Chapter 107: Today, I Ascend to Heaven and Man

Outside the Spirit Pool Palace, Mo Xingyun waited.

Ever since he had won the life-and-death duel and then defeated Jiang Taixu, he had shattered the inner demon that had plagued him for years. His long-stalled cultivation had actually advanced by one realm, reaching the eighth level of the Heavenly King Realm.

Added to that, he was a sword cultivator famed above all others for slaughter and combat. In terms of battle strength, only a powerhouse of the Martial Emperor Realm could truly suppress him.

“I wonder whether Jun Wushuang can break through smoothly this time.”

Mo Xingyun prayed inwardly.

In his heart, Jun Wushuang was the hope of Qingyun Martial Dao Academy’s rise once more. The stronger Jun Wushuang became, the happier he was.

Boom!

At that moment, the doors of the Spirit Pool Palace flew open, and Eunuch Sun rushed out with the Third Prince and the others.

“Hm? What happened?”

Mo Xingyun was startled, utterly baffled.

At this time, the Third Prince and the others were completely hollowed out, not a trace of spiritual energy left in their bodies.

Eunuch Sun also wore a grave expression, as though something terrifying had occurred.

“Dean Mo, something has happened. Jun Wushuang from your academy is doing something I cannot understand. He has unleashed a horrifying devouring force that not only drained the spiritual liquid in the Spirit Pool dry, but even swallowed the spiritual energy from their bodies as well.”

Seeing Mo Xingyun, Eunuch Sun hurriedly spoke, hoping Mo Xingyun would join him in stopping Jun Wushuang.

“Ah!”

Mo Xingyun stared, mouth agape, his face full of shock.

“There’s no time to lose. We must act together, lest some greater mishap occurs!”

Eunuch Sun had no time to explain. He dragged Mo Xingyun back into the Spirit Pool Palace.

Meanwhile, the Third Prince and the others lay sprawled on the ground like dead fish, terror written all over their faces.

“Jun Wushuang, I hate you!”

The Third Prince and the others were on the verge of tears.

The quota for the Spirit Pool baptism was incomparably precious. They had prepared for it for a long time.

Yet now, not only had they failed to absorb any spiritual liquid, even their own spiritual energy had been swallowed clean.

Their hatred for Jun Wushuang was utterly profound.

At that moment, Eunuch Sun brought Mo Xingyun once more to the underground chamber.

The spiritual liquid in the Spirit Pool had already been devoured completely.

The surrounding spiritual energy had likewise been drained away.

Now that formless devouring force was spreading outward, surging into the spirit vein and beginning to swallow the spiritual energy within it.

“Was this done by Jun Wushuang?”

Mo Xingyun’s mouth fell open wide, shock flooding his face.

He could not help recalling what Jun Wushuang had said earlier.

Could he truly be planning to drain the spirit vein dry?

My brother.

Don’t do this.

This is too enormous.

I can’t take the blame for it!

“Attack together!”

Eunuch Sun’s expression grew even uglier. He was responsible for guarding the spirit vein. If Jun Wushuang truly drained it dry, he would have no way to answer to the Emperor.

“Fine!”

Mo Xingyun gritted his teeth.

He was not worried about the spirit vein being drained. He was worried that Jun Wushuang would not be able to withstand it.

A mid-grade spirit vein contained an ocean of spiritual energy.

Jun Wushuang was only at the ninth level of the Sea of Spirits Realm. His body simply could not bear so much spiritual energy.

If he devoured too much, there was a real danger of his body bursting apart.

Boom!

Eunuch Sun and Mo Xingyun struck at the same time.

One was a powerhouse of the Martial Emperor Realm; the other, an eighth-level Heavenly King Realm sword cultivator.

Both were top-tier experts in the Great Qian Imperial Dynasty.

Yet their attacks were swallowed and vanished halfway there.

“No good. This devouring force is too powerful!”

Mo Xingyun shook his head, while shock roiled within him.

Jun Wushuang was merely at the Sea of Spirits Realm, and yet even they could not stop him.

This... this was simply inconceivable!

Boom!

At that very moment, the devouring force surged threefold once more.

Mo Xingyun and Eunuch Sun’s expressions changed drastically, for they discovered that just standing here caused the spiritual energy within their bodies to flow out of control, being swallowed away bit by bit.

“No. We can’t stop it!”

Eunuch Sun’s face turned livid.

The only way to stop it now would be to kill Jun Wushuang.

But he knew Mo Xingyun would never agree, and thus he dared not strike.

“Don’t worry. He is only at the ninth level of the Sea of Spirits Realm. He cannot absorb that much spiritual energy. Surely you don’t think he can drain the entire spirit vein dry?”

Mo Xingyun offered a word of comfort.

“Even if he drains half of it, that is still a grave crime!”

Although Eunuch Sun did not believe Jun Wushuang could drain the entire spirit vein, the current situation was already difficult enough to handle.

“Leave here first, or else our own spiritual energy will be swallowed too!”

Mo Xingyun kept watching Eunuch Sun, fearing he might make a lethal move against Jun Wushuang.

Eunuch Sun was unwilling, but he had no choice but to leave.

Meanwhile, Jun Wushuang remained wholly absorbed, circulating the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art, determined to drain the entire spirit vein dry.

“What is happening? Why does it feel as though the spiritual energy has suddenly become so thin?”

“This has never happened before. Could something major have occurred?”

“Today is the day of the Spirit Pool baptism, but it should not affect the spiritual energy here. What in the world is going on?”

The disturbance soon alerted the entire imperial palace.

Countless people were affected and began to discuss it in alarm.

As time passed, not only the imperial palace, but the spiritual energy throughout the whole imperial capital was vanishing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

It was as though a primordial beast had descended, swallowing everything.

Whoosh!

A figure appeared out of thin air outside the Spirit Pool Palace.

“Eunuch Sun, what has happened?”

Even the Emperor of Great Qian had been roused. He arrived by instant movement and asked about the situation.

Eunuch Sun did not dare conceal anything and swiftly explained the truth.

“Jun Wushuang? You’re certain he is alone inside?”

The Emperor was faintly astonished, almost unwilling to believe it.

A mere Sea of Spirits Realm cultivator could absorb this much spiritual energy?

“Your Majesty, you promised me that the Spirit Pool baptism quota would be given to Jun Wushuang.”

“Right now, he has not violated any rules. He has only absorbed a bit more spiritual energy. I beg you not to stop him!”

Mo Xingyun spoke through gritted teeth.

He was the one who had promised Jun Wushuang in the first place.

“I, as an emperor, keep my word. Naturally, I will not make things difficult for him.”

The Emperor did not think Jun Wushuang capable of draining an entire spirit vein, and so his expression remained fairly calm.

But as time went on and the spiritual energy grew thinner and thinner, the Emperor’s face began to darken.

A mid-grade spirit vein could continuously nurture geniuses and powerhouses.

Though a spirit vein differed from a spirit mine and would gradually recover even if drained dry, the recovery time would be exceedingly long.

A day and a night later, the Emperor’s expression had turned completely black.

He could sense that the mid-grade spirit vein beneath the imperial capital had truly been drained dry by Jun Wushuang.

Mo Xingyun tactfully moved farther away from the Emperor.

“I thought you were only saying it. I never expected you to actually do it!”

Mo Xingyun felt like slapping himself.

Had he known Jun Wushuang was this monstrous, he should never have spoken so confidently before.

Now, the entire Qingyun Martial Dao Academy was likely to be placed on the Emperor’s blacklist.

From now on, obtaining another Spirit Pool baptism quota would be all but impossible.

Boom!

At that moment, a black pillar of light suddenly burst forth from underground, like a divine sword that pierced the heavens, soaring straight into the firmament and tearing through the sky.

In the next instant, the sky above the entire imperial capital abruptly darkened, as though day had fallen into night.

Within that black pillar of light, a figure flew out, like a demonic dragon born to plunge the world into chaos.

“Devour the heavens and swallow the earth. Today, I enter the Human-Immortal Realm!”

Jun Wushuang let out a long howl that shook heaven and earth!