Supreme Emptiness

A wave of earth-shattering terror swept through!

The gorge shook, and the clouds shattered.

The ancient ice layers exploded all at once.

Amidst the majestic heavenly might.

An ancient sword phantom, a thousand feet tall, bathed in spirit light, stood towering towards the sky.

It seemed to want to pierce through the heavens, cutting down the sun, moon, and stars.

With Jiang Fan's arm fiercely swinging down.

The thousand-foot ancient sword phantom slashed down from the heavens!

This strike.

The cold light illuminated thousands of miles, and the Sword Qi moved the nine regions!

The dark gorge was as bright as day at that moment.

Fang Taiji looked up.

He shouted in terror, "No, don't do this!"

"I just made a mistake, Jiang Fan, take it back quickly."

"I am a Supreme Elder of the Nine-Sect, I'm one of us!"

Jiang Fan was furious beyond measure.

"To hell with you!!!"

Boom boom boom boom——

The thousand-foot giant phantom slashed down.

It slashed straight onto Fang Taiji's body.

He was horrified to the extreme.

He took out a jade shield with amazing defense, capable of withstanding an attack from a Ninth Layer of Core Formation.

It had once helped him resolve many crises.

However.

In front of the falling shadow of the sword, the jade shield was like mud.

It disintegrated into pieces on the spot with no resistance.

Immediately after, it ruthlessly engulfed Fang Taiji.

"No~"

Fang Taiji shouted in pain.

He used all his strength, mobilizing all his physique's power.

Trying to block the sword shadow.

But ultimately, it was futile.

Boom boom boom boom——

The giant sword landed.

It created a bottomless ravine, taking with it the ice layer within a thousand-foot radius.

The ice melted under the impact, producing a large amount of steam.

But, Fang Taiji did not die!

There was a faint golden light shimmering inside him, showing signs of touching the edge of the Golden Body.

This preserved his life.

But barely so.

His entire body was a bloody mess, with not a single piece of skin intact.

His chest, abdomen, arms, and thighs had their muscles blasted open, exposing his eerie bones.

His right leg was missing below the knee.

A piece of his scalp was cut off, blood flowing continuously, covering his face.

His breath was extremely weak.

Even so.

He still showed a tenacious will to survive.

He struggled to crawl up from the ravine.

He ran towards the depths of the gorge, shouting hoarsely for help as he ran:

"Concubine Yunxia~ Help me~"

Jiang Fan's eyes turned icy cold!

Still not dead!

He leapt, using his movement technique to traverse the ice walls.

With a wave of his hand.

The Five Magnetic Yuan Mountain appeared in his palm.

He fiercely threw it, transforming it into a mountain that came crashing down.

Fang Taiji struggled to raise his arms, trying to resist.

In his prime, he could have blown it away with a single punch.

At that moment.

He had his arms instantly broken by the Five Magnetic Yuan Mountain, half his body mercilessly crushed under it.

No matter how he struggled.

He could neither extract his body nor move the Five Magnetic Yuan Mountain.

Until there was a tearing sound.

Jiang Fan appeared before him in a flash.

Fang Taiji's pupils contracted sharply, and he said, "Jiang Fan, give me a chance to turn over a new leaf."

"With my strength, I can still make great contributions to the Human Clan."

Jiang Fan's face was cold as frost.

His voice was deep:

"Elder Zhao Wuji, what did he want to tell me before he died?"

Fang Taiji's eyes darted around.

He dared not respond.

Crack—

Until Jiang Fan raised his foot, stomping fiercely on his right hand.

Her face revealed an expression as fierce as a man-eating lion, and he roared, "Speak!!"

Fang Taiji hesitated before saying:

"He said... Green Cloud Sect's Carefree Peak has no cowards."

"Not coming, is your loss."

Jiang Fan was stunned.

On the day he joined the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion.

The elders of various peaks did not think highly of him.

It was thanks to Zhao Wuji and Wen Hongyao not abandoning him, publicly vying for him.

That saved the dignity of a boy of humble origins.

He thought the matter had long been over.

Unexpectedly, not being able to take Jiang Fan as a disciple became Zhao Wuji's dying regret.

Qiu Shengnan, holding her wound, limped over.

With a sorrowful expression, she said, "Jiang Fan... Elder Zhao was not afraid of death."

"But he was afraid you would die."

"Afraid that the Green Cloud Sect would lose you."

Jiang Fan's chest felt like it was filled with seawater, bitter and heavy.

Qiu Shengnan's gaze fell on Fang Taiji's pleading, old face.

Boundless hatred made her furious beyond measure.

"It's all because of this beast!"

"To save his own life, he betrayed you all, forcing Elder Zhao to sacrifice himself."

"Just to buy us a bit of time to warn you to run."

The hatred in Jiang Fan's eyes erupted like a flood at that moment.

He stomped heavily on Fang Taiji's chest, crushing it.

"Fang Taiji!"

"Do you deserve to be a Nine Sect Supreme Elder? Do you deserve to be called human?"

Cough cough—

Fang Taiji coughed up a mouthful of bloody flesh.

He knew he had no way out, wiped the blood off the corner of his mouth, and his gaze turned fierce:

"I was just trying to survive!"

"What did I do wrong?"

Thud!

Jiang Fan stomped on his head, pressing half of his face against the icy surface, and shouted:

"What about the elders you killed, what did they do wrong?"

Hahaha!

Fang Taiji laughed wildly.

Even with his mouth pressed down, it couldn't stop his sinister laughter:

"Their mistake was being too weak!"

"Weakness is an original sin too!"

"Your uncle, Zhao Wuji, I killed him as easily as crushing an ant."

"He laughed before he died, still trying to stall me."

"What a pathetic worm!"

Jiang Fan was furious beyond measure.

Zhao Wuji's tragic condition flashed in his mind.

Sky-high hatred occupied his consciousness.

Luckily, Qiu Shengnan timely reminded, "Jiang Fan, don't fall for it."

"He's deliberately provoking you, trying to make you live the rest of your life in pain and regret, ruining your Martial Path's heart."

"This old beast, even in his dying moments, is still so vicious!"

She made a move to break his neck, ending him for good.

Jiang Fan calmed down.

He stopped her and said coldly, "Letting him die just like that is too easy for him!"

Fang Taiji sneered, "You think you can torture me?"

"If I wanted to die, I could reverse my meridians and self-destruct at any time!"

Jiang Fan didn't say much.

Nor did he use any cruel tortures on him.

Instead, he slowly drew out a Purple Sword.

He waved it in front of Fang Taiji, coldly asking, "Do you recognize this sword?"

Fang Taiji focused his gaze, his old eyes wide open, "Purple Sword?"

Jiang Fan showed a cold smile, "That's right, it's the Purple Sword."

"Moreover, it's the same Purple Sword that your Giant Sect has been desperately searching for, the one that killed Tie Bubai."

"It's you!!" Fang Taiji roared in anger.

Tie Bubai was his most cherished disciple, the one he poured all his emotions into.

More than father and son.

The Giant Sect's relentless search for the Purple Sword, even after half a year, was largely due to his urging.

Jiang Fan's smile deepened, "Indeed, I killed him."

"I used this sword to cut him in half."

"And you Giant Sect fellows, in Sunset City, Boundary Mountain, and again at the mouth of the gorge, suspected me three times."

"Such a pity, you almost avenged your disciple."

Hearing that Jiang Fan could clearly describe how Tie Bubai died.

Fang Taiji was utterly convinced.

Jiang Fan was the murderer!

What enraged him even more was that he could have avenged his disciple at the gorge's mouth!

"You little beast!!"

Fang Taiji angrily roared, spitting blood, "You'll die a horrible death!"

To which.

Jiang Fan smirked, "That phrase doesn't seem very accurate."

"Weren't you curious about how I trained my body technique?"

"Now I'll tell you the answer, it's your Giant Sect's 'Iron Blood True Scripture.'

"I got it by killing one of your disciples, Xu Ganglie."

What?

The Giant Sect's 'Iron Blood True Scripture,' which no one could master, turned into Jiang Fan's success, the success of the Giant Sect's enemy?

Not only that, but he had also killed a Giant Sect disciple early on?

"Jiang Fan! You deserve to die!!" Fang Taiji shouted in a rage.

Jiang Fan shrugged:

"Right, I almost forgot one thing."

"The elder guarding your Giant Sect's Holy Land, what's his name, Fan something?"