Before they arrived, they had heard that there was a monstrous genius in the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect who completed the three challenges in the Azurerock Hidden Sword Pavilion and even became the champion.

But their gazes soon became uncertain because this person before them was too young. He seemed to only be in the Galaxy Stage, since they couldn’t sense the aura of a constellation coming from Lin Yun.

“Junior Brother Lin!” Jiang Lichen let out a breath of relief when he saw Lin Yun, since he was on the verge of not being able to hold himself back. If it wasn’t for Lin Yun, he would probably be humiliated.

Lin Yun nodded his head and glanced at Zhang Ting, “Although you guys are from the main sect, don’t forget that you guys are merely guests here. So remember your identity and don’t think that you guys are the owners here. If you guys take it too far, then don’t blame the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect for being unreasonable.”

His words instantly made the faces of Sword Sect’s disciples ugly. Compared to Jiang Lichen, Lin Yun’s words were even uglier.

“A mere disciple of a branch sect dares to be so arrogant? Are you rebelling against the main sect?” Zhang Ting said with his face darkening after he was sent flying back.

Seeing that the disciples of the Scarlet Firmament Peak were being so overbearing, Lin Yun now knew why Jian Jingtian didn’t like them. He looked at Zhang Ting and said, “I have no intentions of rebelling, but you’re in no position to teach the chief disciple of my Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect a lesson. As for the Sword Saint Mountain? Go on if you guys want to see it. If you want to climb it, then look for the sect master yourself. Now, you guys can get lost.”

“Who did you say to get lost?!”

“Repeat what you said!”

“Who are you to care who we’re teaching a lesson to?” Not only Zhang Ting, but even the other disciples also had rage flashing across their pupils. It was so much so that even Qin Tian’s face had become colder. After all, they felt that they were already polite to the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect as disciples of the Sword Sect.

If the elders of the Scarlet Firmament Peak didn’t warn them before they came here, they would’ve already flared up by now.

“Junior Brother, let’s forget about it. They’re from the main sect, and I’m fine. Let’s wait for the sect master with regards to the Sword Saint Mountain…” Jiang Lichen muttered because he didn’t want to blow the matter up.

“Who the hell do you think you are to talk to?” Zhang Ting coldly glared at Jiang Lichen. “If he doesn’t make it clear today, there’s no way we’ll let this matter rest. A mere disciple of a branch sect dares to be so impudent before us?”

“Am I not clear enough?” Lin Yun smirked with mockery flashing across his pupils. “Then I’ll make myself clear again. I said you, you, you, and you, get lost from here and don’t show yourselves before me. I don’t have a good temper!”

He didn’t have a good temper and was only concerned with those close to him. When he didn’t like someone, Lin Yun would never have the habit of keeping them around. Although Jiang Lichen was weak, he was still the face of the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect. Since he had witnessed this scene, he naturally had to stand out.

Qin Tian was included in the group that Lin Yun pointed out. He wasn’t just targeting Zhang Ting alone, but all the disciples of the Sword Sect. Lin Yun then winked and smiled. “Didn’t you guys listen correctly? I’m not targeting you, but everyone else here. Even if our senior brother is weak, you guys are in no position to teach him a lesson. Understood?”

Jiang Lichen was briefly stunned before he smiled. Lin Yun was as arrogant as before, but he was still ultimately someone on his side.

“Even we haven’t climbed the Sword Saint Mountain. So, who the hell do you guys think you are?”

“Well said, Junior Brother Lin!”

“Even if our senior brother is weak, he’s still not someone you guys can humiliate. Get lost!”

“That’s right. He’s still our senior brother, no matter what!” Lin Yun’s words instantly attracted the attention of others. They were long unhappy with the disciples of the Sword Sect, so they immediately gathered behind Lin Yun the moment he spoke out.

Jiang Lichen’s lips twitched and finally knew what was wrong. He had no idea if Lin Yun was helping him or humiliating him even further. When Lin Yun heard the echoes from the fellow disciples of the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect, Jiang Lichen smiled, “My bad, my bad.”

Jiang Lichen glared at him when he heard that. But Lin Yun didn’t end it there and looked at Zhang Ting’s party, “Anyhow, our senior brother isn’t someone the likes of you can touch.”

“Your senior brother is nothing and I even dare to touch you! I’ll see who dares to talk!” Zhang Ting charged toward Lin Yun before Qin Tian spoke up.

But Lin Yun maintained the smile on his face and took a step forth, unleashing his sword aura that came crashing down like a colossal mountain. Furthermore, his sword aura also soared into the sky.

The immense pressure immediately dropped Zhang Ting from mid-air. The sword aura that was crashing down on Zhang Ting made his face change. He wanted to circulate his sword intent, but he was deeply shocked when he realized that his sword intent was being restricted by Lin Yun’s sword aura.

“Sky sword intent!” Zhang Ting’s eyes flashed with disbelief. After all, sky sword intent was rarely seen from the Empyrean Realm even in the Ancient Barren Domain. Even in the Sword Sect, those who could grasp the sky sword intent in the Empyrean Realm were monstrous geniuses. But Zhang Ting was in even greater disbelief at the fact that Lin Yun’s sky sword intent was a little too strong.

Just when he was feeling uneasy, Lin Yun’s sword aura grew even more terrifying and he fell to the ground, landing on one knee. Lin Yun’s sword intent also made all the disciples of the Sword Sect’s faces change. When they looked at Lin Yun, their gazes became grave.

They already knew that Lin Yun was a monstrous genius, but they never imagined that Lin Yun would be so terrifying when he was only at the Galaxy Stage. This filled Zhang Ting’s eyes with shock as he circulated all his astral energy. But he still couldn’t judge the sword aura that Lin Yun was giving off. It was so much so that even he began to feel like he was suffocating and his face was turning pale.

“How is he so strong? He’s only a disciple of a branch sect. Even if he’s a genius, how can he possibly compete with us?” Zhang Ting was deeply shocked. He was no genius in the Scarlet Firmament Peak, but he wasn’t a pushover either. Even the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect’s chief disciple was just a joke in his eyes, but Lin Yun was a little too unreasonably strong.

“Stop!” Seeing that Zhang Ting couldn’t stand up no matter how he tried, two disciples who had a close relationship with Zhang Ting charged forth. In the blink of an eye, the two had already come before Lin Yun with their palms aimed at his left and right shoulders.

Their palms weren’t aimed at Lin Yun’s fatal spots because even an Astral Stage expert would be heavily injured after taking their attacks head-on. But when their palms landed on Lin Yun, they produced a metallic collision sound.

Not only did they fail to budge Lin Yun, but they could even feel their arms going numb and this brought shock to their eyes. Their hearts instantly sank and they wanted to retreat, but Lin Yun grabbed onto their wrists the moment they wanted to retreat. The two hands were like dragon claws tightly gripping onto their wrists with a powerful strength that quickly shattered the astral energy on the surface of their bodies.

“Go back!” Lin Yun raised the two disciples up and slammed them against one another. When the two disciples came in contact with each other, their bones began to crack. After he was done, Lin Yun casually threw the two disciples away like ragdolls.

When the two disciples fell to the ground, they bounced off the ground and flew a few hundred meters away. At this moment, Zhang Ting, who was down on one knee, finally couldn’t bear the pressure anymore and his other knee also fell onto the ground.

Looking at Zhang Ting, Lin Yun asked, “Such a huge greeting? Sorry, but I can’t accept that.”

Waving his hand, an invisible force slammed against Zhang Ting’s chest and he was sent flying away, while throwing out a mouthful of blood. When he fell onto the ground, he left several terrifying cracks on the ground.

This scene made all the disciples of the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect take in a cold breath. They didn’t expect Lin Yun to be so ruthless.

Clapping his hands, Lin Yun smiled, “You guys want to teach others a lesson with that strength? Aren’t you guys joking around?”

“Senior Brother Qin!” The faces of the Sword Sect’s disciples changed as they turned to look at Qin Tian.

Qin Tian didn’t have any change on his face and merely looked at Lin Yun, “They didn’t use their constellation nor did they draw their swords. Weren’t you a little too ruthless to them?”

Lin Yun snickered when he heard that because Qin Tian made it sound as if he had drawn his sword or used his constellation. With disdain flashing through his pupils, Lin Yun said, “If they drew their swords, they’d know the true meaning of being ruthless.”

After all, Jiang Lichen was injured to the point that he threw out blood and Zhang Ting still showed no signs of stopping back then.

Qin Tian smirked and was enveloped in arrogance as he continued, “Before coming, the sect master told us that we’re not allowed to trigger disciples of the branch sects because of their lowly origins. But it looks like there’s no need for that with such an arrogant person like you here. Looks like you have no idea of the difference between main and branch if you’re not taught a lesson.”

This made all the Sword Sect’s disciples rejoice and wonder if Qin Tian was finally going to make a move. Especially Zhang Ting, who yelled out, “Brat, Senior Brother Qin is already at nine hundred and a half a year ago on the Empyrean Ranking. That’s a height that someone like you can never achieve. You should rejoice that senior brother is willing to fight you!”

Chapter 1251 - Junior Brother is Right!

Lin Yun squinted his eyes when he heard that ranking and his gaze fell onto Qin Tian. This ranking was strong, and this meant that Qin Tian was even stronger than Gongsun Yan from the Sword Assembly. But why didn’t he feel that?

Facing Qin Tian didn’t have the pressure he felt when he faced Gongsun Yan. Lin Yun knew that if Gongsun Yan didn’t restrict his cultivation to the Heavenly Soul Realm back then, Lin Yun would definitely not be his opponent. But it was weird that he didn’t face any threat coming from Qin Tian.

If Zhang Ting didn’t say a word, he wouldn’t even know that Qin Tian was ranked in the nine hundredths. As Lin Yun examined Qin Tian, Lin Yun realized that he seemed to have grown stronger. After he figured out the reason, the doubt disappeared from his eyes and was replaced with excitement. He had never fought with an opponent of this caliber before, so he was looking forward to it.

“You’re afraid? It’s already too late!” Zhang Ting sneered while lying on the ground when he saw the changes in Lin Yun’s expression.

“Junior Brother, this fellow is really strong. Can you do it? If you can’t, then we can just retreat. It won’t embarrass the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect either way.” Jiang Lichen panicked because he knew how strong a genius ranked in the nine hundredth was on the Empyrean Ranking.

“Senior Brother, don’t panic. I’ve already said that no one can teach you a lesson no matter how weak you are,” smiled Lin Yun.

Hearing that made Jiang Lichen’s lips twitch and he knew that Lin Yun definitely did that on purpose. But his words made all the disciples of the Sword Sect grit their teeth.

“Senior Brother, teach him a lesson! Let him know how strong the Sword Sect is!”

“Yeah. Senior Brother, they’re already riding on our heads. We’ll be turned into tortoises if we continue to bear it!”

“Senior Brother, teach him a lesson!” Zhang Ting and the rest spoke up.

But Qin Tian had his eyes closed, as if he was hesitating. When he closed his eyes, his expression became calm, allowing the wind to blow on his hair.

Lin Yun was wondering what Qin Tian was trying to do. This person said he wanted to teach him a lesson, but he suddenly weny silent.

“This fellow looks really terrifying…” Jiang Lichen, on the other hand, was trembling in fear.

When Qin Tian suddenly opened his eyes, a cold aura swept out from his forehead that blew out like a wave. Under his aura, Jiang Lichen and the other disciples of the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect were forced to take several steps back.

Qin Tian’s gaze fell on Lin Yun and said, “I should’ve made my move against you, but I’m kind enough. If you can take ten moves from me, I’ll drop this matter. If you can’t, then I’ll let you know why not everyone can teach those from the Scarlet Firmament Peak a lesson!”

When he said that, the surrounding air began to buzz and the sword intent of many Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect’s disciples showed signs of collapsing.

When Jiang Lichen stabilized his footing, his expression became serious. But when his gaze fell onto Lin Yun, he saw that Lin Yun was merely casually standing there with a casual smile on his lips. This nearly drove Jiang Lichen insane and he wondered if Lin Yun was being serious about this. After all, Qin Tian was ranked the nine hundredths on the Empyrean Ranking.

Many Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect’s disciples could feel their scalps going numb as someone asked in a trembling voice, “Senior Brother, can Lin Yun do it?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Just Qin Tian’s aura alone is already so terrifying.” The Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect’s disciples were all shocked by the aura that Qin Tian was giving off.

“He won’t lose terribly, right?” Jiang Lichen softly muttered to himself without any confidence.

Compared to the disciples of the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect, those from the Sword Sect were more confident and the three who were lying on the ground also struggled to get on their feet. In their eyes, there was no way Lin Yun could win as long as their senior brother was willing to make a move.

Ten moves? It would be surprising to them if Lin Yun could even last more than five. At the same time, Ye Ziling and a group of people showed up. When Ye Ziling saw Lin Yun facing off against Qin Tian, she locked her brows together. Just when she wanted to step up to stop them, a woman beside her held onto her wrist.

“Let’s take a look. It’s rare to see Qin Tian fighting against someone from the same generation. Don’t worry about it, he won’t use his constellation.” The woman emitting elegance beside Ye Ziling smiled.

Ye Ziling merely glanced back at the woman. She wasn’t worried about Lin Yun but Qin Tian. But seeing the confidence written on the face of this woman, Ye Ziling also couldn’t be bothered to talk more about it.

As space suddenly trembled, a sword manifesting with astral energy appeared behind Qin Tian. This made Lin Yun surprised because he knew that it wasn’t easy to accomplish that, not to mention that the sword gave him a feeling that it was a genuine sword.

Just when his interest was piqued, astral energy surged within Qin Tian’s body and the sword behind him began to tremble. In the next moment, nine more swords appeared behind him that opened up like a fan.

When the ten swords appeared, Qin Tian’s sword aura suddenly exploded, as if every single sword could slice through a mountain. When they buzzed, they also caused the entire stage to start trembling.

“The first sword!” Qin Tian’s eyes flashed and he tapped his fingers. In the next second, a sword instantly pierced through space. Everything happened too quickly and a few strands of hair fell onto the ground after Lin Yun avoided the sword. But even when the sword plunged into the ground, it didn’t stop buzzing.

“Second sword!” Qin Tian waved his hand once more. This time, the attack was even more terrifying as the entire sky turned dark with lightning streaking across the horizon.

Executing the Golden Crow Nine Transformations, the afterimage left behind by Lin Yun was torn apart with a powerful gale sweeping out. Right at this moment, Qin Tian swiped his fingers out six times, causing the entire sky to change.

Everyone was shocked to discover that although Lin Yun kept moving around, his movement range was restricted to a small region. On the other hand, Qin Tian didn’t make a single move and even had his left hand behind him. Just like that, he easily forced Lin Yun into a terrible state.

After nine swords, Lin Yun was already out of places to dodge and the tenth sword flew over. But Lin Yun merely used his palm to grab onto the sword. Then again, the strong impact also made him take nine steps back.

Once he was stabilized, he was shocked to discover that he was surrounded by nine swords. The nine swords that were plunged into the ground began to buzz as they coiled around him. The nine swords looked like nine dragons that trapped Lin Yun within them, and the tenth sword was still held by Lin Yun’s hand, emitting a boundless sword aura.

“Good!”

“Senior Brother simply calculated every single one of his movements. That brat still probably hasn’t figured out that he would lose so terribly, right?”

“Haha. His hand will be crippled if he still carries on!” Zhang Ting and the other disciples smiled while looking at this scene.

Qin Tian also casually lowered his hand and coldly said, “All of your movements were within my calculations. From the moment you opened your eyes, you’ve already lost.”

On the other hand, the disciples of the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect were suffocating from Qin Tian’s aura. All of this looked as if it was within Qin Tian’s control as he played around with Lin Yun.

“You really know how to act, and I nearly believed it. I seem to only have lost a few strands of hair, right? Not even my skin is scratched,” smiled Lin Yun.

“Still being so tough after facing death. Senior Brother can tear you into pieces if he wants to.” Zhang Ting snickered.

“Is that so? Then let your Senior Brother give it a try…” Lin Yun said with a playful smile. Although it might seem that Zhang Ting held the advantage in the fight, Lin Yun was only curious about how the swords were created. Otherwise, Lin Yun could retaliate right from the first move.

But even so, it was all within his control and he didn’t feel any great pressure.

“You want to see some blood? As you wish…” Qin Tian’s eyes flashed with a ferocious light and he reached out with his right hand. As his right hand reached out, it began to change. He wanted to control the nine swords to teach Lin Yun a lesson. In the next second, the nine swords surrounding Lin Yun began to flicker.

But in the next moment, Qin Tian’s face froze because he realized that the nine swords couldn’t even tear apart Lin Yun’s skin, not to mention tearing Lin Yun apart.

Dragon runes began to appear on the surface of his body and the nine swords couldn’t leave any marks on his body. This made Qin Tian stupidly open his mouth. After all, he was confident about toying with an expert in the Lesser Elysium Core Realm if they were trapped by his nine swords, but he actually couldn’t do anything to Lin Yun!

“Looks like you failed.” Lin Yun smiled in disappointment, and his tone nearly made Qin Tian curse out.

“Let me show you blood, then.” Lin Yun smiled. The dragon runes on the surface of his body began to light up and the nine swords that were around him were sent flying away. When the swords fell onto the ground, they lost their luster and looked like ordinary swords.

At the same time, a vortex appeared in Lin Yun’s palm, like a huge beast that was devouring the sword in his hand. Not long later, only the sword hilt was left. When Lin Yun devoured the entire sword, this left Qin Tian completely dumbfounded with his jaw nearly falling off.

“I’ll give you a finger in return, then!” Before Qin Tian could recover from the shock, an iris flower appeared behind Lin Yun. When the sea of flowers overlapped, Lin Yun executed the Flicking Divine Finger.

This made Qin Tian squint his eyes and clasped his hands together to stop this attack. But the power behind this attack was too terrifying and quickly pierced through his right shoulder.

As blood splattered, Qin Tian was forced to take several steps back. Seeing that he couldn’t regain his stability, a painting slowly opened behind him and he used the power of his constellation to stabilize himself.

“Your constellation is impressive, indeed,” said Lin Yun.

Hearing those words, Qin Tian snorted, “I can also defeat you without using my constellation!”

As the painting disappeared, Qin Tian charged toward Lin Yun. But when he arrived before Lin Yun, he was quickly sent flying back by a slap from Lin Yun and his sword aura started to crumble. This immediately caused his cheek to swell as he rolled on the ground.

“You’re nothing without your constellation,” smiled Lin Yun.

This scene left the woman standing beside Ye Ziling to cover her mouth from the shock. Not only her, but everyone else from the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect was shocked by Lin Yun’s dominance.

At the same time, Jiang Lichen could feel his mouth go dry as he became excited. Lin Yun was right, even if he was weak, he wasn’t someone that just anyone could teach a lesson to!

Chapter 1252 - My Life

Looking at Qin Tian being sent flying away, the entire stage fell into silence with everyone’s expressions freezing on their faces. Qin Tian’s defeat had taken place in the blink of an eye. Just when everyone thought that Lin Yun would be trapped by Qin Tian, Lin Yun suddenly exploded and even forced Qin Tian to summon his constellation.

Qin Tian was prideful, and anyone could tell that from his name. As someone ranked in the top one thousand on the Empyrean Ranking, it wasn’t an exaggeration to call him a transcendent genius, and he would definitely become a Samsara Edict Realm expert in the future.

This was why he suppressed his constellation when Lin Yun mocked him earlier. He was prideful and confident that he could suppress Lin Yun even without bringing out his constellation. But now, he was actually sent flying with a slap, and half of his face was swollen. This made him look even more terrible compared to Zhang Ting and the rest. At the very least, they weren’t slapped by Lin Yun.

“You’re courting death!” Qin Tian flew into a rage and soared into the sky with a boundless sword aura. When his sword aura came crashing down, this made everyone else feel suffocating.

The faces of Jiang Lichen and the rest had also changed as they quickly retreated. This scene also made Lin Yun squint his eyes and he could sense the dense killing aura within Qin Tian’s sword aura. This proved that those who could make it into the top one thousand were people who had taken at least thousands of lives. This meant that those who made it on the ranking had forged their position with countless corpses.

“Stop!” Right at that moment, the woman standing beside Ye Ziling barked before she walked over with a group of people.

“Senior Sister Mu…” Qin Tian’s face changed and immediately recalled his aura.

“Greetings, Senior Sister Mu!” The other Sword Sect’s disciples also quickly cupped their hands together and greeted the woman.

When Lin Yun turned his head over and saw Ye Ziling, he gave her a wink along with a smile. But Ye Ziling was having a headache because Lin Yun was really a troublemaker. She heard from her father that he had been in seclusion during this period of time, but she never expected that he would cause trouble the moment he came out.

“Qin Tian, what did master say before we came out?” The woman coldly questioned Qin Tian.

Qin Tian silently bit his lips but Zhang Ting and the rest quickly spoke up, “Senior Sister, you can’t blame Senior Brother Qin for that. These disciples of the Fleeting Cloud Sword Sect are too arrogant. We just want to climb the Sword Saint Mountain, but they keep stopping us and even injured us. This is why Senior Brother Qin stood out…”

“So? You guys are proud that you guys are taught a lesson by a disciple of a branch sect?” The woman unhappily questioned. This instantly made Zhang Ting and the rest awkward. It wasn’t because they were weak, but Lin Yun was just too strong.

“Big Sister Ye, how do you think we should deal with this matter?” After reprimanding the disciples of the Sword Sect, the woman turned to Ye Ziling and asked.

But Ye Ziling knew that Mu Qingqing was protecting Qin Tian and the rest despite reprimanding them. The reason why she scolded them so terribly was so that she wouldn’t pursue this matter or it would make her seem too heartless.

“The Sword Sect Mountain requires the sect master’s permission to enter. But the sect master is nowhere to be found, so it’s impossible to climb the Sword Saint Mountain anytime soon. As for him, it’s just sparing between them. Junior Brother Lin, what do you think?” Ye Ziling asked as she turned to look at Lin Yun.

This fellow is Lin Yun? Mu Qingqing’s gaze fell onto Lin Yun. Despite Lin Yun’s casual attitude, he looked pretty handsome. At the very least, he was a lot more good-looking than Qin Tian.

“I guess so. But I seem to have been a little too harsh earlier. Younger Brother Qin Tian, are you alright?” Lin Yun smiled with his eyes squinted.

“It’s just superficial wounds,” said Qin Tian while he bore his anger down.

“Since there’s no way we can climb the Sword Saint Mountain anytime soon, then we’ll be taking our leave first.” Mu Qingqing’s gaze was filled with interest when it fell onto Lin Yun. After all, Lin Yun was the monstrous genius who made it through the three challenges in the Sword Assembly.

Others might think that Lin Yun was only able to slap Qin Tian because the latter suppressed his constellation, but Mu Qingqing had a feeling that it wasn’t that simple.

“Young Master Lin, you can pay the Scarlet Firmament Peak a visit when you join the Sword Sect in the future.” Mu Qingqing gave a wink at Lin Yun and revealed a charming smile. This instantly made all the disciples of the Sword Sect jealous and even Qin Tian was briefly stunned for a moment.

Lin Yun was briefly stunned. But when he turned his head over, he could only see Mu Qingqing’s silhouette. He smiled, “That woman is pretty interesting.”

“She’s Mu Qingqing, the missy of the Ancient Barren Domain’s Mu Clan. A famous beauty of the Scarlet Firmament Peak. If you get three feet close to her, plenty of people from the Sword Sect will be coming after you,” said Ye Ziling as she rolled her eyes.

“Well, there’s no way she can be compared to you,” smiled Lin Yun while he gave her a wink.

“You and your sweet mouth,” said Ye Ziling, but there was an unnoticeable smirk on the corner of her lips.

“Isn’t there a little too many of them? I thought only Empyreans can enter the Profound Wither Island?” Lin Yun could tell that there were Dragon Pulse Realm and Elysium Core Realm experts around Mu Qingqing.

“The Great Saint Origin is more precious than you think. All the powerful sects in the Ancient Barren Domain are after it, and the Sword Sect is naturally not an exception. Furthermore, there are also ways to avoid the restriction,” said Ye Ziling.

Lin Yun was surprised when he heard that. After all, wouldn’t Heavenly Elysium Core Realm experts be invincible if they could enter the Profound Wither Island? Even if he did have a lot of trump cards or manifested his constellation, there was no way he could face a Heavenly Elysium Core Realm expert. Before them, even a Greater Elysium Core Realm expert would be easily crushed.

“The background of the powerful sects isn’t something that you can imagine,” said Ye Ziling. “They will definitely go all out for the Great Saint Origin, regardless of the cost. It might be hard for Heavenly Elysium Core Realm experts to enter, but it’s different for Greater Elysium Core Realm experts. Furthermore, the Sword Sect has also prepared a thousand quasi-Elysium Core Realm experts. The moment they enter the Profound Wither Island, they’ll immediately make a breakthrough and this means that there will be a thousand Elysium Core Realm experts at that time. According to what I know, it’s more or less the same for the other sects, as well.”

Upon hearing that, Lin Yun’s expression became serious.

“Aside from that, the Profound Wither Island has a dense amount of spiritual energy, and the top-tiered geniuses from the Empyrean Ranking will try and reach the supreme stage of the Empyrean Realm by imprinting their core with a saint rune.”

“Imprinting their core with a saint rune?” Lin Yun asked.

“Only those who have reached the supreme stage in the Empyrean Realm can imprint the saint rune on their core or the power of the saint rune will blow that person apart. Then again, there’s also a huge price in doing it, but there are definitely all sorts of treasures on the Profound Wither Island that can negate that cost. After imprinting the saint rune on the core, the cultivator’s strength will completely transform, and they’ll be practically invincible against those of the same cultivation,” said Ye Ziling while she nodded her head.

Lin Yun’s scalp began to turn numb when he heard that, since the commotion caused by the Profound Wither Island seemed to be even bigger than he had expected.

“But if they’re only going to imprint a saint rune on their core, it’s not necessary for them to do it in the Profound Wither Island, right?” Lin Yun asked. After all, heavenly spiritualists could draw saint runes themselves, like Feng Xuanzi of the Hidden Sword Pavilion, for example. Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to forge saint artifacts.

“They’re aiming for Original Saint Runes,” said Ye Ziling as she glanced at Lin Yun. “Take your Blood Flame Dragon Rune as an example. Naturally formed saint runes are a lot stronger than those artificially drawn.”

The value of an Ordinal Saint Rune was shocking, and it would definitely draw attention the moment it appeared. As a place preserved since ancient times, there must be Original Saint Runes on the Profound Wither Island. After all, it was a place that not even Dragon Pulse Realm experts could step in.

In addition to all the rare herbs and treasures that could be found, there was no other place more suitable than the Profound Wither Island for those top-tiered geniuses.

“What monsters,” said Lin Yun.

“What’s wrong? Don’t tell me that you’re interested in the Great Saint Origin? As long as you have no intention for it, you won’t be in a conflict with them. If you did manage to find any rare treasures or herbs, you can just leave early,” said Ye Ziling.

“Me?” Lin Yun smiled.

Ye Ziling locked her brows together when she heard that, wondering if Lin Yun would be insane enough to start a fight with those people before reaching the Astral Stage. Wearing a grave expression, she reminded, “Lin Yun, the Profound Wither Island isn’t the Sword Assembly, there will be all sorts of people and sects. The massacre going on there will far exceed your imagination. Even Qin Tian, whom you just fought, is a nobody when compared to those monstrous geniuses, and even Mu Qingqing is only a side character…”

“There are stronger experts from the Sword Sect?” Lin Yun asked.

“The Scarlet Firmament peak’s Sikong Zhou, ranked fourth on the Empyrean Ranking.” Ye Ziling said with a grave expression, but her eyes only had respect for Sikong Zhou’s strength and nothing else.

“So, where’s he right now?” Lin Yun asked. He didn’t expect that the Sword Sect would have someone strong enough to be ranked fourth on the Empyrean Ranking.

“Geniuses like them will have a protector beside them, and their tracks won’t be easily revealed. Perhaps he’s already here but he’s just mixed in the crowd, or perhaps he’s still on the way over,” smiled Ye Ziling.

“Alright, just remember my words and tone it down a little when you’re on the Profound Wither island. Speaking of which, there isn’t any news about Flower Burial recently. Lin Yun, do you think Flower Burial will go to the Profound Wither Island?” Ye Ziling suddenly changed the topic and looked at Lin Yun with interest.

How could Flower Burial even show up when Lin Yun has been in the Nine Li Illusion Realm? But Lin Yun awkwardly smiled and replied after a brief pause, “I’m guessing that he will.”

Ye Ziling’s eyes lit up for a brief moment before she sighed, “Sometimes, I really hope that what I saw back in the Heavenly Astral Pavilion was just a dream, and Flower Burial is just a person that I imagined.”

Lin Yun didn’t know how to reply when he heard that and said after a brief pause, “But you’re definitely not a dream to him in his eyes.”

“Perhaps.” Ye Ziling smiled. “It doesn’t matter. This is my life, and I have to gain control over it. Let’s just end it here. Your Miss Luo returned the day before. You’re not going to pay her a visit?”

Ye Ziling then gave Lin Yun a playful glance before she left.