormous.
“I’m afraid she’s truly stepped into… peerless… peerless level,” a cultivator said tremblingly.
Too strong—even the Dao Locks couldn’t hold her.
“Brother Hua!”
Xiang Chunan rushed over quickly, helping Hua Chunqiu up, glaring angrily at Lianxi Great Palace Master, saying, “How dare you injure someone?”
Lianxi stepped forward, her aura rising continuously, crushing Dao Locks underfoot, saying, “Killing an Angel Clan Demi-God makes you an enemy of the Radiant Divine Temple and an enemy of the entire Heavenly Court. I won’t just injure him—I’ll kill him.”
“Shua!”
Her form flickered, and in an instant, she was before Hua Chunqiu.
Between her snow-white jade hands, dense light rules twisted and condensed into a one-zhang-long great light sword.
Pushing both hands forward, she thrust it straight out.
The light from this sword illuminated the entire Red Dust Sea Market. The power fluctuations it created caused waves over ten zhang high to rise in the nearby sea.
“This is too much!”
Xiang Chunan released dense starlight points from his body, manifesting the “Boundless Universe” Truth Realm Form, and punched the great light sword Lianxi had unleashed.
Fist met sword tip.
“Boom!”
The great light sword shattered, and both Lianxi and Xiang Chunan were sent flying backward, creating two powerful gusts of wind.
The dozens of Great Saints of the Judgment Hall behind Lianxi, even though they had formed a Radiant Sacred Wall, were still blasted back dozens of zhang. Some spat sacred blood, injured.
A two-zhang-wide crack appeared between Lianxi and Xiang Chunan, extending a hundred zhang to the left and right.
It must be noted that the sea area of the Red Dust Archipelago was dense with Dao Locks, precisely to prevent Great Saints from fighting and destroying the islands. Causing such destruction was already remarkable.
“Xiang Chunan is that strong? He can go toe-to-toe with the Great Palace Master of the Judgment Hall.”
“The Truth Realm Form he cultivated seems to have reached Boundless Universe. Unbelievable—he achieved this level at the Great Saint realm.”
“After all, he’s the son-in-law of the Truth Divine Temple’s Hall Master.”
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Lianxi’s killing intent grew even fiercer. Her ten souls and ten spirits all surged out of her body, forming twenty light shadows identical to her behind her, like twenty blazing suns illuminating the sky.
At the same time, she grasped the hilt of the Judgment Sword.
The moment she drew this Supreme Sacred Artifact-level sword just an inch, overwhelming sword qi erupted, forming a sword qi storm.
“Whoosh!”
The white light power radiating from the sword blade caused nearby cultivators’ eyes to bleed, and they immediately retreated far away.
The Judgment Sword had not yet been fully drawn, yet its killing might was already terrifying.
Xiang Chunan showed no fear, snorting, “Your Judgment Hall is lawless—do you just kill people on a whim? You, the Great Palace Master, were once just a maidservant to my big brother. If my big brother hadn’t died, you’d still be warming his bed in Hell Realm!”
“Clang!”
The Judgment Sword was fully drawn, raised above her head.
Lianxi’s body blazed bright, becoming a form of light. Her ten souls and ten spirits all merged into the sword, and she swung it straight down.
“Fight if you want—think I’m afraid of you?” Xiang Chunan roared.
A divine shadow appeared in the sky, extending a pair of enormous divine hands, each forming a cloud of divine power, neutralizing the attack power of the two.
The chaotic power fluctuations gradually dissipated.
That divine shadow stood in the air, saying, “Could you two give the Red Dust Peerless Tower some face and cease hostilities for now?”
Lianxi recognized the identity of this divine shadow—it was the Demi-God guarding the Red Dust Sea Market, “Tianbin Divine General.” She sheathed her sword but did not bow to this deity, saying proudly, “The Red Dust Peerless Tower’s face naturally must be given. But the Angel Clan Demi-God’s tragic death must be accounted for, right?”
“We found them!”
Xiang Chunan withdrew his realm form, saying, “Those two corpses were found by Brother Shu. We didn’t kill them. You’re mistaken.”
“That’s right, found them,” Shu Yong and Hua Chunqiu said in unison.
Zhou Yu snorted, “Found them? You just happened to find the corpse of a twelve-winged Angel Clan Demi-God? What good luck. Do you really think the Radiant Divine Temple is so easy to fool?”
Lianxi’s gaze fell on Zhang Ruochen, who had remained silent all along, saying, “The Angel Clan Demi-God’s tragic death—a claim of ‘found them’ won’t clear your names. The four of you, don’t cause trouble for the Red Dust Peerless Tower. Come with me to the Radiant Divine Temple, shall we?”
Zhang Ruochen chuckled lightly, looking at the mutilated corpses on the ground, saying, “The Angel Clan Demi-God died tragically, so someone must pay with their life. But are the lives of those who died tragically at their hands so cheap?”
Lianxi’s eyes narrowed, her long hair swaying in the wind.
Zhang Ruochen continued, “These two on the ground are emperor-level assassins of the Heavenly Killing Organization, Fu Gu and Mo Yang. How many innocent cultivators have died at their hands, hundreds or thousands? The Judgment Hall seeks revenge for two notorious assassins—could it be that the Heavenly Killing Organization is backed by the Radiant Divine Temple?”
Lianxi said nothing, but killing intent radiated from her eyes.
Zhou Yu said, “How dare you slander the Radiant Divine Temple like this? The Great Palace Master had no idea they were assassins of the Heavenly Killing Organization.”
“Get lost—is this a place for you to speak?”
Zhang Ruochen flicked his sleeve, and a surge of righteous qi flew out, sending Zhou Yu flying like a puppet, crashing into a building and burying him in the rubble.
Shu Yong and Hua Chunqiu both showed looks of realization, and their hearts grew even more alarmed.
Though they had never seen Fu Gu and Mo Yang, the names of these two assassins were thunderous. To be able to kill them, Shu Qianchi’s cultivation must have reached what level?
From the start, they hadn’t believed that these two corpses were found by Shu Qianchi.
Lianxi and Zhang Ruochen stared at each other for a long time before she said, “So they were two assassins. They deserved to die.”
“Then can I continue my business?” Zhang Ruochen asked.
Lianxi said, “No. Even if Fu Gu was an assassin, he was still an Angel Clan member. What you’re doing is no different from insulting the Angel Clan. I’ll let you off today, but I must take their remains.”
Zhang Ruochen sat back in his chair, saying, “I’ll say this plainly: if you don’t pay the divine stones, no one takes these bones today. Oh, and Lianxi… Lianxi Great Palace Master, right? You injured my brother—shouldn’t you compensate with divine stones too?”
The wound on Hua Chunqiu’s abdomen had already healed, but upon hearing this, he secretly tore it open a bit wider, covered in blood as he walked over, saying, “Compensation, I must have compensation.”
“This Great Palace Master of the Judgment Hall is too unreasonable. And I once painted her portrait, listing her as one of the Nine Immortal Beauties.”
“Brother Shu, you need to negotiate with her properly. Tell her that the Heavenly Court’s myriad realms are one family. Don’t let this one sword drive a wedge between realms. The great war between Heavenly Court and Hell Realm is imminent; we absolutely cannot have internal conflicts. Of course, if she compensates with divine stones, I can let bygones be bygones.”
Lianxi Great Palace Master’s cultivation was too high, and Hua Chunqiu was no match for her. If she got angry and struck again, he might not survive. So, he naturally hoped Shu Qianchi would handle the negotiation.