Chapter 475
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: Unknown
Chapter Title: The Madwoman's Overwhelming Might
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All this time, Lu Yang had harbored a lingering doubt in his heart.
Qingcheng Feixue True Lord—this figure who had succeeded Soaring Empyrean as the Primal Saint Sect's undisputed pillar, the infamous madwoman known to all—what was the true extent of her strength?
'This time, I can finally witness it!'
Lu Yang strained his eyes, gazing distantly toward the south. He saw several fruit position stars ignite all at once in that moment, causing the world's spiritual atmosphere to clear instantly.
"Demon! Such audacity!"
"Do you really think we're afraid of you?"
In an instant, three sharp rebukes echoed from within the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion, accompanied by the manifestation of three fruit positions—ones that even Lu Yang had never seen in his previous life at the pavilion.
[Roof Tile Earth]!
[Furnace Fire]!
[Wall Earth]!
'Aside from Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord and that late Golden Core Rigid Form Dao-Preaching True Lord, the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion's remaining two True Lords are here as well!'
Just from this, Lu Yang could discern much.
'No wonder Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord doesn't seem highly regarded in the pavilion. Turns out the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion already has a True Lord who achieved the Dao through an earth-element fruit position!'
'That Rigid Form Dao-Preaching True Lord cultivates [Sand Gold]. I remember Soaring Empyrean telling me that late Golden Core cultivators either master all five elements or transform three. So he must have joined forces with the two True Lords of [Roof Tile Earth] and [Furnace Fire] to reach late Golden Core with three elements.'
In such a setup, [Wall Earth] became redundant.
The result was the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion's three True Lords forming a tight clique, excluding Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord from everything.
But soon, an even greater puzzle emerged.
'Rigid Form Dao-Preaching True Lord—a solid late Golden Core. Without Soaring Empyrean, the Primal Saint Sect actually has no late Golden Core powerhouse guarding it.'
At a glance, the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion held the advantage.
Not to mention the Pure Land and the Dao Court. Even if the Pure Land played both sides, with such a stark difference in apparent combat power, how had the Primal Saint Sect managed to hold its own?
Lu Yang soon learned the answer.
"Hahaha! Come well!"
High in the vault of heaven, Qingcheng Feixue True Lord's booming laughter rang out in all directions, devoid of any fear. Though a woman, her boldness in this moment rivaled any man.
Next, Qingcheng Feixue True Lord advanced instead of retreating. The fruit position manifested from [Stream Beneath Water] brazenly collided with the three fruit positions from the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion. The [Pure World Light] drawn forth from the fruit positions illuminated all phenomena, sweeping unstoppable before it. Facing three at once, she not only held her ground but dominated!
"That madwoman is too ferocious!"
"She actually dares to strike..."
"Ridiculous. What doesn't she dare? Back when that Dao Court figure attacked her, she still fought back—and crucially, she won. That's real skill!"
In this moment, many True Lords watched the battle.
At the same time, Lu Yang found the reason for Qingcheng Feixue True Lord's title as the number one duelist of the past five millennia in Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord's memories.
This tale had been dismissed by Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue True Lord as unbelievable gossip, tucked away in the deepest corner of his memories, overlooked at the time.
Now retrieving it, Lu Yang realized: ignorance is bliss, but knowledge shocks.
'Good heavens.'
As everyone knew, this world thrived on challenging higher realms—Foundation Establishment slaying Qi Refining was routine, Golden Core battling Foundation Establishment even more commonplace.
Yet over time, anomalies arose.
Qingcheng Feixue True Lord was that anomaly—the first recorded True Lord in history to achieve cross-realm victory at the Golden Core level.
A true cross-realm feat!
'When Snow Flying Rainbow first became a True Lord, she emerged from seclusion after less than a century. The Primal Saint Sect was at its weakest, and the Dao Court sought to exploit it. The Grand Preceptor of the era personally pressured Heaven-Connecting Cloud Sea.'
'The Dao Court's Grand Preceptor was mid Golden Core at the time!'
'And in the Primal Saint Sect then, whether Qingcheng Feixue True Lord, Painted Silk Variegated Gauze True Lord, or Containing Light Floating Heaven True Lord, all were early Golden Core.'
Undoubtedly, that was the Primal Saint Sect's nadir.
Even the Dao Court wanted a piece.
'Yet the newly minted True Lord Qingcheng Feixue, barely a century in, emerged and shocked the world, forcing the Dao Court Grand Preceptor to retreat!'
This was a feat only Golden Core True Lords could appreciate for its exaggeration and impossibility. Mid Golden Core had an undying cavern-heaven, equivalent to permanently occupying a fruit position. Even upon lifespan's end or death, as long as the cavern-heaven remained intact, reincarnation brought instant return to True Lord status.
Early Golden Core, by contrast?
Cavern-heaven lasted only a millennium. When time expired, it perished with the True Lord. The risks of re-proving the Dao from scratch were evident from tales of great fortunes.
The gap was obvious.
Clashing meant the mid Golden Core wagering countless lives against the early Golden Core's single life. They could err endlessly; the opponent could afford none.
Not to mention the mid Golden Core's inherently superior combat power and deeper Dao attainment.
Yet despite this chasm... Qingcheng Feixue True Lord won.
Before her, a rare few prodigious early Golden Core True Lords could briefly match mid Golden Core.
But prolonged fights revealed the mid stage's fundamental edge—no early True Lord could endure, ultimately defeated and fleeing in disgrace. Even several early True Lords ganging up merely prolonged the inevitable.
Qingcheng Feixue True Lord changed all that.
In one epic battle, she erred not once, slaying the Dao Court Grand Preceptor over fifty times with that single life—and faster, more deftly each time!
The Dao Court Grand Preceptor had fully warmed up, planning to drag it out.
After all, mid Golden Core's undying cavern-heaven meant infinite revival. He didn't believe she could outlast him—a century of fighting, and victory would still be his.
But on the fifty-third clash, the tide turned.
On the fifty-third, Qingcheng Feixue True Lord seized a flaw in the Dao Court Grand Preceptor's defenses, striking his cavern-heaven true upon slaying him!
That was fatal.
Dao Court True Lords differed from others, especially the Three Dukes—their cavern-heavens weren't forged anew but inherited across generations, property of the Dao Court!
Now, it was damaged!
In such straits, even unwilling, the Dao Court Grand Preceptor couldn't continue. He swallowed the bitter fruit of defeat.
After this battle, Qingcheng Feixue True Lord's fame exploded.
As for that Dao Court Grand Preceptor, guilty of damaging the cavern-heaven, he was toppled by the newly ascended Emperor Jiayou and forced to reincarnate.
In truth, it equated to Qingcheng Feixue True Lord cross-realm slaying a mid Golden Core!
How outrageous?
Understanding this history, Lu Yang grasped why Qingcheng Feixue True Lord was so fearless, even against three.
However...
'What about that late Golden Core from the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion?'
Rigid Form Dao-Preaching True Lord, once dominating the seas, silencing even the mid Golden Core Old Dragon Lord, who could only watch his son White Chi devoured by the clans.
With Qingcheng Feixue True Lord this bold...
Where was this great True Lord?
Help out!
Lu Yang's doubt mirrored that of many hidden spectator True Lords. In fact... Rigid Form Dao-Preaching True Lord hadn't appeared in ages.
Dead?
Impossible. Mid Golden Core could permanently occupy heavenly fruit positions; barring Dao's direct intervention, how could a late Golden Core perish?
"Hahaha!"
Another burst of laughter echoed—this time still from Qingcheng Feixue True Lord. Yet on this madwoman's face bloomed a nation-toppling, peerless smile.
Lu Yang and many True Lords harbored such doubts due to insufficient Dao attainment.
But she was different.
Her Dao attainment had long reached late Golden Core level; only lacking a matching fruit position had stalled her at mid Golden Core.
Thus, she could guess Rigid Form Dao-Preaching True Lord's current state.
"Dao attainment insufficient, forcing late stage—succeeded, yet gravely limited. Heh, [Furnace Fire] and [Roof Tile Earth]? Not feeling so great, are you!"
At these words, the Jade Pivot Sword Pavilion's two True Lords' faces drastically changed!