Noticing the three swordsages approaching from behind, Xu Qing decided he should finish this fight quickly.7

The three swordsages following him all had five heavenly palaces, and of course had their various techniques and abilities. However, this Holytide Black Guard cultivator had seven-palace battle prowess, and as such, they weren’t a match for him. They took note of the Black Guard cultivator emerging from the shadows, and their expressions turned very serious. Because of the honor and code of the swordsages, they didn’t turn tail and run. In fact, they closed in, their cultivation bases at the ready.0

“Kid, let’s work together to hold this guy up for a bit.”1

“You can’t,” said the Holytide Black Guard cultivator, his expression one of disdain and brutality. Then, just as he was about to launch an attack, Xu Qing’s eyes gleamed with ferocity.1

“The shadow bans, the ghost commands; the immortal declines, the world is mine.”59

Xu Qing had tasked Patriarch Golden Vajra Warrior with creating that code phrase so that he could use Shadow Fusion Secret Magic without his enemies realizing the truth about what he was doing. [1]9

As the words left his mouth, he exercised a thought, and his shadow sprang from the dagger in his hand, formed a coffin, and then closed around Xu Qing. Instantly, Xu Qing became covered in shadow and began to pulse with mutagen. Although it was the middle of the night, there was faint illumination from the lightning above, and that made it possible to see the air around Xu Qing distorting.3

A sense of terror rose up in the hearts of everyone present, as if their very life level was...2