System: After the fortune telling, my cultivation level skyrocketed.

Chapter 1538

"Very well, I, Nine Dragons Star, agree to your request!" Upon receiving the nod of approval from the Star-Gazing True Immortal, the Golden-Clad Celestial Immortal's face immediately flushed red. He turned to look at Qingyun, whose face was grim. "Qingyun, the honor, reputation, and future of Nine Dragons Star all depend on the outcome of this battle!"

All the pressure was now on Qingyun.

Qingyun narrowed his eyes as he looked at Chen Xuan, and said humiliatingly, "Chen Xuan, I was careless and was struck by your sword earlier. Did you really think that you could kill me if I fought desperately at any cost?"

As he spoke, Qingyun's aura surged, and a large amount of blood mist even sprayed from his body. The sky spun, and he frantically activated the phenomenal power of his perfected divine body—clearly, he was really going to fight to the death.

In this battle, Qingyun not only wants to wash away the shame of his previous defeat, but also wants to establish his prestige and status in Jiulongxing in public.

"I'm not afraid of you!!"

Chen Xuan also let out a low shout, and whoosh—

The Enlightenment Tree's phenomenal domain, spanning thousands of meters, immediately unfolded, clashing against the countless stars in the dark night sky. Seeing Chen Xuan's unique divine physical manifestation, the Star-Gazing Immortal's eyes lit up, but he remained silent, simply observing the situation.

"Chen Xuan, die!"

The phenomenal appearance of the Mahayana Divine Body and the phenomenal appearance of Chen Xuan's Enlightenment Tree, both emanating thousands of divine rays, collided with each other. The sky seemed to be churning with rolling thunder, and at the edge of the collision, there were terrifying scenes of the two phenomena annihilating each other.

Although Qingyun could suppress Chen Xuan's spatial abilities to some extent, this suppression was not enough to defeat Chen Xuan – close combat was still necessary to determine the victor.

Qingyun, wielding three celestial-grade magical treasures and enveloped in a thick blood mist, charged toward Chen Xuan at incredible speed. Previously, their clashes had been fought from a distance, employing sword techniques and spells.

Chen Xuan's greatest strength is not magic or sword clashes, but close-quarters combat and life-or-death battles.

With a wisp of azure lotus immortal energy swirling around his forty-two-foot-tall divine demon body, and wielding six Great Dao divine weapons, Chen Xuan at this moment resembled an ancient god or demon, charging forward without regard for anything else.

The close-quarters combat between a mid-stage Nascent Soul Realm cultivator and a third-class Celestial Immortal was far too bloody and brutal.

Ding ding ding —

Boom boom boom——

Chen Xuan's sword moves were endless, constantly leaving hideous wounds on Qingyun's body; while Qingyun ignored his injuries and repeatedly used the Star Compass to smash Chen Xuan's head.

They exchanged injuries and fought to the death, it all came down to who had a stronger grasp of the Dao and whose attacks were more destructive.

This battle lasted for the time it takes for an incense stick to burn—far too long for such a life-or-death struggle.

Ultimately, as Chen Xuan unleashed the first, second, third, and fourth sword techniques of the ultimate method, Qingyun's desperate struggle lost its advantage. Of course, the main reason was that such intense clashes were too costly for Qingyun, who had activated multiple forbidden techniques and burned his life essence.

With the legendary Crimson Bright Divine Body, which he achieved through exceptional talent, Chen Xuan fought with increasing ferocity and madness; while Qingyun's attacks gradually weakened as more of his essence and blood were burned away.

"Chen Xuan... Chen Xuan, how could you possibly have such combat experience? How could you!"

Bang —

Qingyun flew backward, spitting out blood, still looking at Chen Xuan with resentment and roaring in anger.

At this moment, Chen Xuan had only one of his six arms left, and even his head had been mostly smashed by a celestial-grade magic weapon. The price he paid was no less than that of Qingyun.

However, as a large amount of Crimson Bright Divine Power surrounded him, Chen Xuan's arm and head injuries gradually healed; on the contrary, Qingyun's divine power purity and divine body foundation were far inferior to Chen Xuan's Crimson Bright Divine Body, which he achieved with the legendary Crimson Bright Nine Heavens Diagram.

"The hardships I have endured are beyond your imagination..."

At this moment, Chen Xuan held his sword in one hand, his eyes resolute. The power of the Great Dao of Space, the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and the Great Dao of Time all manifested around him, enhanced by the immortal energy of the Azure Lotus and the thousand divine rays of the Enlightenment Tree:

"The Fifth Sword of the Ultimate Sword Technique - The Ends of the Earth! So Close!"

"cut!"

Chen Xuan roared and slashed out with his sword, causing the surrounding space and the universe to tremble.

This sword strike was not a beam of light that shot out, but rather, as the sword move was unleashed, Qingyun, who was flying backward and spitting blood thousands of miles away, was shocked by the sight of space-time distorting before his eyes, cracking open a sharp rift.

This rift was neither a spatial rift nor any of the magical techniques he had ever seen. Qingyun frantically tried various methods to deal with and resolve it, but could only watch as this sharp spatial rift extended and swept past his divine body.

"What? This sword power..." When the Star-Gazing Immortal saw that Chen Xuan's divine body was a rare and precious tree, he had already decided to take him as a disciple; but he never thought that Chen Xuan's true genius was not his divine body, not his path of gods and demons, and not his close combat experience, but his swordsmanship - his mastery of the Great Dao of the sword.

"Heaven blesses my Heartless Holy Land, actually sending a disciple with such talent?" What level is the Star-Gazing True Immortal? That's a First-Class True Immortal at the peak of perfection, close to becoming an Immortal King!

Generally speaking, someone like him would never show any subtle emotional expressions when facing a group of younger people.

But at this moment, his star-like eyes revealed a smile after seeing Chen Xuan's amazing sword strike: "What a gem of a sword immortal, what a genius prodigy born for the way of the sword."

"It is rumored that not long ago, the Yao Guang Holy Land, the overlord of the Beidou Star Region, found a peerless genius girl in a small world. She was brought into the Holy Land for less than twenty years and was granted the 'Ancient Scripture of Ten Thousand Paths'. In just twenty years, with the abundant resources of Yao Guang, she has become one of the top ten holy maidens of Yao Guang!"

The Star-Gazing Immortal looked at Chen Xuan with excitement: "I never expected that this trip would lead me to discover such a gem in the art of swordsmanship! The Heartless Holy Land, lacking the inheritance of a Quasi-Emperor, and even possessing only a half-step Emperor Weapon to suppress the current fortune, has always been looked down upon by other holy lands... and its disciples have been suppressed by disciples from various holy lands..."

Lanxing looked at Chen Xuan, having already made a decision in her heart.