Chapter 15: Mountain-Sealing Imprint
Bai Yunfei unleashed the [Yuhua Ascension Scripture], soaring into the sky wrapped in a torrent of Dao light, shooting straight toward Changsun Yu, who stood suspended in the void.
Empowered by the [Yuhua Ascension Scripture], he resembled the sovereign of the Great Dao itself — his aura surging like a tempest, his life essence billowing like an ocean, blotting out half the sky. Changsun Yu's expression shifted ever so slightly; he no longer dared to be contemptuous. A cold gleam flashed in his eyes as he roared, "I will never allow what happened back then to repeat itself!"
Boom!!!
Changsun Yu activated a secret technique, his hands sweeping through the air as Dao patterns materialized across the heavens, radiating an aura that made hearts tremble — a force of utter destruction, savage and terrifying!
Those Dao patterns wove together, forming a colossal jet-black claw that blotted out the sun and sky. In an instant it covered the heavens, spanning well over a hundred meters — utterly fearsome.
At the same time, lightning crackled and thunder roared, completely enveloping Bai Yunfei beneath it.
"Crack!"
Bolts of lightning crisscrossed the sky, descending from between the giant claw's fingers to strike downward.
This was a secret technique of the Taishang Sect — the Thunder Claw — swift and domineering.
The massive claw loomed across the heavens, pressing down upon all creation. Such a powerful attack left onlookers breathless.
But Bai Yunfei was utterly fearless. Boundless Dao light erupted from his entire body, shooting skyward. With a single raise of his hand, blazing radiance swept across all directions, blocking the lightning's assault.
Then he stood like an immortal king gazing down upon the mortal world, the Dao light naturally radiating from his body blotting out the heavens.
"Yuhua Ascension!"
Bai Yunfei met the attack with calm composure, his right fist wreathed in Dao light surging upward. That glowing fist no longer resembled flesh and blood — it blazed with radiance, as though condensed from the very substance of the Great Dao.
Boom!
The fist drove upward through the void and instantly shattered the enormous luminous claw. Its momentum undiminished, it set half the sky ablaze with flashing light.
Bai Yunfei's fist carried incomparable destructive power. The Dao light was unstoppable — it blew apart one of Changsun Yu's arms where he stood suspended in midair.
Droplets of blood scattered through the void, transforming into streaks of light. Changsun Yu screamed in agony as if bitten by a serpent, sent flying through the air.
"This is impossible…"
The shock in Changsun Yu's heart was beyond words.
In that moment, he was reminded of the battle from over a century ago.
His elder brother had also been at the Eighth Seal, facing Zhou Sheng, who was only at the Seventh Seal.
It had been exactly like this — once the [Yuhua Ascension Scripture] unleashed its power, even his brilliant elder brother had been no match for it.
"No… no… this absolutely cannot happen again."
Changsun Yu roared in fury, his silver hair flying in wild disarray. Energy surged within him, and before the eyes of all onlookers, his severed limb regenerated.
Such was the power of an Eighth Seal Dao Ancestor — flesh and blood reborn.
The moment his arm regenerated, Changsun Yu wasted no time. His hands swept rapidly through the air as though lifting an entire mountain, and a terrifying aura erupted from within him like a raging tide crashing against the heavens.
Boom!!!
As his hands moved, a towering mountain manifested behind him, radiating an indescribable oppressive weight — a pressure of unparalleled magnitude!
"The Mountain-Sealing Imprint!" cried the disciples of the Taishang Sect in alarm. This was one of the Taishang Sect's supreme arts — channeling one's own power to conjure a great mountain and suppress all enemies.
The conjured mountain sent out terrifying waves of force like a vast ocean, impossibly heavy, causing the very void to buckle and collapse beneath it!
"Suppress!"
Changsun Yu bellowed, slamming both hands downward. The Mountain-Sealing Imprint behind him came crashing down — unstoppable!
A great peak descended directly from above. Its might was enough to tear apart one's very soul. Even those merely watching the battle felt a dreadful suffocation, unable to breathe.
Around them, the younger disciples of the Taishang Sect collapsed to the ground on the spot. The overwhelming pressure was like a demonic mountain crushing them — they simply could not endure it.
Inside the Canon Pavilion, Wen Xinyun and the other two also bore enormous pressure, yet they did not kneel — because Lin Jiufeng stood before them, blocking the greater part of the force.
The smaller portion that reached them was deliberately allowed through by Lin Jiufeng, a way of tempering them.
At this moment, Lin Jiufeng watched the great battle without blinking.
He now understood with absolute clarity that from the Sixth Seal onward, each realm was a world unto itself — one realm higher meant ascending to an entirely different plane of existence.
He was straining with all his might to resist the oppressive aura radiating from the Eighth Seal's full-power strike. Even though that pressure was not directed at him, he still had to give everything he had to withstand it.
This was a fundamental gap — in terms of the Great Dao, in terms of one's own being, the Sixth Seal and the Eighth Seal were simply incomparable.
It was only because Lin Jiufeng possessed the strength of a hundred dragons and a hundred elephants that he was able to stand firm.
Looking over at the Taishang Sect's side, the Sixth Seal cultivators had already dropped to their knees, desperately resisting, yet still their faces were flushed crimson and the veins on their foreheads bulged.
Only Elder Qingshan at the Seventh Seal was able to remain standing.
But even he was not at ease — he was straining with everything he had.
High in the sky, Bai Yunfei gazed at the descending [Mountain-Sealing Imprint]. The flow of the Great Dao circulated within his eyes, and as the [Yuhua Ascension Scripture] surfaced in his mind, he found himself seeing through the very essence of the [Mountain-Sealing Imprint].
The next instant, inspiration struck Bai Yunfei. His hands slowly swept through the air, and an equally terrifying aura erupted from him.
Above his head, another great mountain appeared in the void — as though it had crossed through the primordial heavens and earth, shattering time and space to arrive here. Its boundless grandeur and magnificence left all onlookers pale with shock, unable to suppress their trembling.
One [Mountain-Sealing Imprint] wasn't enough?
Now there was a second?
You two fight your battle — but it's us who suffer for it.
Even Elder Qingshan at the Seventh Seal, who had been holding on with relative ease moments ago, now had his back bent low, his face flushed red.
Only Lin Jiufeng continued to hold firm. Within his eyes, a large white crucian carp drifted slowly, emanating a profound and mysterious aura, helping him resist the terrifying pressure.
In this moment, Lin Jiufeng truly understood the saying: when immortals fight, it's the mortals who suffer.
But up in the sky, the battle between Bai Yunfei and Changsun Yu had reached a fever pitch.
The [Mountain-Sealing Imprint] continued to press downward, its momentum torrential, its pressure absolute.
Yet the great mountain Bai Yunfei had conjured was no less impressive — like a dragon rising from the vast sea, like a heavenly pillar erupting from the earth.
A magnificent ancient peak now stood above Bai Yunfei, as though he were shouldering the very sky.
In that moment, with Bai Yunfei at the center, waves of tremendous energy roared like a great river, surging outward in all directions, rampaging across the ten directions!
Above his head, the great mountain held up the heavens — silver waterfalls cascaded down its face, long rivers rushed along its slopes, ancient trees soared skyward, and birds and beasts fled in all directions, vivid and clear!
"Mountain-Sealing Imprint!" Bai Yunfei roared, both hands raised to the sky. The great mountain loomed across the void like a leviathan unleashed from the deep, cleaving the heavens apart!
[Mountain-Sealing Imprint] versus [Mountain-Sealing Imprint].
Rumble!!!
In that instant, the vault of heaven shattered and storms raged wildly.
The two colossal conjured mountains collided, and the energy they produced was like the sea collapsing and the earth sinking — like the sky overturning and the ground crumbling. A hair-raising aura blasted outward in every direction.
Everywhere was raging chaos, everywhere was Dao light, everywhere was the force of destruction — beneath this sky, there was no longer a single place of peace.
The might of an Eighth Seal Dao Ancestor was plain for all to see.
Boom!!!
Thunderous crashes shook heaven and earth. After the two great mountains collided with tremendous force, with a resounding crack, the descending [Mountain-Sealing Imprint] shattered completely. Its aura swept through heaven and earth, surging outward in all directions.
Changsun Yu's [Mountain-Sealing Imprint] was utterly defeated.
Bai Yunfei's [Mountain-Sealing Imprint] remained cohesive and undispersed, radiating terrifying might as it bore down directly upon Changsun Yu.
"No…"
Changsun Yu panicked, immediately turning to flee without hesitation. Fear had taken hold of him — memories from over a century ago surfaced vividly in his mind.
His elder brother had died at the hands of the enigmatic [Yuhua Ascension Scripture]. He had no desire to meet the same fate.
Changsun Yu could never have imagined that his authentic [Mountain-Sealing Imprint] would lose to Bai Yunfei's improvised version of the same technique.
He transformed into a rainbow and fled without a moment's hesitation.
As he fled, he even shouted, "Qingshan, go kill the others from Yuhua Sect!"
This was to distract Bai Yunfei and prevent him from giving chase.
Upon hearing this, Elder Qingshan did not hesitate either, flying straight toward the Canon Pavilion.
He was no match for Bai Yunfei, but killing a few disciples below his own cultivation level was no problem at all.
Sure enough, Bai Yunfei hesitated, uncertain whether to continue the pursuit or stay behind to protect the others.
At this critical moment, Lin Jiufeng stepped forward and called out loudly, "Junior Brother, keep chasing — cut him down! Yuhua Sect has me here."
Bai Yunfei trusted Lin Jiufeng completely. Hearing those words, he hesitated no longer and decisively gave chase after Changsun Yu.
At the Canon Pavilion of Yuhua Sect, Elder Qingshan flew up and came face to face with Lin Jiufeng.