Myriad Daos of the Heaven

For a moment, the entire crowd fell silent. Everyone stared blankly at Jiang Jichen, stunned by his words.

He was going to single-handedly challenge the Five Poison Sect in public, to a battle to the death!

If the Five Poison Sect refused in front of so many Sects and Noble Family Descendants, their reputation would plummet once word got back to the Southern Continent. They would suffer an unimaginable blow, one from which it would be difficult to recover.

Jiang Jichen was too ruthless, too domineering, too decisive!

He was an absolute madman, a complete anomaly, to even attempt something so outrageous.

Anyone else would have run as far as possible from the Five Poison Sect, treating them like the plague and fearing them to the extreme.

But not him. He was actively approaching them, declaring his intent to get up close and personal and settle things with a life-and-death battle!

However, since Jiang Jichen possessed the Holy Sword, the Five Poison Sect might not dare to accept the challenge so easily.

But then, Jiang Jichen’s voice rang out again. "I know what you’re afraid of. Don’t worry, I won’t use the Holy Sword here!"

How arrogant!

The crowd was once again shaken by Jiang Jichen’s words.

Without the Holy Sword, few people believed Jiang Jichen had any chance of victory by challenging the Five Poison Sect alone.

The Five Poison Sect had thirty members in total!

Twenty at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage Realm, seven at the Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Realm, and three at the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Realm!

Such combat strength ranked them at the very forefront of the groups in the plaza, second only to the Seven Great Families and the Three Major Sects.

And yet, Jiang Jichen was so arrogant that he would challenge such a powerful team alone, without using the Holy Sword.

’Has he gone mad?’

"Are you sure about this?"

Hearing that Jiang Jichen wouldn’t use the Holy Sword, the dark-faced young man, Iron Hand, was secretly delighted!

But his voice was utterly indifferent when he asked the question.

The other disciples of the Five Poison Sect lacked Iron Hand’s composure. Hearing that Jiang Jichen wouldn’t be using his Holy Sword, some of them had already started to laugh.

"He dares to challenge us without his Holy Sword? I alone am enough to melt him into a puddle of blood with my poison!"

A slender Cultivator at the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment Realm from the Five Poison Sect spoke arrogantly, all of his previous apprehension gone.

"He must not know that our Five Poison Sect’s Poison Skills are unmatched in this world. Hmph, soon we’ll make him suffer the torment of the Five Poison Heart Devouring. We definitely won’t let him die an easy death!"

Another Five Poison Sect disciple stared at Jiang Jichen and said coldly.

But if they knew that Jiang Jichen’s own constitution was miraculously immune to all poisons, and that he possessed a Poison-Devouring Pearl Fragment—making him the ultimate nemesis of all Poison Skill Cultivators—one wonders what they would be thinking then?

Jiang Jichen’s gaze swept indifferently over the members of the Five Poison Sect. "To kill animals like you from the Five Poison Sect, I don’t even need to use the Holy Sword!"

"Ignorant and arrogant! You think you’re invincible just because you killed a few Cultivators from the Celestial Bandit Gang? Without the Holy Sword in your hand, you’re just a single Innate Ninth Realm Cultivator. So what if you’re a genius Transcender? In our eyes, you... are nothing!"

"How dare he look down on us! He deserves to die!"

"It’s time we showed him how the Five Poison Sect earned its fearsome reputation!"

Unable to endure such provocation, a group of Foundation Establishment Cultivators from the Five Poison Sect charged forward, their hands flashing as they unleashed their Poison Skills, blasting them toward Jiang Jichen.

Iron Hand and the other Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Middle and Late Stage Realms had yet to make a move. They didn’t believe Jiang Jichen could possibly withstand the combined Poison Skills of a group of Cultivators from the Foundation Establishment Early Stage Realm.

At that moment, twelve Poison Cultivators from the Foundation Establishment Early Stage Realm attacked. They unleashed their Poison Skills from all directions, instantly submerging Jiang Jichen in a world of toxins.

’Little Youmeng, fall back. You still haven’t reached the point where you can ignore all Poison Skills!’ Jiang Jichen transmitted to Yee Youmeng in secret.

Yee Youmeng seemed to have absolute confidence in Jiang Jichen. Without a word, she gracefully floated away, leaving him to face the Five Poison Sect’s encirclement alone.

Poison Palms, Poison Swords, Poisonous Insects... attacks both tangible and intangible came from all directions, silently blasting toward every inch of Jiang Jichen’s body.

These poisons were all terrifyingly potent. An ordinary Early-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator would have their combat power sharply reduced and suffer grievous injuries from even the slightest touch.

Even a Cultivator with a much higher Cultivation would be negatively affected if afflicted by these Poison Skills. Their combat strength would naturally suffer as a result.

However, Jiang Jichen didn’t even try to dodge these Poison Skills. He met them head-on.

He allowed the Poison Gas Skills to land on his body, taking the full force of their attacks.

However, since he had taken a direct blow from them, they would naturally have to endure one from him in return.

What they never could have imagined, however, was that even after being struck by their Poison Skills, Jiang Jichen could still wield his Red Copper Rust Sword, execute a Sword Skill, and strike out in all directions.

"Yin Yang Two Principles!"

"Four Symbols and Eight Trigrams!"

He executed the Tai Chi Swordsmanship in one fluid motion, as smooth as flowing clouds and water.

At the very same moment his opponents attacked, Jiang Jichen had also unleashed his Heavenly Sword Skill: Tai Chi Swordsmanship.

It all happened in the blink of an eye, so incredibly fast that both sides could only take the attacks head-on, with no time to react and dodge.

After being struck by a thousand different poisons, Jiang Jichen’s skin turned a dark, bluish-green, as though he were wearing a cloak made of poison, but he felt no other major discomfort.

The poisons carried all sorts of terrifying negative effects—dizziness, gnawing pain, corrosion, tearing, and soul-erosion—yet they had minimal effect on Jiang Jichen. The Sword Light he thrust forward, on the other hand...

A flash of black and white Sword Light, like the dividing line in a Yin-Yang symbol, cut through the void and sliced open the bodies of two Foundation Establishment Cultivators.

The Yin Yang Sword Light, ever-generating, then transformed into the Four Symbols Sword Light—Taiyang, Lesser Yang, Taiyin, and Lesser Yin—instantly reaping four more lives.

As the Four Symbols faded, the Eight Trigrams emerged, forming a Sword Array that enveloped the remaining six men!

SHLICK! SHLICK...

Without any suspense, all six became spirits claimed by Jiang Jichen’s sword.

At that moment, Jiang Jichen realized that once you took away their poison, a Poison Skill Cultivator was pathetically weak, even if they had reached the Foundation Establishment Realm.

Back when he was only at the Innate Sixth Layer, he had slain two Poison Skill Cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Early Stage. Now, with his Spirit-Body Dual Cultivation, both aspects had reached the Innate Ninth Realm. He was countless times stronger than before.

Thus, this terrifying Tai Chi Swordsmanship, combined with his unexpected counterattack, had produced an astonishing, heaven-defying result.

When the poisons dissipated and the bloody light faded, Jiang Jichen stood calmly with his sword. He was surrounded by corpses that littered the ground and stained the plaza red with blood. The scene shocked everyone present.

They stared at the scene in disbelief!

’Twelve Poison Skill Cultivators from the Foundation Establishment Early Stage Realm were instantly killed by a youth at the Innate Ninth Realm?’

’And the boy was completely unharmed after being attacked by thousands of Poison Skills?’

’How is this possible?’

Everything that had just happened was beyond their imagination!

"Now, it’s your turn!"

However, Jiang Jichen didn’t give them any more time to be shocked. He raised his sword and took the initiative, charging toward Iron Hand and the others.