Cultivation starts from devouring the Dao fruits

Zhao Yu's heart slightly shivered, "This person has hidden his true strength so deeply, I must kill him!"

Initially, Zhao Yu thought that the Heavenly Departing True Master was just an early stage Nascent Soul cultivator and he should be able to take care of his opponent with ease. However, the Heavenly Departing True Master's spiritual treasures and divine skills kept emerging, and his combat power was even stronger than that of some mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators by a few notches.

Even the White Ghost Emperor had difficulty resisting his Heavenly Departing True Fire divine power.

Zhao Yu stimulated his mana, and directly summoned the Spiritual Treasure, Qingling Divine Sword.

As the Qingling Divine Sword flew out, it burst forth with incomparably dazzling spiritual light, and a hundred-foot-long green sword qi shot out of it, piercing towards the Heavenly Departing True Master like lightning.

"A Spiritual Treasure!!"

The Heavenly Departing True Master's gaze condensed, and he directly summoned the magical treasure, Hundred Mystic Turtle Shield.

The Hundred Mystic Turtle Shield, which was refined from the essence of a hundred top-grade Third Order Mysterious Turtles, suddenly flew out, bursting forth with dazzling brilliance, and transforming into a white shield ten zhang long that blocked the Heavenly Departing True Master within.

Clang!!

The green sword qi ruthlessly struck the white shield, breaking the barrier of the shield and leaving a shallow white mark on the Hundred Mystic Turtle Shield.

A hint of regret flashed in Zhao Yu's eyes, "What a pity, I have not cultivated a top-notch Sword Scripture, and my cultivation technique does not fit well with the Qingling Divine Sword! If a true top-notch sword cultivator held the Qingling Divine Sword, with one strike, he would definitely be able to kill the Heavenly Departing True Master along with his shield!"

Zhao Yu's primary cultivation technique was the Mountain Sutra, giving him a divine defensive power far surpassing that of a sword cultivator. However, when it came to offensive power, he was far inferior to top-notch sword cultivators.

The Qingling Divine Sword, a spiritual treasure in his hands, was like casting pearls before swine, its power far inferior to when wielded by a top-notch sword cultivator.

More dazzling green sword qi kept slashing onto the white shield, leaving more and more white marks on it.

The Heavenly Departing True Master gritted his teeth and directly summoned an extremely vicious magical treasure, the Black Blood Demon Needles. A Black Blood Demon Needle, as thin as a strand of hair and forged from the resentful spirits of countless cultivators, shot out directly from his hands.

In almost an instant, the Black Blood Demon Needle eerily appeared behind Zhao Yu and fiercely stabbed down.

Zhao Yu's mid-stage Nascent Soul Divine Sense had just detected the Black Blood Demon Needle when it ruthlessly struck upon his protective Mountain Divine Light.

The Black Blood Demon Needle, swift as lightning and specialized in breaking through various spiritual power barriers, met Zhao Yu's Mountain Divine Light Technique, which could be counted among the top Protective Body Divine Skills in this realm.

The Black Blood Demon Needle was repelled by the Mountain Divine Light as soon as it struck.

Zhao Yu pointed his finger and a stream of Earth Magnetism Mystical Light shot out from the Mountain Seal, brushing against the Black Blood Demon Needle.

The Black Blood Demon Needle, struck by the Earth Magnetism Mystical Light, trembled continuously, attempting to fly back to the Heavenly Departing True Master's hand.

The White Ghost Emperor performed a spatial leap, eerily appearing behind the Heavenly Departing True Master, and plunged a claw toward the True Master's chest.

At the moment, the Heavenly Departing True Master was fully engaged in magical combat with Zhao Yu and reacted a moment too late. His chest pained as the White Ghost Emperor pierced through, gouging out his heart.

An instant later, a Nascent Soul flew out from the Heavenly Departing True Master's Heavenly Spirit Cover, its face filled with panic as it fled.

The White Ghost Emperor reached out with a claw and snatched the Nascent Soul of Heavenly Separation True Monarch, stuffing it into its mouth and chewing voraciously. It was extremely adept at hunting the Nascent Souls of Nascent Soul Cultivators, and, unless the victim had special Divine Skills, the vast majority could not escape its clutches.

With the death of Heavenly Separation True Monarch, the spiritual light in the eyes of the two puppets entangled with the Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor faded, and they lost most of their strength. The Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor easily captured them in his hand.

Given the Nine Extremes Corpse Emperor's abilities, if it unleashed its full power, it could quickly tear apart the two Fourth Order puppets. It was only following Zhao Yu's commands that it engaged with the two Fourth Order puppets.

"Heavenly Separation True Monarch is actually dead!!"

Oiran Qingqing watched the corpse of Heavenly Separation True Monarch, her eyes flashing with disbelief.

Heavenly Separation True Monarch was the lord of Heaven Separation Immortal City and the nightmare of numerous islands in this sea region, along with countless cultivators.

In these waters, unless one was a Golden Core Cultivator who had pledged allegiance to Heavenly Separation True Monarch, other cultivator families lived in dread, fearful that their talented female cultivators would catch his attention and be forced to come to this den of iniquity, the Heaven Separation Immortal City.

Those cultivators who resisted Heavenly Separation True Monarch were either killed by him or captured alive, thrown into the Immortal City to become prostitutes, suffering a wretched fate.

Master Mu Yuan flew to Zhao Yu, bowed respectfully, and said, "I am Master Mu Yuan, many thanks to the senior for your assistance! If there is anything you command in the future, just let me know!"

Qingqing bowed and said, "Many thanks to the senior for saving my life. This grace, I shall never forget!"

Zhao Yu said, "I am Zhao Yu. Would you two be willing to serve me?"

Master Mu Yuan had dared to challenge Heaven Separation Immortal City for Qingqing. He seemed to be a person of deep emotions and loyalty, and Zhao Yu was willing to take such a person as his subordinate.

Only by embracing all streams could Zhao Yu swiftly expand his power, take over one Spirit Island after another, and acquire more cultivation resources.

Master Mu Yuan bowed and said, "I am willing to serve the senior!"

In the Blue Sky Sea, only by joining a Nascent Soul Level power could one avoid being oppressed by other forces. Master Mu Yuan had always been unwilling to join Heaven Separation Immortal City because he bore enmity against it and did not agree with its actions and principles.

Zhao Yu nodded slightly and led Le Ziling and other Golden Core Cultivators towards Heaven Separation Immortal City.

With the death of Heavenly Separation True Monarch, there was no one left in Heaven Separation Immortal City who could contend with Zhao Yu. He took control of the city with ease; only two Golden Core Cultivators resisted while the rest chose to surrender to Zhao Yu.

Zhao Yu directly transferred many cultivators from Whale Mist Island to occupy Heaven Separation Immortal City and purged many of Heavenly Separation True Monarch's confidants and several Golden Core Cultivators whose actions were nearly on par with the Demon Path.

Inside the Quiet Room of the Heaven Separation Immortal City's lord's mansion.

"The Flame True Scripture that Heavenly Separation True Monarch cultivated could only reach the Nascent Soul Great Perfection realm, and this scripture is on the same level as the Mystic True Scripture of the Primordial Dao.

However, the Divine Power of the Heavenly Departing True Fire that Heavenly Separation True Monarch cultivated is quite extraordinary; this power requires absorbing various kinds of Spiritual Fires. With every different Spiritual Fire absorbed, the power of this Divine Skill becomes stronger."

"It was after acquiring this Divine Power that Heavenly Separation True Monarch changed his own name. This Heavenly Departing True Fire helped him kill many formidable enemies."

"I can also cultivate this Heavenly Departing True Fire Divine Power! Once I master this power, my combat strength will surge tremendously!"

"Besides, Heavenly Separation True Monarch was also proficient in the art of Human Puppetry! Those two Fourth Order Human Puppets were refined from living people.

He established Heaven Separation Immortal City to draw in those with exceptional talent, then used Devil's Path Secret Techniques to snatch everything from the most outstanding among them and incorporate it into the puppets, allowing the puppets to grow and evolve. It was by using the vicious Puppetry Art that he succeeded in refining two Fourth Order Human Puppets."