"Burning Flower!"

"It's Baihua Valley's Burning Flower!"

"No... it's Xie Xuanyi's Burning Flower!"

Due to the Jiang Family's communication, countless cultivators had already gathered in Qingyang City.

At the moment Ye Zhu appeared, the Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi stagnated. For ordinary cultivators, it might take years or decades to witness a Yang God with their own eyes. Everyone raised their heads, wanting to admire Ye Zhu's elegance, but no one expected the Baihua Valley's ultimate technique to be executed by Xie Xuanyi.

Rumble!

Innumerable Sword Qi manifested as red leaves, slashing towards Ye Zhu.

"What?"

Seeing the vast sky filled with Red Leaf Sword Qi, the withered old man was momentarily stunned, looking incredulously at the young man before him.

What's going on!

How could Xie Xuanyi possibly know Burning Flower—

This sword move has never been passed on outside.

Moreover, due to its extreme difficulty, even the current Valley Master hadn't fully comprehended it.

"Senior, apologies."

Xie Xuanyi still used the same phrase, courtesy before force, waving his sleeve to unleash a towering Sword Qi directly at Ye Zhu blocking his way.

"Apologies? Young Xie, aren't you a bit too arrogant!"

Upon hearing this, Ye Zhu raised an eyebrow, not angered, but rather amused.

Ignoring the origin of this Burning Flower sword move, the withered old man raised both hands, drawing out the Great Dao from the Sword Qi Cave Heaven... Since he had agreed to Jiang Lie to mediate the conflict, he naturally was well-prepared. If Xie Xuanyi was willing to listen, they could sit down and have a proper discussion.

If Xie Xuanyi was unwilling to listen... well, that's simple.

Fight!

In the way of the Sword Cultivator, things are done swiftly and cleanly; if unwilling to listen to reason, then listen to the Sword Sound!

See whose sword is tougher, whose sword is faster!

"Buzz buzz buzz!"

The towering Sword Qi came rushing in, and a thread of crimson fiery light ignited at the center of Ye Zhu's brows.

He too unleashed "Burning Flower"!

Burning Flower against Burning Flower!

An explosive sound burst open at the Heavenly Peak!

Outside Qingyang City, this Sword Qi duel fell like a waterfall, spreading outwards, with thousands of strands of thick Sword Qi sweeping through, uprooting trees wherever it passed.

"Heavens... it's Burning Flower again... this time it's Ye Zhu's Burning Flower!"

"Ye Zhu has made his move!"

The news of Xie Xuanyi pursuing Jiang Miaoyin spread rapidly throughout the Four Realms.

However... to protect the sect's image, the battle between Da Sui Sword Palace's Law Enforcement and Xie Xuanyi was not disseminated as quickly.

Most of the spectators were only aware that Xie Xuanyi had promoted to Yang God, unaware of the fact that the Law Enforcement had only lasted less than ten breaths against Xie Xuanyi before being defeated.

Thus.

In their eyes, this majestic confrontation of Burning Flower seemed to have great suspense!

...

...

Sword Qi gave birth to two, two gave birth to three, three gave birth to a hundred thousand, then ten million more.

Amid the clouds at the Heavenly Peak, tens of millions of red leaves collided, refracting countless straight and fierce sword marks that tore through the clouds, cutting through the void but not the skin, drawing no blood... The reason was simple, neither side harbored "killing intent", so these Sword Qi merely touched upon, colliding and refracting, slicing the clouds into billions of fragmented mirrored surfaces.

Two figures stood at opposite ends of this shattered mirror surface.

Though the clouds were torn, they remained clear like a vast lake, with the crimson Sword Qi flying everywhere, resembling maple leaves heralding the arrival of winter.

Neither Xie Xuanyi nor Ye Zhu moved.

Beneath them were piles of red leaves.

These red leaves were connected to the void, forming countless thin, sharp long lines; any reckless movement would result in being cut by the Sword Qi.

"Kid, how on earth did you cultivate this?"

Ye Zhu looked down at the piled red leaves like snow, unable to contain a slightly envious sigh.

This Burning Flower sword move was extremely difficult to cultivate.

Aside from himself, no one in Baihua Valley had succeeded in mastering it yet.

Even he had endured much hardship, spent much time... before he fully grasped this sword form...

And now this young man before him was just over thirty.

In terms of familiarity with the Burning Flower sword move, he was already no less proficient than Ye Zhu himself.

"..."

Xie Xuanyi heard this, and could only remain silent.

He had nothing to say.

Unbeknownst.

The envious sigh was not for Xie Xuanyi's youth and talent.

Ye Zhu truly envied Zhao Chunyang.

Ye Zhu saw Zhao Chunyang as his greatest "rival" in life.

He knew that on the path of cultivation, catching up to such a genius was very hard... Thus after Condensing Dao, he poured all his efforts into nurturing Baihua Valley's disciples.

The attention and time he devoted to his disciples far exceeded Zhao Chunyang's efforts.

Since he couldn't surpass Zhao Chunyang, he let his disciples compete with Zhao Chunyang's disciples!

When this thought first came to mind, Ye Zhu was full of ambition!

Yet half a cycle of sixty years passed.

His disciples... couldn't compare to Xie Xuanyi, nor even to Huang Su.

That old Zhao fellow, how did he do it? Such great cultivation, and even teaching disciples so well?

"Xie Xuanyi, indeed you are a genius."

"In terms of sword moves alone, I can't beat you."

Ye Zhu looked at the sky filled with red leaves, took a gentle breath, calming his emotions.

The fractured clouds at the Heavenly Peak were entangled by Sword Qi, neither of them could break free now.

He couldn't move.

Nor could Xie Xuanyi.

This way, his purpose was served, both of them could "sit down" for a good talk.

Ye Zhu paused for a moment and said gently, "However, I have Condensed Dao for a long time... it won't be easy for you to break free..."

Before the words fell.

Snap!

A subtle, almost imperceptible sound of a thread breaking echoed from above the cloud layers. As the Burning Flower settled, the realm was ethereal, and even the slightest sound was incredibly clear. This thread-breaking sound came from Xie Xuanyi's "lifting hand", though wrapped in countless Sword Qi, it seemed unnoticed by Xie Xuanyi as he merely raised his arm, as if brushing away cobwebs.

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