"Almost done."
Lin Yuan withdrew the True Martial Sword.
Under his few strikes, the thousands of demon hordes surrounding Dragon Tiger Mountain were almost all annihilated.
Not all had perished, but at least ninety-nine percent were dead.
Lin Yuan turned around and walked towards the disciples of the Heavenly Master House.
"Master of Heaven."
Daoist Pingyang and Daoist Cangqing's hands trembled, tears flooding their eyes.
A Heavenly Master, finally, after five hundred years, the Heavenly Master House had produced a Heavenly Master.
"Greeting to the Heavenly Master."
"Greeting to the Heavenly Master."
The other righteous forces all bowed in reverence.
At this moment, doubts began to rise in their hearts.
Was a Heavenly Master from the Heavenly Master House really this strong? To kill a Heavenly Phenomenon Realm expert like killing a chicken?
The scenes of Lin Yuan's actions just now played in their minds, and many records of past Heavenly Masters were witnessed by the various significant forces.
In terms of strength classification, a Heavenly Master did indeed surpass the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm, but their prowess wasn't supposed to be this terrifying, was it?
"Rise, all of you."
Lin Yuan gestured with his hand.
"Yes."
Everyone got up, feeling a slight relief in their hearts.
It seemed this generation’s Heavenly Master had a decent temperament.
But then they recalled the fate of the thousands of demons just now and the corpses scattered not too far away, and immediately dismissed those thoughts.
Decent, my foot.
"Disciple... this disciple is guilty."
Daoist Cangqing remained kneeling.
Others could stand up, but he could not.
"No worries."
Lin Yuan shook his head slightly.
Daoist Cangqing had indeed given up on him once, but Lin Yuan's path of merging the moon and sun essence was indeed radical and unusual from the start.
Had it been someone else, it might be understandable.
If they died, it was their own doing.
But Lin Yuan was recognized by the True Martial Sword, making him a Heavenly Master candidate.
For the Heavenly Master House, such a disciple, perceived by the world as taking the wrong path, would understandably make Daoist Cangqing anguish-stricken.
Just like those scientists of the Universal Human Alliance who suddenly abandoned research on battleships and mechas to study literature and theology—
It would upset outsiders too, not to mention the teachers and schools that cultivated these great scientists.
Later, after a brief chat with representatives from other righteous forces,
Lin Yuan returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain with the Heavenly Master House disciples.
The members of other righteous factions, being perceptive, took their leave.
"It's been five hundred years, the Heavenly Master House has finally produced another Heavenly Master."
"I almost thought those ancient records were wrong, that there was no such thing as a Heavenly Master, that the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm was the peak, and the idea of surpassing it was nonsense."
"A Heavenly Master, having witnessed a Heavenly Master's grandeur in my lifetime is a blessing."
"By the way, what was that Heavenly Master's name again?"
"Zhang Shanfeng, I heard a real person from Heavenly Master House mention that name."
"Heavenly Master Zhang Shanfeng, yes."
The powerful from the various righteous forces conversed.
It was foreseeable that in less than a month, news of a new Heavenly Master emerging from the Heavenly Master House would spread across the whole world.
Halfway up Dragon Tiger Mountain,
Lin Yuan walked step by step along the mountain path, followed by Daoist Cangqing, Daoist Pingyang, and other disciples of the Heavenly Master House.
"Heavenly Master..."
Daoist Pingyang was hesitant.
Lin Yuan had once mentioned to him about walking the path of moon and sun essence and even planned to merge them to surpass the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm.
Back then, Daoist Pingyang thought Lin Yuan was crazy.
Walking both paths individually was already extremely difficult, let alone merging them.
But now, it seemed Lin Yuan had clearly succeeded.
Even outsiders could see that Lin Yuan's prowess was different from previous Heavenly Masters.
For Daoist Pingyang, who was in the Heavenly Phenomenon Realm from the Heavenly Master House, this was even more apparent.
Thus, the doubt arose in his heart.
"I know what you want to ask."
Lin Yuan stopped and looked at the scenery below the mountain.
"I have successfully merged the sun and moon essence."
"The extreme of moon and the extreme of sun, when fused, I call it—Taiji."
Lin Yuan pondered for a moment and slowly said.
At the same time, a Taiji diagram formed by intertwining yin and yang fish appeared in his palm.
The moon's extreme is the sun;
the sun's extreme is the moon.
Together as Taiji.
"Taiji... Taiji..."
Daoist Pingyang felt an inexplicable shock.
This was a realm untouched by any of the thirty-six generations of Heavenly Masters of Heavenly Master House.
Even the strongest first generation Heavenly Master was overshadowed in front of the path of Taiji.
"The path of Taiji is not one to be touched by anyone but those of great perseverance, great fortune, and great comprehension."
"I will engrave this path in my Heavenly Master Sword."
"Later, this sword will be placed in the Sword Mausoleum. If any disciple of the future happens to walk the Taiji path, this sword will fly out."
Lin Yuan continued.
The path of Taiji was his realization in this world, and he would return it to this world.
He did not engrave the path of Taiji in books to pass it on because practicing both sun and moon essence was extremely dangerous.
Ordinary people meddle with it at their peril.
If he made the complete path of Taiji visible to all, it's foreseeable that Heavenly Master House could face its demise before long.
In a Daoist monastery on Dragon Tiger Mountain,
Lin Yuan stood by a bed.
Behind him, Daoist Cangqing, Daoist Pingyang, and others stood respectfully.
Lin Yuan looked at the bed, where Daoist Changqing lay unconscious.
Daoist Changqing battled with the demonic path's strong adversaries and was ultimately infected with demonic qi, rendering him unconscious.
Such injuries were difficult to heal entirely.
Even a Heavenly Phenomenon Realm expert could do nothing, and could only rely on the patient's natural recovery.
If the demonic qi in his chest and abdomen reduced enough, he might wake by himself someday.
Of course, for Lin Yuan now, this was no trouble at all.
Using the Taiji power to harmonize yin and yang, Lin Yuan purged the demonic qi from Daoist Changqing in just a few breaths.
After a while, Daoist Changqing slowly woke up.
"Shanfeng..."
Seeing Lin Yuan, Daoist Changqing immediately became excited.
"I discovered the trace of the 'Yin Snake' helmsman who attacked the Zhang Family Fortress years ago, but I got ambushed instead."
"That 'Yin Snake' helmsman was prepared. I gave it my all and only managed to heavily wound him, but was struck by others in the end."
Daoist Changqing spoke, his eyes turning blank.
After that, he remembered nothing.
"No worries."
"I will personally avenge the Zhang Family Fortress."
Lin Yuan smiled slightly.
"Shanfeng, the people of the demonic sects are extremely cunning, you must not take risks."
Hearing this, Daoist Changqing's tone turned stern.
He himself was a living example.
He thought he was the hunter but fell into the trap of the 'Yin Snake' helmsman instead.
"You —"
Daoist Changqing was about to continue 'advising' Lin Yuan when Daoist Pingyang interjected.
"Changqing, what are you saying?"
"This is Heavenly Master Zhang in front of you."
"Watch your tone."
Daoist Pingyang hinted at Daoist Changqing.
"What?"
"Heavenly Master Zhang?"
"Shanfeng became the Heavenly Master?”
Daoist Changqing was bewildered until he saw the many ceremonial Daoists standing solemnly behind Lin Yuan, including Daoist Cangqing, his mouth slowly gaping.
I just slept, how did Shanfeng become the Heavenly Master?
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(Chapter end)