Seeking the Flying Sword Path

“It’s been 160 years.” Qin Yun looked at Patriarch Spirit Devouring who was being repressed inside the array. “The Misty Rain Array offensive moves I’ve figured out have only improved slightly. Even if I were to drain him down at full strength all day and night, I can only reduce his time until death to 600 years.”

Although the improvement was tiny, Qin Yun already had the means to drain Patriarch Spirit Devouring to death. Every slight increase in strength greatly reduced the required time.

“I’ll first enjoy a diversion to change my state of mind.” Qin Yun thought he should do something physically active after the period of prolonged inaction. At times, enjoying a diversion was conducive for cultivation when cultivating arduously with little progress.

“Oh, right.

“I came to the Huifeng Great World not just to lay a trap. My other goal was to do good and accumulate merit. I changed the Wei Nation and over the past hundred plus years, the Wei Nation’s people have lived prosperous and contented lives. I also have accrued merit. However, the source of the Wei Nation’s tragedy was the Black Wind Fiend Sect! All I did was save the Wei Nation. The sect still has its influence in other dominions… that I have yet to take care of.

“To treat an illness, it has to be cured at its roots. Only then will the healing truly begin.

“Now that my strength has been exposed, there’s no need for me to be so careful in my actions. I’ll first rid the illness at its roots.” Qin Yun made the decision. “Yes, I’ll spend half a day ridding the Huifeng Great World of all these ills! Besides, both Master and I have sealed both the inside and outside of the Huifeng Great World. Those fiends have had nowhere to flee to all these years.”

He commanded with his mind.

With a wave of his hand, sword beams flew out in every direction of the Huifeng Great World.

…

Black Wind Fiend Sect.

“I hope that Sword Immortal Qin will leave the Huifeng Great World as soon as possible. There’s also Numinous Treasure Dao Ancestor. Leave quickly and stop sealing the Huifeng Great World. I can’t leave even if I want to.” Black Wind Sect Master stood in the yard, having felt uneasy all these years. He had no way to feel peaceful as long as he could not extricate himself from the precarious situation.

For 160 years, he lived in horror and unease.

He was afraid of the day… when Qin Yun would think of him and deliver a blow at him!

“Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!”

Three sword beams flew from the sky and entered the Black Wind Fiend Sect’s array formation. The Black Wind Fiend Sect had activated its protective array formations years ago when this began, but they were like tofu in the face of the three sword beams, easily giving way as a result.

“No good!” Black Wind Sect Master’s face suddenly paled.

The sword beams were extremely sharp.

Black Wind Sect Master sensed it immediately and guessed at the attacker’s identity.

“Sword Immortal Qin, spare me! I’m also from the Green Touring Palace lineage!” Black Wind Sect Master yelled immediately. Three sword beams had already flown nearby and were hovering above the yard.

“Oh, you are from the Green Touring Palace lineage?” A phantom condensed beside the three sword beams, an avatar of Qin Yun’s. He coldly looked at Black Wind Sect Master. “You are plagued with sins. With such grievous sins… who from my Green Touring Palace lineage would take you?”

Black Wind Sect Master bowed when he saw the situation develop. “Yes, I know I’m plagued with grievous sins. Ever since Sword Immortal Qin took action in the Wei Nation, I knew how wrong I was. For the past 160 years, I have been amassing merit. I’ve even killed all the sects’ Skyfiends who cultivated in the fiendish ways! My Black Wind Sect is now a Daoist sect. It does not have a single Skyfiend.”

“Oh?” Qin Yun pricked up his brows.

He had been focused on cultivation all these years, so he had not paid attention to the Black Wind Fiend Sect’s situation.

“My Black Wind Sect now follows strict rules. I have also given the order for the entire sect to amass merit. It has made it so countless mortals lead better days,” said Black Wind Sect Master immediately. “Because of my repentance, Master Golden Light was willing to take me in as his disciple.” Although he had been trapped in the Huifeng Great World, as a mighty figure, he also had avatars outside. He had thought of means to come under Golden Light’s tutelage.

“Immortal Golden Light?” Qin Yun scoffed. “I was wondering who from the Green Touring Palace lineage would take you in as a disciple considering your grievous sins. So it’s Immortal Golden Light.”

…

Heavenly realm, Mt. Lightning Roar.

“Senior Brother Qin. Senior Brother Qin.” A golden-haired Daoist flew to Mt. Lightning Roar and shouted loudly. He was beaming and wore an amiable look.

“Halt.”

The fog around Mt. Lightning Roar condensed a Guardian General.

The Guardian General sternly bellowed. “My master is currently dealing with Patriarch Spirit Devouring. His avatar is in seclusion as well. He is not to be disturbed and isn’t accepting visitors.”

“Senior Brother Qin, I know you can hear me,” shouted the golden-haired Daoist. “Please allow my disciple Black Wind to have a chance to show his repentance on account of me.”

…

“Uncle-Master Qin, please spare my life. I know I was at fault. I’ve repented.” Black Wind Sect Master pleaded as he knelt down.

Qin Yun’s phantom avatar looked at him and said coldly, “Uncle-Master? I’m no uncle-master of yours. Immortal Golden Light is a Buddhist, not one of my Green Touring Palace lineage. No one from my Green Touring Palace lineage would accept someone which such grievous sins.”

“I will definitely do good in the future,” yelled Black Wind Sect Master immediately. “I’ll not do evil anymore. Please, allow me a chance to live.”

“You have wreaked havoc for so long. Countless lives who died because of you also wished for a chance to live. But you didn’t give them one; yet, you wish to have it?” Just as Qin Yun finished his sentence, the three sword beams descended.

“No!” Black Wind Sect Master widened his mouth and blew out a black wind in a bid to resist.

Puah! Puah! Puah!

It was futile. The three sword beams tore through the black wind and struck Black Wind Sect Master’s body, pulverizing him.

Qin Yun watched the scene coldly.

Black Wind Fiend Sect had wreaked havoc across many dominions. Sins would usually be accumulated on the disciples that did evil, but in fact, how a sect acted and the culture it had was determined by the sect master!

Even though only a tiny smidgen of the evil that his disciples did tainted the sect master, over time, Black Wind Sect Master’s sins accumulated to an astounding level.

For others to call it the Black Wind Fiend Sect, it was obvious how it acted.

“There is retribution for everything you did. You won’t be able to escape with me here,” said Qin Yun’s avatar before dissipating. The three sword beams rapidly tore through the air and disappeared.

…

“What? Fellow Daoist Black Wind is dead?”

“Black Wind Sect Master is dead?”

“That Sword Immortal Qin plans to start a massacre in my Huifeng Great World?”

Black Wind Sect Master was not the only mighty figure in the Huifeng Great World who was plagued with sins. They were also afraid, but they faced the same problem—the Huifeng Great World was sealed both inside and outside. There was no way to escape.

The death of Black Wind Sect Master had truly frightened them.

******

Heavenly realm, Mt. Lightning Roar.

One mighty figure after another came from Green Touring Palace.

“Please pass the message that Yang Yun is here to pay Senior Brother Qin a visit.”

“We are here to visit Senior Brother Qin.”

The Guardian General looked at the mighty figures before him and remained stoic. He said sternly, “Master has said that he is currently dealing with Patriarch Spirit Devouring. His avatar is in seclusion and not to be disturbed. He will not entertain anyone.”

“This Senior Brother of ours won’t take us into consideration,” said Immortal Golden Light with curled lips.

“Golden Light, you also addressing Senior Brother Qin as senior brother? I don’t recall you being one of Green Touring Palace’s disciples.” Immortal Qiu Shou scoffed. “Didn’t you willingly choose to follow Guan Yin? Back when I tried to persuade you to return to Green Touring Palace, you had no intention to return.”

“Daoist Golden Light, you are a Buddhist. We are Daoist disciples of the Green Touring Palace. We do not deserve being called your senior or junior brothers,” said another mighty figure from the side.

Immortal Golden Light’s face twitched when he heard that. He scoffed and immediately flew off.

During the conflict between the three Daoist lineages, he had been captured by Daoist Ci Hang as a mount. After which, he became a Buddhist.

Later on, there was the Daoist-Fiend war.

The three Daoist lineages entered a truce and the Daoists and Buddhists joined forces to deal with the fiends. The enslaved Green Touring Palace disciples were released. For example, Immortal Qiu Shou later returned to Green Touring Palace and was no longer a mount.

But there were a few who chose not to return.

One of them was Immortal Golden Light.

As he had followed Guan Yin, head of the four major Bodhisattvas, who was the only perfected Great Dao existence among the Bodhisattvas. Guan Yin enjoyed an extremely high status among the Buddhists and being able to follow a perfected Great Dao expert was a joyous occasion. After all, Guan Yin was a huge backer. In Great Worlds… perfected Great Dao experts were the most powerful. Furthermore, the Buddhists had deep heritages. Even the Green Touring Palace’s Eldest Senior Brother chose to cultivate as a Buddhist. In terms of heritage and might, the Buddhists were stronger than the Green Touring Palace lineage.

Previously, the Green Touring Palace lineage only had Old Mother of Blackfoal Mountain as its sole perfected Great Dao existence. It made its reputation lower.

Since Immortal Golden Light did not return, it naturally hurt the pride of the Green Touring Palace mighty figures. Those with good tempers could give him face, but the ones with bad tempers could not even be bothered with him.

“Hmph, what’s the meaning of this? The Green Touring Palace lineage only had Old Mother of Blackfoal Mountain back then. Now that it has an additional half-step Heavenly Dao realm Sword Immortal Qin, it seems impressive, but how much longer can he live?” Immortal Golden Light scoffed secretly as he flew far away.

And at Mt. Lightning Roar.

Qin Yun’s avatar appeared eventually. There were indeed many of his fellow disciples waiting outside for him.

“Senior Brother Qin.” His fellow disciples were all very warm. Immortal Qiu Shou immediately shouted, “Senior Brother Qin, your repression of Patriarch Spirit Devouring has truly delighted us fellow disciples. By the way, we are also here to congratulate you for stepping into the perfected Great Dao.”

“Congratulations, Senior Brother for stepping into the perfected Great Dao.” His fellow disciples congratulated him with a look of delight.

The sect’s disciples shared a common heritage, so glory for one was glory for all.

An additional half-step Heavenly Dao realm meant that the Green Touring Palace’s might was different.

“Everyone, are you here to see me because of those mighty figures in the Huifeng Great World?” Qin Yun smiled as he looked at them.

“Senior Brother Qin, the mighty figures of the Huifeng Great World have requested our help. There are some among them with not-so-serious sins.”

“They are willing to come under our Green Touring Palace as well,” they said immediately.

Qin Yun smiled and said, “Everyone, apart from the Lord of the Huifeng Great World, there are seven mighty figures. They usually act wantonly. There are three of them who have particularly grievous sins. Those three have to be killed. As for the other four, I would not kill them. I’m not one who would kill indiscriminately.”

“Killing three of seven? Nearly half?”

“Senior Brother Qin truly abhors evil like the rumors say,” thought his fellow disciples. Since Qin Yun had given his decision, it was not in their place to say anything further.

“Junior Brothers and Junior Sisters, I have to continue my seclusion. I won’t be entertaining you further,” said Qin Yun.

“Senior Brother Qin, there’s no need to worry about us.”

“Senior Brother Qin, your matters are of greater importance,” said each one of them passionately.

Qin Yun’s avatar nodded, returned to Mt. Lightning Roar, and continued his seclusion.