Lingxu, Sword Coffin, Blind Swordsman

In the emptiness, tens of thousands of miles away from the Misty Immortal Realm.

A golden pillar of light soaring into the sky caught Li Guanqi's attention.

A flash of blood-colored light disappeared in the void ahead!!

A crisp copper bell sound suddenly rang out!!

Ding-ling!

Even though Li Guanqi was tens of thousands of feet away from Hong Zhi, he could still clearly see a bloody saber light erupting in the dark void!!

Boom!!

The scarlet blood light, like sunset clouds, dyed half of the void red.

Boom!!!

Terrifying pressure and saber energy crisscrossed the void, and the golden pillar of light was instantly severed!!

Boom咔!!!

An altar, more than a hundred feet in size, was thrown out.

Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes; the altar was clearly pieced together from different materials.

Buzz!!!

A small old man wearing a purple-gold flowing light robe covered his arm and burst out of the saber light.

The old man's white hair was slightly disheveled, but his eyes were extremely sharp.

Half-step Tribulation Realm!

The old man reached out and tore through the void, taking out an ancient long sword and holding it in his hand.

The old man's facial features appeared quite kind, with slightly loose skin, a round nose, and slightly thick lips.

But at this moment, the old man's eyes were full of cold killing intent.

There were still some traces of lightning burns on his cheeks…

Hong Zhi's figure appeared, and she couldn't help but frown as she looked at the old man.

She opened her mouth with an icy voice and said, "Liao Jiming, are you tired of living?"

A complex look flickered in the old man's eyes as he looked up at Hong Zhi.

"Yes… I, Liao Jiming, have long lived enough."

"Living in vain until now, I won't be able to pass the next cycle tribulation."

"This old man… really can't pass it…"

After saying that, Liao Jiming looked up at Hong Zhi with tears in his eyes.

He lifted the hem of his robe towards the woman and slowly knelt down with his head lowered.

"Can you let me go?"

"Just me, let me go up…"

The old man placed his sword beside him and kowtowed to Hong Zhi with loud thuds.

Blood splattered quickly on the altar, staining a patch of the ground red.

Hong Zhi frowned; she had seen too many such humble requests.

But… there were only two outcomes to her actions: either death or returning to the Seventh Domain with her.

Li Guanqi was quite touched by this scene.

A mighty cultivator in the Half-step Tribulation Realm was actually kneeling and kowtowing to Hong Zhi, begging her to let him go.

Hong Zhi shook her head with apathetic eyes.

"Either you shatter the Ascension Platform yourself and come with me, or… die."

Liao Jiming lowered his head, his hands digging out finger marks on the ground.

Whoosh!

The old man suddenly looked up, his fists clenched tightly, his pupils trembling wildly, as if his heart was struggling immensely.

A fierce look flashed in Liao Jiming's eyes as he raised his head and glared angrily.

"Why is the Seventh Domain so aggressive!! I have already yielded twice!! Twice!!"

The more the old man spoke, the more agitated he became, the flesh on his forehead turned up, and blood slowly dripped down his cheeks, sticking to his beard and falling onto the Ascension Platform beneath his feet.

"I gave up two opportunities to ascend!! This is my last chance!"

"I beg you… let me go."

Hong Zhi closed her eyes, not wanting to explain; she had already advised the old man twice, and she had said everything that needed to be said…

"Wait a little longer."

"If you are determined to ascend, I can only kill you!"

Liao Jiming laughed loudly at the sky, his laughter filled with helplessness and bitterness.

"Wait a little longer? How long do I have to wait?"

"A thousand years? Three thousand years?"

"Or… another ten thousand years?!"

Boom!!!

An extremely powerful pressure suddenly erupted from the old man's body.

His robe fluttered wildly without wind, and Liao Jiming's turbid eyes stared fixedly at her.

"Hong Zhi, you and I can be considered old acquaintances; you stopped me the previous two times, and I did not fight back."

"This time, I must ascend."

"You should be able to sense that my lifespan is approaching…"

"In the current Human Spirit Realm, I have no hope of breaking through the Tribulation Realm, no hope!!! I…"

Liao Jiming's eyes were covered with bloodshot veins, and the nails of his clenched fist were embedded in his flesh.

His eyes were moved, still full of struggle, and he begged in a trembling voice.

"I beg you, just let me go up!!"

Hong Zhi's eyes flickered slightly.

Li Guanqi frowned slightly in the void interlayer in the distance.

The other party was actually an old acquaintance of Hong Zhi; if that was the case…

He couldn't possibly not know how strong Hong Zhi really was!

Moreover, the other party's words revealed too much information, and his voice revealed helplessness and struggle.

In fact, Li Guanqi could understand everything, except he didn't know what the old man was struggling with.

This made him very puzzled, but he didn't plan to disturb them.

He continued to hide and restrain his aura, concealed in the void.

Hong Zhi was silent for a long time, and still shook her head.

"I can't let you go up…"

"The price is too high, the Human Spirit Realm can't afford it."

Liao Jiming said angrily, "What does it have to do with me!!"

"What does the Human Spirit Realm have to do with me!!"

At this time, the old man was like an enraged lion.

"I have never done evil in my entire life, I just want to ascend to become an immortal."

"Now that my lifespan is approaching, the Seventh Domain has repeatedly blocked everyone from ascending!!"

The angry old man pointed his sword at Hong Zhi and took a step forward with a ferocious expression.

"That's why I hate you!! I hate you Seventh Domain to the core!!"

"Why? Why do you say that you won't let us go up, and you want to suppress the ages and create the Human Immortal Realm Wall?!"

"Why don't you let us ascend?"

"Hong Zhi, tell me why!!!"

Hong Zhi remained silent and closed her mouth, she had invited Liao Jiming to join the Seventh Domain several times.

But he had harbored resentment ever since Hong Zhi stopped him for the first time.

Buzz!!!

A decisive look suddenly flashed in Liao Jiming's eyes.

"Since you still don't want to let me go…"

"Then let's make a break."

With a wave of his hand, the void tore open, and figures flew out of the void.

There was an old woman who had experienced the vicissitudes of life, and there were also cultivators in their prime, a full hundred people!

These people were all wearing purple-gold robes, it seemed they were all members of this Liao family clan.

Among them, an old woman with the cultivation of the middle stage of the Mahayana Realm slowly stepped forward with a calm expression.

"Senior Hong Zhi, today… one hundred and thirty-six people above the Transformation God Realm of the Liao family are only here to stop Senior for ten breaths."

"The Liao family, he must go up."

"If these one hundred and thirty-six lives are not enough, our Liao family has eight hundred and seventy children."

Another man with a seventy percent resemblance to Liao Jiming showed a determined look.

"If Senior wants to kill, then kill all of us Liao family members."

The void cracks opened, and figures were shrouded in pillars of fire and sealed within, standing like silkworms in the mansion courtyard.

Li Guanqi was shocked beyond words when he saw this scene!!

And the old man named Liao Jiming had moist eyes, full of unbearable color.

Now that things had come to this, Li Guanqi finally understood what the struggle and entanglement in the old man's eyes were…