Cultivation is just so scientific!

Chapter 1283: Chapter 688: Xi Rang

"Enough talk, let’s fight!" Great Cultivator Luo Pei roared without slowing down.

"Then let’s battle!" Great Cultivator Chang Ju replied solemnly, seeing that the fight was unavoidable.

Great Cultivator Chang Ju gestured a universally recognized sign in the Cultivation World towards Great Cultivator Luo Pei above the Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate, then flew towards the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Great Cultivator Luo Pei did not hesitate in the slightest and followed towards the Thirty-Three Heavens.

They intended to place the battlefield in the Thirty-Three Heavens, as it is the agreed location for battles between Nascent Soul Stage Cultivators, where the environment would not be affected.

Great Cultivator Chang Ju kept an eye on Great Cultivator Luo Pei and only relaxed once he followed them to the Thirty-Three Heavens.

Great Cultivator Luo Pei and Great Cultivator Chang Ju stood opposite each other. Great Cultivator Chang Ju sensed Great Cultivator Luo Pei’s aura and felt somewhat relieved, as Luo Pei’s cultivation was not very high.

Of course, battle power cannot be accurately judged by cultivation aura, because the quality of Luo Pei’s life-bound treasure, that flying sword, seemed even higher than Great Cultivator Chang Ju’s own life-bound treasure in his perception.

Especially with the ’Black Water Flood Sky’ Secret Technique poised to attack, Great Cultivator Chang Ju couldn’t help but feel that this strike could bring him significant danger.

With a wave of his hand, Great Cultivator Chang Ju summoned a Top-Grade Fourth-Grade Mountain Treasure above his head. Neither side launched any attacks, waiting instead; any slip from either side would be seized by the other.

Fights between Great Cultivators are not ordinary battles; both grasp the rudimentary principles, yet their defenses are unable to withstand a full-force strike from a Great Cultivator, making such battles exceedingly perilous.

A single misstep could lead to instant demise, with millennia of cultivation reduced to ashes, so it was only natural for both Great Cultivators to exercise extreme caution.

As the two faced off within the Thirty-Three Heavens, Li Yuanba executed ’In One Fell Swoop,’ vanishing from a hundred miles away, then reappearing within the Purple Flame Sect’s Mountain Gate Formation.

The Purple Flame Sect Mountain Gate Formation deserves mention. Due to attacks from the White Emperor Sect, much of the sect’s meticulously cultivated formation lay in ruins.

Although the White Emperor Sect repaired it, it wasn’t truly their own mountain gate, and time was short, leaving many flaws in the restored formation.

These flaws, even if perceived by ordinary cultivators, would present no means of breaking through, not to mention the close observation required to discover flaws in the Purple Flame Sect’s Mountain Gate Formation.

The Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate is guarded by White Emperor Sect cultivators, trying to study the sect formation under the Great Cultivator’s eyes—who would think the Great Cultivator dead?

But Li Yuanba was different; he possessed the ’Divine Eye,’ allowing him to observe the Purple Flame Sect’s Mountain Gate Formation from afar, aided by IBMz15 for analysis and research.

Thus, when he executed ’In One Fell Swoop,’ he utilized the vulnerabilities in the Purple Flame Sect’s Mountain Gate Formation, directly teleporting into its interior.

Upon entry to the Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate, he wasted no time in executing ’A Distant Horizon’ again, this time appearing at the formation’s core.

His Divine Sense settled on the formation core. Quickly, he gained access to the Purple Flame Sect’s Mountain Gate Formation’s permissions, eliminating all other access rights.

Now, even if Great Cultivator Chang Ju returned, they would need to destroy the Purple Flame Sect’s Mountain Gate Formation first to even attempt attacking Li Yuanba.

And with this time, Li Yuanba would have enough to employ the Divine Foot Skill and escape far away.

After everything was in place, his ’Divine Eye’ combined with Divine Sense began scanning the Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate.

Much of the Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate was destroyed, and he sensed the ruined spirit fields and charred spirit plants with regret in his heart.

The Purple Flame Sect was also a major sect, and the spirit fields within its mountain gate, being Third and Fourth Grade Spirit Fields, could nurture many cultivators each year.

Of course, the main issue was the value; wouldn’t it be wonderful if it fell into his own hands?

With Divine Sense paired with ’Divine Eye,’ he soon discovered something special.

At the center of the Purple Flame Sect’s mountain gate, the remains of a mountain peak were newly arranged with formation techniques to isolate aura and imprison space.

Isolating aura was to prevent inside auras from leaking out, while imprisoning space was to prevent anything from escaping from within.

Li Yuanba shook his head, as if someone had just marked that there was treasure over there!

With a flicker, he appeared outside the formation, taking only a breath to break it. The complication lay in the formation’s relatively high grade.

Inside the formation, he sensed intense heat. His Divine Sense traced the heat source to a surge of Purple Flame Earth Fire emerging from underground.

Within the Purple Flame Earth Fire, a small mass of black material was rising along the flames, seeming intent on leaving the geothermal vent where the Purple Flame Earth Fire resided.

This ’Breathable Soil,’ highly spiritual, was watched closely by Great Cultivator Chang Ju, who hoped to capture it, and it instinctively sensed the danger.

Thus, it moved cautiously, almost falling into the Great Cultivator’s grasp a few times despite its care.

The ’Breathable Soil’ originally entered the Purple Flame Earth Fire to absorb its energy; its growth requires the constant intake of energy from spiritual objects.

The Purple Flame Earth Fire continuously emits its energy, which the ’Breathable Soil’ finds most appealing.

Many years ago, the ’Breathable Soil’ settled here. When the Purple Flame Sect discovered it, despite the ’Breathable Soil’ absorbing the Purple Flame Earth Fire’s energy, it also enhanced the flame’s spiritual nature.