"It's broken... Even the mountain gate of the foremost immortal sect of this era has been shattered..."
Liu Yibai and Shen Lianxin exchanged glances, each seeing the shock mirrored in the other's eyes. Who could have anticipated that Lin Fei could actually break through the mountain gate of the Sky Reaching Sect?
Especially Shen Lianxin. He had previously unleashed three saber strikes, but what was the outcome? Not even the protective mountain formation of the Sky Reaching Sect could be shaken in the slightest. Even more, he felt that even if his strength increased tenfold, he still would not be able to disrupt the mountain protection formation.
Yet now, Lin Fei had cleaved open the mountain gate of the Sky Reaching Sect with a single saber strike, even obliterating the Sky Reaching Sect entirely. A millennia-old inheritance, destroyed in a moment! The entire Sky Reaching Sect was instantaneously reduced to ruins.
"Eliminate evil thoroughly, cut the grass, and remove the roots! Saber momentum, suppress!"
Yet Lin Fei didn't let his guard down or become negligent. He stood in the void, his robe fluttering, his saber momentum expanding once again, enveloping the entirety of the Sky Reaching Sect in an instant.
Under the envelopment of the saber momentum, any Qi cultivator hidden within the Sky Reaching Sect could not evade Lin Fei's senses. Thus, Lin Fei flicked his fingers.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
His saber essence instantaneously transformed into hundreds of precious sabers, flying towards those Qi cultivators who had luckily survived with their fierce edges.
"Squelch."
Not a single Qi cultivator could withstand Lin Fei's saber essence. Perhaps this was somewhat brutal, but Lin Fei was very clear.
Eliminate evil thoroughly!
If he did not cut the grass and remove the roots, who knew when the remnants of the Sky Reaching Sect would rise from the ashes? When that time came, it would threaten the entire Nine Profound Sect!
Therefore, at this moment, Lin Fei showed not a shred of hesitation. Hundreds, even thousands of saber essences continued to slaughter within the ruins of the Sky Reaching Sect.
These saber essences were indomitable, pierced through even those hiding beneath the broken walls and ruins. A quarter of an hour later, the saber essences returned to Lin Fei's body. The air was thick with the stench of blood.
The Sky Reaching Sect, in fact, did not have many disciples, only a few hundred. But these were all Qi cultivators, several hundred Qi cultivators now all lay buried within the ruins of the Sky Reaching Sect.
"Hmm?"
Suddenly, something stirred in Lin Fei's heart, His gaze turned to a certain direction in the void.
"Want to escape? Return!"
Lin Fei seized with his large hand.
"Hum."
Immediately, a strand of saber essence flew out, instantaneously condensing into several hundred meters long heavenly saber! The terrifying edge seemed to slice through the void itself.
"Stop, don't strike, please, don't strike. If you strike again, I'll shatter..."
At this moment, a voice sounded from the void, It was none other than the spirit of the Sky Reaching Tower from before. Subsequently, the originally empty void revealed the Sky Reaching Tower once again.
However, this tower was only about dozens of centimeters tall, delicately exquisite, emitting a precious glow. Yet the glow appeared somewhat dim as if it could disappear at any moment. This indicated that the Sky Reaching Tower had suffered heavy damage. Clearly, it was Lin Fei's earlier saber strike that severely damaged the Sky Reaching Tower.
"What sort of magic treasure are you? You have sentience?" Lin Fei asked with a furrowed brow.
A sentient magic treasure was simply unheard of. At least, the magical artifacts and magic treasures wielded by Qi Condensation cultivators and Foundation Establishment True Persons did not possess any form of sentience.
Yet, this Sky Reaching Tower seemed to be somewhat special.
"I'm a magic treasure that has passed through a heavenly tribulation. Isn't it normal to develop sentience? Every magic treasure that has passed through a heavenly tribulation will develop sentience, only varying degrees of wisdom. I was originally of weak sentience. But after six thousand years in the Sky Reaching Sect, my wisdom naturally grew to about the same level as you cultivators," The Tower Spirit spoke confidently.
"So you've existed for six thousand years?"
Lin Fei was somewhat astonished. Six thousand years! Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator only has a lifespan of a mere five hundred years. But the tower spirit before him had existed for six thousand years.
"Indeed, I have had sentience for six thousand years. But you needn't be so amazed. The foundation of a spirit is the magic treasure. If the magic treasure is damaged, then the spirit dies as well. Moreover, the spirit is forever trapped within the magic treasure and cannot stray far from it. In this aspect, we are far inferior to you cultivators."
Lin Fei remained silent. The Tower Spirit seemed quite fond of talking, rambling on and on.
After speaking for a while, the spirit seemed to sense that something was off. It hastily asked, "Your gaze is very dangerous. What are you planning to do? I have answered every question you've asked without the slightest concealment."
The spirit became somewhat anxious.
Lin Fei calmly stated, "You know so much, it's no different from those Foundation Establishment True Persons. You are the fundamental magic treasure of the Sky Reaching Sect. So, I was considering whether or not to destroy you."
The Tower Spirit turned pale with fright, immediately shouting, "No, please, don't! I'm merely a spirit, and the Sky Reaching Tower is just a magic treasure. Ever since that old devil, Tongming left to cross the sea, I've been staying in the Sky Reaching Sect. No one has been able to make me acknowledge them as my master. Only some seals and prohibitions left by Tongming could control me slightly. You can use those seals and prohibitions to control me too."
The will to live was strong. The Sky Reaching Tower Spirit did not want to die. Once the Sky Reaching Tower was destroyed, it would be equivalent to it dying. And Lin Fei's earlier saber strike had proven that Lin Fei was capable of destroying the Sky Reaching Tower.
"But I'm not a Qi cultivator. I don't have spiritual power. Those seals and prohibitions are of no use to me."
"There is a way, I have a way! For all these years, no one within the Sky Reaching Sect has been able to make me recognize them as my master. I am now an unowned magic treasure. I can recognize you as my master."
"I've heard that to control a magic treasure, one needs to refine it with special seals. I have no spiritual power, how am I to refine it?"
"Minor problem, it truly is a minor problem. It doesn't matter if you don't have spiritual power, just drip a drop of blood on it."
"A drop of blood?"
Lin Fei furrowed his brows. He had never heard of magical artifacts or magic treasures being controlled by dripping blood on them.
Seeing Lin Fei's doubt, the tower spirit of the Sky Reaching Tower hurriedly explained, "Ordinary magic treasures certainly can't be controlled by dripping blood on them. Even ordinary people can't control them by dripping blood. But you're a Martial Saint, and you have successfully established your Foundation, undergoing a complete transformation. Within your blood, there is a trace of the Laws of Heaven and Earth. To control a magic treasure, all you need is this trace of the Laws of Heaven and Earth."
The tower spirit was terrified that Lin Fei might be unwilling and end up destroying it. Its desire for survival was extremely strong.
Dripping blood for recognition might sound easy, but in reality, is it that simple? It required a spirit that has achieved transcendence. And the spirit should actively refine a drop of Martial Saint's blood. It's not the Martial Saint refining the magic treasure but the magic treasure refining the Martial Saint's blood. And then recognize the master in turn.
This was too humbling! The spirit of the Sky Reaching Tower would have never imagined that one day it would fall into such a state. But for the sake of survival, the Sky Reaching Tower had no other choice.
Lin Fei thought for a moment and still flicked out a drop of fresh blood. It dropped onto the body of the Sky Reaching Tower. Immediately, the tower spirit, "like a starving beast," immediately absorbed this drop of fresh blood and began to actively and rapidly "refine" this drop of Lin Fei's blood.
About half an hour later,
"Buzz."
the Sky Reaching Tower emitted a brilliant light. Lin Fei abruptly raised his head.
"Hmm?"
He had a thought and reached out his hand.
"Whoosh."
The Sky Reaching Tower had already fallen into his hand. Lin Fei could feel he could control the Sky Reaching Tower. Even, any secret within the Sky Reaching Tower, couldn't escape Lin Fei's control. This showed that the Tower Spirit had indeed recognized Lin Fei as its master.
But his control over the Sky Reaching Tower was very limited. Having no spiritual power, every time Lin Fei activated the Sky Reaching Tower, in fact, the Sky Reaching Tower was relying on its own spirit power.
This Sky Reaching Tower was indeed a marvelous magic treasure, it could be big or small. When big, it could reach into the clouds, higher than any mountain. When small, it could transform into the size of a grain of rice, like a speck of dust, hiding in the void. It was a very magical, very powerful magic treasure.
Just that, no one controlled it. The Sky Reaching Tower itself could unleash a great power that even the founder of Great Chang presumably might not match. But it just happened to meet Lin Fei. His saber essence contained true essence and saber momentum. Its power was earth-shattering even the Sky Reaching Tower couldn't withstand it. In the end, it could only out of a desperate will to live, actively recognize Lin Fei as its master, to save itself.
Lin Fei still had many questions about the Sky Reaching Tower. However, Lin Fei first put away the Sky Reaching Tower.
"Whoosh."
The Sky Reaching Tower transformed into a streak of light, flying into Lin Fei's blood. Only in the blood of a Martial Saint could the Sky Reaching Tower be nurtured.
"The Sky Reaching Sect has been destroyed. Next immortal sect."
Thus, Lin Fei, along with Shen Lianxin and Liu Yibai, tread on air and departed, swiftly flying toward the horizon.
...
In the thirteenth year of the Yongqing era of the Great Chang, on the twenty-eighth of April,
The Saber Saint, Lin Fei, crushed the ten major immortal sects! Millennium Taoist traditions were destroyed in an instant! The immortal sects were greatly shaken. The remaining immortal sects all emerged from their seclusion, coming to the Nine Profound Sect to apologize to the Saber Saint.
From then on, the immortal sects were greatly defeated. All Qi cultivators were under the control of the court. The court established the Immortal Inquiry Hall and Martial Saint Hall, opening up the secrets of Qi cultivation and martial arts to the world.
From then on, both the Immortal Dao and Martial Dao were on par, and the world was greatly stabilized!