Chapter 88 Revenge (Part 1)

In the sweltering summer afternoon, two streaks of light, even more dazzling than the sunlight, streaked across the clear sky. The light flashed by so quickly that the people living in the city didn't notice it at all.

In the air, Li Chang'an was dressed in white clothes and black pants, with a storage bag tied around his waist and a black sword under his feet. Because of the spiritual power protecting him, his hair was no longer blown around by the wind when he flew.

Tianxuan also rode on her magical artifact—a chessboard—flying alongside Li Chang'an.

He looked at Li Chang'an. If he didn't know what the purpose of this trip was, he would have thought it was just an ordinary outing.

Tianxuan came to her senses and asked, "That spider demon was affected by the restriction imposed by the Boundless God Venerable. When it first arrived in the Cangxuan Realm, its cultivation was restricted, and it was at most at the Nascent Soul stage. But during the years it was sealed, it also recuperated and recovered. After the seal was broken, it was at least at the third or fourth stage of the Nascent Soul stage. You forcibly broke through to the Nascent Soul stage, and you haven't fully recovered yet. Can you really do it?"

Li Chang'an turned around and smiled, saying, "We've already set off, so we have to make it even if it's not going to work."

Tianxuan looked at his stubborn eyes and sighed softly.

Ever since he learned that the spider demon was in the Nascent Soul stage, Li Chang'an has been cultivating with extra fervor. After grinding monsters in Ling'an City at night, he would even have his sword spirit spar with him when he returned.

When a Nascent Soul breaks through to the Out-of-Body stage, one should ideally lay a solid foundation of spiritual power during the Nascent Soul Great Perfection period, and preferably use rare and precious materials to temper and consolidate the Nascent Soul multiple times. This way, after breaking through to the Out-of-Body stage, one will be stronger and able to use more spells.

However, after consulting the basic manual, Li Chang'an, upon reaching the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul stage, forcibly absorbed the relatively abundant spiritual energy of Xuanling Immortal Mountain and broke through to the Out-of-Body stage.

With such an unstable foundation, and having suffered such a powerful lightning tribulation, it should be properly rectified.

But Li Chang'an couldn't wait to come out, wanting to go to Li Family Village in Jiangchun City to seek revenge on that spider demon.

Seeing Tianxuan's worry, Li Chang'an quickly patted his chest and said, "Don't worry, Star Lord, I have the Immortal Artifact Pen and the Li'e Sword. Even if I haven't broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, I can definitely defeat them."

The Immortal Artifact Talisman Brush—that was something Li Chang'an had crafted during this period.

Although he can draw talismans out of thin air, if he has a high-quality talisman brush as a medium, the talismans he draws will be more damaging.

Therefore, Li Chang'an specifically sought out Yao Guang.

However, Yao Guang's refining furnace was only a spiritual artifact, and it could not refine talismans of higher quality than spiritual artifacts. It would also be a waste of such high-quality Xuan Tang wood. So she taught Li Chang'an to use his soul as a furnace.

Refining weapons using one's soul as a furnace requires burning one's soul, which is very dangerous for cultivators. It can easily cause serious damage to the soul, and the success rate is not high.

However, this is also a high-risk, high-reward endeavor. Using one's soul as a furnace to forge artifacts can produce items of all qualities. If one is lucky and powerful, forging immortal artifacts and divine artifacts is not out of the question.

Li Chang'an readily chose this method.

Upon learning that Li Chang'an wanted to forge weapons, the Golden Feathered Iris even gave him some feathers.

As the reincarnation of the Boundless God, Li Chang'an possessed a powerful divine soul, and thus successfully crafted a talisman brush of immortal quality using Xuan Tang wood and the feathers of the Golden Feather Spirit Kite.

He specifically chose the North Floating Island when refining the weapon. Since the divine soul is the foundation of the divine consciousness, those Myriad Spirit Buds can heal the damage to the divine consciousness, and naturally they can also heal the divine soul.

After completing the weapon forging, Li Chang'an ate Night Sleep Fish for three consecutive days, so the soul injury he suffered during the forging process was quickly healed.

Li Chang'an added with a smile, "I forced myself to break through to the Out-of-Body stage mainly so that I could stay outside for two more hours."

It takes an hour to travel from Xuanling Immortal Mountain to Li Family Village and back. The more time you have to fight the spider demon, the greater your chances of winning.

Tianxuan understood and stopped talking, but there was still some worry in her eyes.

...

Lijia Village, Jiangchun City.

Many cultivators arrived that day, including a burly cultivator known as Kaiyang Xingjun, who was leading several policemen to relocate the villagers out of the village and settle them in nearby towns or villages.

Li Guoliang, Yang Rong, Li Hui, and Li Yuliang lived at the end of the village and were among the last to be arranged to leave.

They looked at the solemn yet expectant expressions of the cultivators around them, and were somewhat puzzled.

Yang Rong pulled Li Guoliang aside and asked in a low voice, "Have you asked the village chief and the others what's going on?"

The village chiefs are all elected from within the village. Li Guoliang and he have a fairly good relationship; they occasionally get together to play cards or something.

Upon hearing this, Li Guoliang shook his head: "I don't know either, it seems to have been arranged at the last minute."

Li Hui was somewhat uneasy and guessed, "So many cultivators have come, could it be another monster attack?"

"Huh?" Yang Rong was a little stunned.

Not only her, but other people around who overheard their conversation were also taken aback.

"Another demon? Can we ever come back?"

"Don't make wild guesses. We'll just ask any cultivator later," Li Guoliang quickly reassured him.

After leaving the village and boarding the bus, Li Guoliang walked up to a cultivator, offered him a cigarette, and inquired, "Immortal Master, what happened today? Why are we being temporarily relocated?"

The cultivator raised his hand to block his cigarette, shook his head to indicate that he didn't want it, and then said, "There is a sealed monster in your village. Keeping it sealed is not a solution, so a powerful being will come to deal with it today."

"To prevent you from being caught in the crossfire, the Cultivation Alliance ordered you to be taken out ahead of schedule. That powerful figure also provided you with resettlement expenses. Don't worry, you won't have to pay for your food, lodging, or transportation for the next two days."

"A powerful being?" Li Guoliang was taken aback. "Someone even more powerful than the Seven Stars of the Alliance?"

Back then, even the seven stars of the alliance could only seal that demon, yet this powerful being was able to eliminate it directly.

"Yes." When talking about that powerful figure, the cultivator's expression was filled with emotion and longing. "He is a very powerful person. I don't know if you have heard of him. His name is Li Chang'an, and he is the current master of Xuanling Immortal Mountain."

Li Chang'an!

Li Guoliang's hand holding the cigarette trembled, and he suddenly turned around to look at Yang Rong and the others.

"Oh, thank you, Immortal Master." He quickly replied perfunctorily, then hurried back to his seat, his face still showing shock.

"How is it?" Yang Rong asked.

Li Guoliang recounted to the three men what the cultivator had just said, and the three men showed the same shock as him.

Then, Li Hui slapped his thigh, his lips curving into a wide smile. "Wow, it's Chang An! He's even stronger than the Seven Stars of the Alliance now. He's got potential!"

Li Yuliang couldn't help but laugh.

Li Guoliang and Yang Rong exchanged a glance, then sighed softly and looked worriedly toward the village.

They were certainly happy, but they were also more worried about Li Chang'an.

Can Li Chang'an handle such a powerful demon?

*

The last group of villagers boarded the bus and left, and the village suddenly became quiet.

A cultivator walked up to Kaiyang Xingjun, clasped his hands in greeting, and reported, "Xingjun, all the villagers have left."

Kaiyang, who was over two meters tall with piercing eyes, nodded calmly: "Yes, you should also leave quickly."

The cultivator pursed his lips, but hesitated, "Star Lord... I want to stay."

Kaiyang frowned sharply: "What are you doing staying here? Are you looking for death?!"

The cultivator smiled sheepishly and said, "Of course not. And it's not just me; quite a few cultivators are on their way here, and look—"

The cultivator pointed to the sky, where three spirit boats appeared. They seemed to be moving slowly to the naked eye, but in reality, they flew over very quickly.

Those are the spirit boats of the three upper sects.

Kaiyang was taken aback: "Wait, what are they here for? Have they lived too long?"

This is a battle between two Nascent Soul stage cultivators. If they're not careful, they could destroy half a country. What are a bunch of cultivators who haven't even reached the Golden Core stage trying to do by coming to join in this fun?!

"With Star Lord here, we definitely won't die." The cultivator chuckled and said, "We've never seen a battle between Nascent Soul cultivators before, have we? We all want to observe."

Two months ago, during Li Chang'an's live stream, Tianxuan Xingjun mentioned that there was a monster in the Out-of-Body stage in Li Family Village, which caused a sensation among cultivators.

That's a monster in the Nascent Soul stage! A monster that even the combined power of the Seven Stars Alliance could only seal away!

But then the cultivators realized that Li Chang'an needed a Nascent Soul stage demon core to worship the mountain god, so he would inevitably come to Li Family Village to deal with this demon.

From that day on, the monks eagerly awaited their return.

I don't know what level of cultivation Li Chang'an has now, or when he will set off.

Unexpectedly, just two months later, Li Chang'an took action and asked the Cultivation Alliance to relocate the people out of the village.

Immediately, someone spread the news, and as a result, all the cultivators who could come today did so.

Since Li Chang'an came to the spider demon to get the demon core, his cultivation level must also be at the Nascent Soul stage.

That was a battle between Nascent Soul stage cultivators! To witness such a battle in the present Cangxuan Realm, what is death to be afraid of!

Moreover, the fact that Li Chang'an only allowed villagers to relocate from Lijia Village means that he was confident that the problem would not spread to other areas.

Why don't they just observe from outside the Lijia Village area?

After listening to the cultivator's hopeful words, Kaiyang hesitated, opened his lips but said nothing.

After a moment, he sighed heavily: "Sigh, I'm really fed up with you guys."

"Notify the other cultivators to stand back and watch from a distance later."

"Okay! Thank you, Star Lord!" The cultivator nodded quickly, turned around, and flew away to inform the other cultivators.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, when the temperature wasn't too high and the sun wasn't too strong, two figures flew in the sky.

Returning to his familiar surroundings, Li Chang'an looked down at the mountain beneath his feet.

This mountain is the very place where the Seven Stars of the Alliance sealed the Spider Demon. At the foot of the mountain, there is a magic circle that emits a faint light, and inside the magic circle, there are ruins.

—That was the house that was destroyed by the spider demon, the source of his debts, and the place where Grandpa Huang and Grandma Li died.

Li Chang'an took a deep breath and blinked to hide the complex emotions in his eyes.

Suddenly, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of a dense mass of figures not far away, some standing on the ground, others flying in the air. There were also three spirit boats in the sky, the flags and insignia on them indicating that they belonged to the Three Upper Sects.

Li Chang'an was stunned: "Why are there still so many people here?"

Tianxuan rubbed his forehead: "The cultivators knew you were coming to kill this Nascent Soul stage spider demon, and since it's a rare sight, they all rushed over to watch."

Li Chang'an looked up at the sky helplessly.

...Is it really necessary to join in this fun?

Tianxuan's expression turned serious: "Do you need my help in the battle later?"

He is now at the Nascent Soul stage, and can use his spiritual power to predict the spider demon's actions and give advance warnings.

However, Li Chang'an shook his head: "Star Lord, please don't help me."

His expression was solemn: "I can only prepare the sacrificial conditions myself. If the conditions are not met even with the help of the Star Lord, I will not be able to find the next Nascent Soul stage demon."