# Chapter 219: Mountain River Seal, Carrying the Azure Sky
On this reddish-brown land of the Northern Domain. The Jiang Family had produced a Great Emperor, and the Jade Pool had produced an Imperial Mother. It was precisely because of such existences—creating world-shaking ancient scriptures and leaving behind Extreme Dao weapons—that they stood transcendent above the mortal world, passing down their legacies for over a hundred thousand, even two hundred thousand years, while still flourishing.
From the ancient inscriptions left in Purple Mountain, one could see that the ancients' reverence for Emperor Wu Shi had reached the extreme.
Unfortunately, because he left behind no orthodox lineage, such a supreme Emperor who shook the Primordial Era was gradually buried by the dust of history. Few people now knew this title.
In ancient times there was Gu Tianshu, and in the past four to five thousand years there was Jiang Taixu—both had an extreme longing for the Beginningless Scripture, considering it a great regret of their lives that they could not see it.
What Ye Fan lacked most was cultivation methods. He yearned greatly for the Beginningless Scripture, wishing he could re-enter Purple Mountain, guarded by nine dragon veins, and open that heavy stone scripture.
"Patriarch, you absolutely cannot let this Daoist escape. I believe he is definitely from the same sect as that fat Daoist." Du Chengkun's eyes blazed with fire as he struggled up from the ground.
"Supreme Sect Leader, you must kill this beast!" Li Youran said indignantly, then commanded the surrounding disciples: "Seal the mountain. Seal off Qingxia Gate. Don't let him escape!"
Ye Fan swept his gaze over them a few times, then shook his head and said, "Let me do it." He threw out all one hundred and eight large banners, shooting them toward the eighteen peaks of Qingxia, completely sealing this place.
"You... have sealed us in here instead?!"
Du Chengkun and Li Youran were deeply shocked by Ye Fan's action, then sneered.
"You really think you're a grandmaster of an era!"
"At this age, you want to defeat the Supreme Sect Leader? Truly... hahaha..."
The Supreme Sect Leader of Profound Moon Cave, his crane-white hair fluttering, sat cross-legged on the mountain peak. He suddenly opened his eyes, bright as two luminous pearls, and said: "You are very confident. Do you want to kill us all here?"
"I think I should be able to do it." Ye Fan smiled.
"I observe your aura—you are clearly a youth. The younger generation is formidable indeed." The Supreme Sect Leader of Profound Moon Cave rose to his full height. "I wonder if you truly have such strength."
"Try and find out."
"Even a Holy Land's successor would not dare walk the mortal world at your age. You are quite arrogant." The Supreme Elder of Li Fire Sect walked out from the waterfall.
"Today, speaking of other things is useless. You are all here to kill me." Ye Fan spread his Daoist robe and walked forward. "I have returned to slay you as well. You could say that only one side can survive."
The surrounding disciples saw this and all began to murmur. Many simply could not believe that a youth could defeat two old experts of the Dao Palace Secret Realm.
"Is he crazy? Although he can send Senior Brother Li flying, how could he possibly match the Supreme Sect Leader?!"
"Don't you know that there are some people in this world who are extremely arrogant? They always want to measure how high the sky is and how thick the earth is, and end up burying themselves. Hahaha..."
In such a desolate region, for such low-level sects, no matter how talented one was, they could not possibly cultivate to such a terrifying realm.
Because they had all heard that even the outstanding disciples of Holy Lands could hardly achieve this at such an age.
"Could it be that he really has some sect behind him, and his people have already arrived? Otherwise, wouldn't he just be seeking death?"
"Some people want to throw their lives away. Why worry? If I were the Supreme Sect Leader, I'd slap him and break every bone in his body. But I'd let him live a few more hours, not kill him immediately, and let him taste the bitter fruit of arrogance."
Ye Fan turned back and looked at them. Though his gaze was calm, these people all involuntarily shut their mouths.
"Let me see what tricks you have!" Before the waterfall, the Supreme Elder of Li Fire Sect floated over like a ghost, his feet not touching the ground, his body not swaying.
Still ten zhang away, his arm shook violently. His right hand formed a claw shape, each finger several meters long, pitch-black and cyan, with purple lightning bolts coiling around them, crackling and popping.
In the sky, a heart-stopping aura immediately spread—a destructive force, violent and terrifying.
The dark cyan giant claw continued to enlarge. In almost an instant, it covered the sky, a hundred meters in radius. Lightning flashed and thunder rumbled, like a dark cloud completely covering Ye Fan.
"Crack!"
Blood-red lightning crisscrossed, descending from between the giant claws, striking down. This was a combination of secret technique and divine power—swift and domineering.
The giant claw hung in the sky, pressing down on heaven and earth. This powerful attack made people feel suffocated.
Ye Fan faced it calmly. His response was simple and direct—he swung his right fist to meet it. The golden fist did not seem like flesh and blood; it radiated light as if freshly forged from a divine furnace.
Everyone present was full of confidence in the Supreme Elder of Li Fire Sect. After all, this was an old expert at the third level of Dao Palace. Defeating a young master should be like picking something up.
"Boom!"
But the result exceeded everyone's expectations. The golden fist rose against the sky, instantly shattering the huge light claw. Its momentum did not diminish, lightning flashing.
"Bang!"
Ye Fan's golden fist possessed unparalleled destructive power, unstoppable. It instantly exploded the palm and fingers of the Li Fire Sect's Supreme Elder.
Blood spattered, light flashed. The Li Fire Sect's Supreme Elder was as if bitten by a snake; half his body trembled as he flew sideways.
It was hard to imagine how much power Ye Fan's golden fist contained. What actually touched the light claw was merely the golden wind brushing against this Supreme Elder's physical body, yet it was already unbearable. His entire right arm was completely deformed and twisted.
"How is this possible? How old is he? How can his physical body be so powerful? He actually sent an old expert at the third level of Dao Palace flying."
"This is too unbelievable. His physical body is comparable to a precious treasure. Pure physical strength shattered the Supreme Elder's arm. This..."
All the disciples sucked in cold air. They never expected such a result. Thinking of their earlier words, cold chills ran down their spines.
This little Daoist was simply a monster, probably even more terrifying than a Holy Land's successor of the same age. Facing such an enemy, no one could laugh anymore.
At this moment, everyone looked at Ye Fan. People were shocked to find that he stood with his hands behind his back, his Daoist robe fluttering. That earlier strike was very casual.
"You..." The shock in the Li Fire Sect's Supreme Elder's heart was beyond words.
His white hair flew wildly. He quickly reconnected his broken arm, let out a loud shout, and slowly moved his palm and fingers, as if lifting a great mountain. A terrifying aura surged out like a raging wave striking the sky.
"Boom!"
In his embrace, a mountain actually materialized. He embraced the mountain, filling his chest, emitting an indescribable pressure with unparalleled oppressive force.
"Mountain-Embracing Seal!"
The Li Fire Sect disciples cried out in shock. This was the Li Fire Sect's mountain-guarding ultimate technique, the sect's highest secret. Several generations of sect leaders had failed to cultivate it. Unexpectedly, the sect's most powerful Supreme Elder had mastered it.
Such a realistic mountain, though not large—in fact, quite small—but that terrible pressure shook people's hearts. Misty threads of light flowed around it.
This mountain was held in the Li Fire Sect Supreme Elder's embrace, emitting terrifying waves like an ocean. It was extremely heavy. The void beneath his feet was crushed and collapsed.
"Suppress!"
The Li Fire Sect Supreme Elder uttered only a single word. The Mountain-Embracing Seal pressed down, unstoppable! A great mountain stood tall in the high heavens. Its might could tear apart people's souls, making many feel a terrible suffocation, unable to breathe.
Around them, those young disciples immediately collapsed to the ground. This immense pressure was like a demon mountain suppressing them; they simply could not bear it.
Ye Fan's heart tightened. An old cultivator at the third level of Dao Palace was indeed terrifying. One realm, one heaven. Being one realm higher was like ascending to another sky.
This gap, like that between mortal and immortal, was a chasm that simply could not be crossed. If it were any other cultivator, they could not resist and would inevitably be suppressed to death on the spot.
But Ye Fan had a special physique. His body was like a bottomless pit. In the process of cultivation, the heavenly essence he needed was far greater than ordinary people.
And this gave him the foundation to strike at "immortals" with a "mortal" body, allowing him to cross the heavenly moat and kill experts of a higher realm.
"The Mountain-Embracing Seal cannot kill me!" Although Ye Fan said this in a low voice, he did not dare to be careless. His expression was extremely serious. His hands slowly moved, also emitting a terrifying aura.
Above his head, a great mountain appeared in the sky, as if crossing through ancient heaven and earth, breaking through time and space. Its endless grandeur and majesty made people's hearts, souls, spirits, and consciousness involuntarily tremble.
Though blurry at first, it quickly became clear. Like the sea rising with a dragon, like the earth raising a heavenly pillar.
A great mountain like the sky.
The majestic ancient mountain stood above Ye Fan. He seemed to be carrying the azure sky on his back.
At this moment, with Ye Fan as the center, powerful energy waves roared like a great river, surging out violently, rampaging in all directions.
Above his head, the great mountain held up the sky. Silver waterfalls cascaded down, long rivers surged, ancient trees reached the heavens, birds and beasts ran and flew—all clearly visible.
"Mountain River Seal!"
Ye Fan shouted. His hands held up the sky. The great mountain hung in the air, like an abyssal sea breaking free from its cage, splitting the long sky.
This was one of the Nine Secrets, a supreme secret technique among life-slaying grand arts. All directions shook. Everyone's hearts trembled with fear.
The great mountain pressed down, suppressing the mountain ahead.
Mountain River Seal versus Mountain-Embracing Seal.
Mountain collision! Like the sea collapsing and the earth sinking, like the sky tilting and the ground overturning. A terrifying aura shook in all directions.
Everywhere was raging waves, everywhere was beams of light, everywhere was destructive force. Beneath this sky, there was no longer any place of peace.
"Boom!"
A boundless thunderous roar. Heaven and earth overturned. After the two mountains violently collided, a wild and overbearing aura rolled through heaven and earth, rushing in all directions.
The Mountain-Embracing Seal was completely defeated.
The Mountain River Seal remained condensed, not dispersing, splitting the sky and shaking the earth.
The Li Fire Sect's Supreme Elder's chest immediately collapsed. His body deflated like a broken drum, flying sideways for several hundred meters.
His bones continuously made cracking sounds. Clearly, many places were broken. Many parts were completely deformed.
Ye Fan stood tall, completely unharmed. His Daoist robe rustled. He walked through the void, light and ethereal. One step, a hundred meters, as if shrinking the earth. In the blink of an eye, he was right before them.
The Mountain River Seal trembled, its pressure overwhelming all directions. Heavy as the sky, it hung above his head.
Ye Fan's eyes shot out two sharp beams of light. The Mountain River Seal pressed down, making people's minds and souls tremble.
Although the Li Fire Sect's Supreme Elder's body was broken, he was indeed a very powerful cultivator. He opened his mouth and spat out a brilliant copper furnace.
The copper furnace was only one cun high, very crystalline, completely radiant. It expanded with the wind, quickly enlarging, and suddenly stood before him, blocking the Mountain River Seal.
"Clang!"
The Mountain River Seal pressed down, colliding with the copper furnace, producing a tremendous sound. Like a great bell or giant chime vibrating, it echoed endlessly.
Ye Fan was shocked. This copper furnace was not damaged. It was still enlarging, standing between heaven and earth, with an eternal, indestructible momentum.
"Kill!"
He lightly shouted, continuing to drive the Mountain River Seal, attacking forward. He did not believe this copper furnace could block the Battle Saint Art.
"Clang!"
The lingering vibration sound echoed through heaven and earth. The copper furnace trembled again. At the same time, it enlarged quite a bit, brilliant and dazzling, already standing in the void like a mountain peak.
At the same time, the Li Fire Sect Supreme Elder's deflated body crackled and popped. His bones were reconnecting. His flesh swelled up again.
Although his vitality was greatly damaged and his essence blood was depleted, in a short time he had regained the power to fight, mobilizing his potential and Dao power.
"Boom!"
Flames shot up from the copper furnace. The Li Fire Sect Supreme Elder took this opportunity to escape, standing in the distant sky, looking at Ye Fan in disbelief. Such a complete defeat chilled his heart.
At this moment, everyone felt a wave of fear. Such a young Daoist, with such terrifying combat power. His seal was like a mountain, completely defeating the Li Fire Sect Supreme Elder. It was truly chilling.
The disciples who had collapsed on the ground finally woke up and quickly retreated. When they looked at Ye Fan again, their scalps tingled.
This little Daoist with a peaceful smile made them feel boundless fear. Remembering the words they had spoken, everyone couldn't help but feel a lingering dread.
Li Youran, the true disciple of Profound Moon Cave, and Du Chengkun, the chief disciple of Li Fire Sect, both had faces like earth. This young Daoist was much younger than them, yet so powerful that he almost killed an elder.
"The outstanding disciples of Holy Lands are probably no more than this." The Li Fire Sect Supreme Elder sighed.
"They..." Ye Fan smiled and slowly walked forward.
On the mountain peak, the Profound Moon Cave Supreme Sect Leader, who had not yet made a move, descended and said: "If you are not a Holy Land successor, that is even more shocking. In the future, you will surely become a great enemy of the Holy Sons and Holy Maidens of the various Holy Lands."
Ye Fan had to take these two opponents seriously. The third level of Dao Palace, one heaven higher, was indeed his formidable enemy.
"If we let him grow, we will face great disaster. Today, we can only join forces!" The Li Fire Sect Supreme Elder's expression was grave.
"Very well. Today, I will strangle a genius and carry out an act of extermination!" The Profound Moon Cave Supreme Sect Leader nodded.
"Trying to strangle me? I'm afraid that will be very difficult. Let me send you on your way instead!" Ye Fan's expression was peaceful, but an invisible killing intent spread across the four fields.
At this moment, he resonated with the heavens, as if in unity of heaven and man. With every gesture, the aura of the Dao flowed. His body vibrated with terrifying Dao power. Through his lung divine treasury, he drew upon the momentum of heaven and earth. It truly seemed as if a piece of the azure sky was pressing down.
He carried the azure sky on his back. The Mountain River Seal hung above his head. Birds flew, beasts ran, silver waterfalls cascaded down. Mountains and rivers stretched vast and boundless. Ancient and grand, its power was overwhelming.