Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 916: The Bizarre Heaven Mandate Immortal

“Who goes there?!” the Sword Tower Supreme Lord hollered, lifting her head to gaze at that immortal figure, feeling like a formidable foe was upon her.

The aura he casually emits is far stronger than mine before I faced the Immortal Ascension Tribulation.

An immortal! He’s definitely an immortal!

As Liu Ningxuan stared at that arrogant figure, various unpleasant memories surged forth. Through gritted teeth, he slowly uttered three words. “Heaven Mandate Immortal...”

He had heard clearly. The Heaven Mandate Immortal intended to use them to forge immortal swords. If Chengying Sword gets refined, can I even survive then?

Stupid mouth! Who told you to say that something had likely happened to the Heaven Mandate Immortal?!

Great, now he’s appeared.

“What? He’s the legendary Heaven Mandate Immortal, one of the Four Ancient Immortals?!”

Liu Ningxuan’s voice wasn’t loud, but after the Heaven Mandate Immortal’s entrance, a deathly silence had draped over the entire venue. His words reached everyone clearly, causing blood to drain from their faces.

They could distinctly sense the malice emanating from the Heaven Mandate Immortal.

He comes with hostile intentions!

The Four Ancient Immortals were the most primordial immortals. As their ages were too distant in the past, many legends had become veiled in myth, making the Four Ancient Immortals seem all the more terrifying.

“Immortal Fairy, is that the Heaven Mandate Immortal?” Lu Yang’s brow clouded with worry. I can’t help but feel that this figure’s demeanor seems vastly different from the Heaven Mandate Immortal I encountered in the heavenly tribulation.

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy remained silent, lost in thought.

Realizing that matters had spiraled beyond control, Lu Yang urgently tried summoning Yun Zhi, but to no avail.

After appearing, the Heaven Mandate Immortal had tossed a broken bowl, enclosing Sword Tower. Lu Yang felt that this bowl had severed all connection to the outside world, preventing him from contacting Yun Zhi.

“Immortal Fairy, what is this bowl?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy knitted her brows as she pointed out the broken bowl’s origin. “It looks like a Cosmos Cover refined by the Heaven Mandate Immortal, though it seems cruder than the one in my memory, as if it is newly forged. No one can escape this place, and neither can messages be transmitted outside. It can temporarily fool the national fortune’s detection, creating an illusion of normalcy. He’s probably worried that those two from the Jiang and Meng families would discover him.” She also sensed something off about the Heaven Mandate Immortal and refrained from rashly revealing herself to him.

Seeming to have made up her mind, she said seriously, “Xiao Yangzi, rest assured, this immortal is here. You’ll be safe.”

Hearing Liu Ningxuan call out his title, the Heaven Mandate Immortal showed mild surprise. “Oh, interesting. Who would have thought a mere sword spirit would recognize me?”

Bafflement flashed through Lu Yang’s mind. The Heaven Mandate Immortal doesn’t know Liu Ningxuan?

He hurriedly asked, “Immortal Fairy, had the Heaven Mandate Immortal and Liu Ningxuan ever met before in the ancient era?”

The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was equally puzzled. She wished to scrutinize the Heaven Mandate Immortal with her immortal consciousness, but feared being discovered and putting Lu Yang in danger. “Of course, they’ve met. They even clashed many times.”

Lu Yang was perplexed. “So has the Heaven Mandate Immortal lost his memory? Or is that not the real Heaven Mandate Immortal but some entity possessing his body?”

This Heaven Mandate Immortal who suddenly popped up is absolutely bizarre. Everything smells fishy.

Apart from this, Lu Yang had another doubt.

In the three hundred thousand years since the Great Qian Dynasty, the Heaven Mandate Immortal had never appeared, yet this is the first time he’s showing himself?

If so, the timing is too coincidental.

If not, then why had there been no news of his previous appearances...?

Lu Yang’s forehead broke out in a cold sweat. I hope this is Heaven Mandate Immortal’s first appearance; otherwise, it would mean that matters are far worse.

The Heaven Mandate Immortal acted as if he were utterly oblivious to Liu Ningxuan and the Sword Tower Supreme Lord’s wariness, remarking casually, “Will you hand over these two swords willingly, or must I fetch them myself?”

“In your dreams!”

“Wishful thinking!”

Neither Liu Ningxuan nor the Sword Tower Supreme Lord would surrender their swords. For Liu Ningxuan, the Chengying Sword was his foundation, and for the Sword Tower Supreme Lord, Mingtai’s life depended on it.

The Heaven Mandate Immortal thought nothing of their defiance and burst out laughing. However, his laughter didn’t dispel the ominous atmosphere; instead, it made the area seem even more eerie.

“Just like this, just like this—it’s only interesting when there’s resistance.”

Scanning the sword cultivators below, he grew even more pleased. “It seems that I have a pretty good luck today. I sensed two swords here that could be used for forging immortal swords, but I never expected there to be so many sword cultivators as well.

“Perfect! Refining all of you into a single soul might just suffice as my immortal sword’s sword spirit!”

The “immortal sword” he spoke of wasn’t an immortal treasure like the Chengying Sword but an immortal artifact on par with the Qingfeng Sword—a bona fide immortal sword! Otherwise, he wouldn’t have wanted to use two immortal swords as raw materials.

Everyone below felt their hearts turn to ash. The Heaven Mandate Immortal wants to refine us. How could we survive that?

Many desperately tried to flee, but it was futile. How could their meager cultivation break a magical treasure like the Cosmos Cover?

Lu Yang’s heart sank. His worst fear had come true—the Heaven Mandate Immortal intended to silence everyone. This explains why there hasn’t been any information about him since the end of the ancient era.

Anywhere he appeared would be reduced to a dead zone! Especially during the Great Qian and Great Yu eras, when cultivators often destroyed cities, his occasional attacks blended into the chaos, allowing him to remain undetected.

In the Great Xia era, perhaps he had restrained himself a little. Could some of the unsolved massacres not be the work of diabolic creeds but his doing?!

And in places like the East Sea and Demon Region, they have been scattered like sand for the past three hundred thousand years. No one would thoroughly investigate even if entire tribes were exterminated!

“Silent Annihilation Sword Dao Field!”

“Soul Sword Dao Field!”

“Heaven-Earth Single Sword!”

“Vast Wave Sword Technique!”

Two peak Sword Dao experts joined forces, unleashing killing strikes right from the outset. This was an immortal they were facing. If they held back now, they would die without getting to be buried!

“Falling Cloud Palm!” Yun Mengeng steeled herself and made a move too.

Granny is right. The outside world is truly dangerous. My puny strength is utterly inadequate before true experts.

Facing the trio’s combined assault, the Heaven Mandate Immortal neither dodged nor flinched. He simply stood there, allowing the strikes to land, raising clouds of dust and smoke that obscured everything.

When the crowd below saw the three who had been fighting moments earlier now joining forces with overwhelming might, a spark of hope for survival ignited in their hearts.

Yet when the dust dispersed, the Heaven Mandate Immortal emerged completely unharmed!

“An immortal treasure artifact spirit, a half-immortal remnant soul, and a Basic Transcendent Tribulation cultivator. You three think you can harm me?”

The Sword Tower Supreme Lord gritted her teeth. If I were at my peak, I would have a slim chance to fight him to the death. But I’m now just a remnant soul; harming him is indeed wishing for too much.

“Again!”

The three joined forces again, hoping to seek an opportunity for survival. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Surprisingly, Liu Ningxuan’s Heaven-Earth Single Sword didn’t target the Heaven Mandate Immortal but the Cosmos Cover instead.

Thud!

Like a stone dropping into a calm river, the Cosmos Cover rippled, absorbing his sword strike.

“Trying to flee?” The Heaven Mandate Immortal strode forward, space shrinking beneath his feet.

In one step, he reached Liu Ningxuan and extended a hand to seize the Chengying Sword as if he were grabbing a chick. “I happen to lack memories of the ancient times. Let me see yours.”

He placed his hand on Liu Ningxuan’s head. With a blood-curdling scream, Liu Ningxuan’s eyes rolled back, and he lost consciousness, helpless as the Heaven Mandate Immortal searched his soul.

When Liu Ningxuan woke up again, he would be deranged and reduced to a fool, no longer himself.

Acquiring Liu Ningxuan’s memories, the Heaven Mandate Immortal instantly made sense of things. “So you are Liu Ningxuan, the number one sword cultivator of ancient times, and also the sworn enemy of this body. You used Person and Sword as One to escape.

“But so what? Haven’t you still fallen into my hands?”