Chapter 60: You only need to know that I have come to take your life!

[Host, this system is only responsible for making you stronger. As for the method, it is entirely up to you, and this system assumes no responsibility.]

[Anyway, the cultivation technique has already been rewarded to you. Practice it if you want, or don't!]

The system said this with a rather haughty tone and fell silent.

Sigh!
Such is the impermanence of life.
It seems that lying flat is out of the question now. Since that is the case, I might as well obediently cultivate.
To become stronger, I must endure this bit of hardship.
I must strive to break through the shackles before stepping into the Nirvana Tribulation realm, and reach the legendary Primordial Ultimate!

Li Tianyuan sighed, immediately crossed his legs, and began attempting to cultivate according to the description in the Primordial Immortal Scripture.
A profoundly mysterious mental formula flowed deep within his mind.

"Primordial returning to one, yin and yang complementing, heaven and earth reversing..."

The Primordial Immortal Scripture circulated incessantly. Boundless and majestic energy surged within Li Tianyuan's body, converging at his dantian to begin opening up his grotto-heavens.
Soon, a night passed. The dawn of early morning poured down, shrouding the entire room in a warm glow.

Li Tianyuan slowly opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air, looking somewhat fatigued.
He had truly grown too accustomed to lying flat; occasionally making an effort actually felt somewhat unnatural to him.
Human beings really shouldn't relax too much.
However, after cultivating for the entire night, it at least had some effect. He had now successfully condensed the embryonic form of his seventh grotto-heaven.

Li Tianyuan stood up, stretched lazily, and then opened the system interface.

[Host: Li Tianyuan]
[Bone Age: Thirty-two]
[Aptitude: SSS]
[Cultivation Base: Deity Transformation Grotto-Heaven Great Completion (Six Grotto-Heavens)]
[Physique: Heavenly Dao Creation Body]
[Comprehension: Heaven-Defying Comprehension]
[Sword Dao: Sword Heart Interacting with the Divine Late Stage]
[Identity: First Seat of Lingyun Sword Peak, soaring Firmament Sacred Land]
[Cultivation Techniques: Lingyun Ethereal Art, Lingyun Sword Technique, Cloud-Treading Step, Haoran Sword Scripture, A Single Sword Opening the Heavenly River, Zhou Tian Stars Grand Technique, Big Dipper Divine Fist, Primordial Immortal Scripture]
[Destiny: None]
[Items: Taotie Demonic Sword (Ultimate Emperor Weapon), Heaven and Earth Xuanhuang Hall (Mystic Heaven Spiritual Treasure), Zhou Tian Stars Banner (Mystic Heaven Spiritual Treasure), One Immortal Artifact, Two Heaven-Tier Magical Artifacts, Five Earth-Tier Magical Artifacts, various spiritual stones, pills, and spiritual fruits]

[Disciples: Jiang Yuli, Ye Chen]
[System Task: Accept a third disciple. Reward: One Ultimate Emperor Weapon]
[Summary: Seeming entirely unremarkable, he is actually a cheater from Earth. Absolutely do not provoke him.]

Looking at his attribute panel, Li Tianyuan nodded in satisfaction.
He then walked out of the room. At that moment, Ye Chen was already standing early at the door waiting.

Without saying much, Li Tianyuan greeted Ye Chen and sped away in the direction of the Soaring Firmament Sacred Land.

......

Meanwhile, within the Haotian Sword Tower.

Jiang Yuli, who was deep in cultivation, suddenly opened her eyes. Her gaze flashed with brilliance, and her entire body emitted a sharp, piercing aura.
Murong Mingyue beside her noticed Jiang Yuli's movement, looking somewhat surprised, and immediately asked:
"Junior Sister Jiang, have you already fully comprehended the sword intent of the eighth floor?"
"That's right, Senior Sister Murong. What about you?"
Jiang Yuli smiled slightly and nodded.

Through this day and night of cultivation, she had already comprehended thirty-six thousand strands of sword intent, reaching the realm of the Sword Heart Lucid Late Stage.
Now she only needed to wait for the right timing to launch an assault on the realm of the Sword Heart Interacting with the Divine.
"Junior Sister Jiang is truly formidable!"
Murong Mingyue praised, and then said:
"I still lack some sword intent. If things go smoothly, I should be able to fully comprehend it in another half-hour."

Her sword dao talent was already heaven-defying enough, hailed as the strongest person in the Soaring Firmament Sacred Land over the past ten thousand years, but compared to Jiang Yuli, she was still slightly inferior.
"Since that's the case, Senior Sister Murong, continue your comprehension. I won't disturb you and will wait for you outside."
"Alright, once my cultivation session ends, I'll come find you!"
Murong Mingyue agreed and once again immersed herself in cultivation.

Seeing this, Jiang Yuli withdrew from the Haotian Sword Tower.
As soon as she appeared, however, a wave of commotion from the surroundings rushed into her ears.
"That Jiang Yuli's name has vanished from the stone tablet; she must have come out."
"Hurry, hurry, everyone go find where she is."
"This is a peerless prodigy who managed to step onto the eighth floor, and I heard she is also a peerless beauty. We must catch a glimpse of her demeanor."

The crowd discussed animatedly, sweeping their gazes around to search for the traces of the person who had just emerged.
Jiang Yuli was stunned. She hadn't expected that her time in the Haotian Sword Tower would cause such a sensation.

Caring no longer about waiting for Murong Mingyue, she instantly transformed into a stream of light, shooting away like an arrow released from a bow, vanishing without a trace.
Leaving behind only a crowd of bewildered people who failed to react for a long time.

It wasn't until she left the Inheritance Peak and saw no one pursuing her from behind that Jiang Yuli finally let out a sigh of relief, then sped toward the Lingyun Sword Peak.
However, as soon as she entered the Lingyun Sword Peak, for some reason, she suddenly sensed a trace of strange aura permeating the air.
"Someone has been to Lingyun Peak?"
Jiang Yuli muttered, and a look of joy immediately surfaced on her face: "Could it be that Master has returned?"

Thinking of this, she flew downward at her utmost speed.
However, the moment Jiang Yuli landed on the plaza, she sensed an icy, bone-chilling intent sweeping toward her from behind, making her hair stand on end.
Although the distance was vast and the approach extremely covert, it was still sharply detected by her.
In the flash of a spark, her figure flickered.

Splat~~
The sound of blood spurting rang out. A sharp blade suddenly descended from the void, grazing Jiang Yuli's shoulder, drawing a trace of blood that scattered across the sky.

"Clap! Clap! Clap!"
A crisp sound of applause echoed, and a figure stepped out from the void.
The person was entirely enveloped in a black robe, with their entire face concealed by a mask, making their appearance indistinguishable.
Their footsteps were extremely steady; every single step they took caused the void to tremble and ripple, demonstrating just how terrifying their strength was.

"Quite interesting. A mere little girl at the Yin-Yang realm actually managed to evade my strike without any warning. Truly interesting!"
The masked person uttered in a hoarse voice.
Clearly, he was somewhat surprised that his previous strike had failed to kill Jiang Yuli.

Jiang Yuli捂住 (clutched) her bleeding shoulder, her pretty face filled with solemnity and wariness.
Just a moment ago, she had almost thought she was dead for sure.
Had her fortune not been peerless, allowing her to perceive the danger in advance, she truly would have been in grave peril!

"Who are you, and why are you launching a sneak attack to kill me?"
Jiang Yuli stared vigilantly at the figure in black, a surge of fear welling up in her heart.
"Hehehe..."
"Who I am doesn't matter. You only need to know that I am here to take your life!"
The masked person emitted a bizarre laugh, resembling an ancient demon that made one's hair stand on end.