Yan Luoniang was speechless, unsure whether it was Chen Jing's swordsmanship that had startled her or the fact that her fellow disciples had died in front of her. A figure flashed beside her, and Chen Jing appeared next to her.

  "The consciousness on their bodies has indeed been extinguished, and I have also been subjected to this curse."

  Yan Luoniang pointed to the corpse hiding in the white fog outside with her finger, only saying: "They... he..." At a loss for words, she had something on her mind but didn't know how to express it.

  Chen Jing, however, didn't know if she had misunderstood her or what, and similarly looked outside saying: "Your master sisters' Taoist magic is very powerful, it's just a matter of who uses it, but for some people, even if they have the divine power to communicate with heaven, killing them would still be easy."

  "You've already set foot on the path of cultivation, so you must learn to face it. Face the death of one person after another who you care about, face the snuffing out of life that was still vibrant just a moment before. This is the path of seeking immortality, and those who struggle out from amidst death and decline are the immortals." Chen Jing looked at this girl who had saved him back then, and in his eyes, she still had the same spiritual essence as before, but it was untempered, and a bit like himself, like his former self many years ago.

  "Your master let you and your fellow disciples come down the mountain to temper your Taoist heart. A person who will only stay in the sect, meditating and cultivating for their whole life, is definitely unable to achieve longevity. This is my own feeling, listen to it if you want, believe it or not, once we leave this River God Temple, just forget about it."

  Yan Luoniang only then thought of the river god in front of her, who looked gentle and didn't show any murderous aura, but tonight he was a great killer, with countless people watching him from the shadows, and she didn't know how many people had died on the ninth heaven before and after the ninth calamity. Her heart was confused, filled with the scene of sword energy in front of the river god temple earlier, where one sword meant one life, and her ears still echoed with Chen Jing's voice.

  "In today's world, the chaos has already been born. Although this chaos had already begun to reveal itself many years ago, this time it is truly revealed. Perhaps after thousands of years, when the world is peaceful again, people will say that this great chaos was started by my sword. I don't care about these things, what I care about is whether I can still exist in this world after thousands of years, and also hope that all the people I know can live well."

  Chen Jing stood quietly in front of the River God Temple, gazing out at the hazy sky and earth, her butterfly-like figure clad in a blue robe, standing tall and still. Yan Luoniang stood behind her, looking on, and suddenly felt that the River God was like a lone cliff towering above the heavens, with crashing waves surging forward and thunderbolts flashing across the sky. And what lay behind him? What was it that made him so fearless and dauntless?

  "It seems like there are many people outside, River God, why would they...” Yan Luoniang didn't finish her sentence, but she stopped talking, knowing that the River God understood what she meant.

  "Because I'm still alive, the reason I'm still alive is that I've killed many people and they naturally want to come and kill me. Moreover, there has always been a rumor that Jiang Liuyun, the former master of Qianlu Men, had a secret method to break through the constraints of heaven and earth in his hands, and after Jiang Liuyun disappeared, some said he was killed by my fellow sister Ye Qingxue, and that secret method fell into my fellow sister's hands. Now my fellow sister has disappeared, they naturally want to find me."

  Yan Luoniang was shocked in her heart, these she didn't know at all. After all, she was just a small cultivator who had just come down from the mountain to practice, and for a moment, she didn't know what to say. Then she heard Chen Jing say: "If the first two points seem a bit empty, then the 'Ji Jian Xin Jing' and 'Shen You Xing Kong Jue' in my hand are enough to make many people go crazy."

  "What is it?" Yan Luoniang had never heard of these two things and looked at Chen Jing's back in confusion.

  "The Heart Sutra of the Sacrificial Sword" is the fundamental practice of the Luo Fu Jian Pai, while "The Secret to Wandering in the Starry Sky" is a direct method for achieving immortality from the Fang Cun Shan.

  "Ah!" Yan Luoniang had never heard of Fangcun Mountain, but the name of the Luo Fu Sword Sect was like thunder in her ears. In all the time she had been down the mountain, the most she had heard was the name of Luo Fu's "Farewell to the World". And that "Divine Journey Through the Stars" could be listed alongside Luo Fu's "Heart Sutra of Sacrificing Swords", it was obviously a very rare and precious secret book.

  "How could the River God have all these?" Yan Luonang asked in shock and puzzlement.

  It wasn't until much later that she heard Chen Jing respond, "It was my shifu's sister who lent it to me to take a look." As soon as Chen Jing mentioned his shifu's sister, the name Ye Qingxue suddenly popped into her mind. This name was still echoing in her ears from earlier when they were outside the River God Temple amidst the white mist. From their tone, she could tell that this Ye Qingxue was extremely formidable, even more so than the River God himself.

  As she was thinking about these things, Chen Jing suddenly said: "When I was very young, I had a dream, dreaming that one day I could tread the mist and ride the clouds, and with one sword, gather all the heroes of the world. Now there is this opportunity."

  After finishing, he turned around and looked at Yan Luoniang, saying: "You were the one who carried me into this River God Temple back then, which gave me the opportunity to become the River God. Now that you've come to my temple again, are you willing to light the lamp for my statue?"

  Yan Luoniang saw solemnity in Chen Jing's eyes and tightened her grip on the crystal blue lantern, hastily saying: "Of course I'm willing."

  Chen Jing smiled and said, "In recent days, I have gained some insight from the sword manual, which can be combined with this river domain to form a sword domain similar to a sword array, called 'Linghe Trap Empty Sword Domain'." After finishing speaking, he pointed behind him, and in front of the statue, a cloud platform appeared, condensed from white mist. Yan Luoniang understood, flew up and landed on the cloud platform, sitting down. As soon as she sat on the cloud platform, she felt a warm flow entering her dantian, which restored her magic power in just a moment. Looking at Chen Jing, she had an idea, lightly spat out her magic power, and a red flame lit up on the crystal lamp in her palm. With the lighting of the flame, the entire River God Temple seemed to have brightened up a lot.

  "If there's a big battle later, just take care of the flame in your hand and don't let it go out. Don't worry about anything else." After finishing speaking, he pointed to a cloud platform that appeared beside her and said: "Little White Dragon, you sit here. If someone enters the temple and wants to get close to the divine temple, just use the treasure in your hand to smash them away."

  Little White Dragon immediately replied with a smile: "Good, I'll definitely smash his head and make it bleed." After finishing speaking, he scratched his head again, looking at the cloud platform without knowing how to get on. Chen Jing lightly waved her sleeve, Little White Dragon immediately got on the cloud platform, also sitting cross-legged like Yan Luo Nang, holding that piece of green stone in his arms.

  Chen Jing looked at the small white dragon, which now seemed completely ordinary and not spiritual in any way, with an exceptionally large gallbladder being its only distinguishing feature. In his heart, he thought: "When my master's sister found you to recite the 'Heavenly Demon Transformation Chapter' all those years ago, it wouldn't have been simple. After so many years, if your appearance hasn't changed in the slightest, how could you be an ordinary person?"

  Immediately afterwards, two cloud platforms emerged on either side of the statue. The big red shrimp didn't wait for Chen Jing to speak and jumped onto the cloud platform on the right. Its right claw somehow produced a sword, while its left claw held a large axe. Meanwhile, the shell climbed onto the cloud platform on the left, still with a lush green color and surrounded by mist.

  "As long as you're on this cloud platform, you can communicate with the river domain's spiritual power, don't worry about insufficient magical power." After saying that, he pointed again and a wave of water appeared in the void. He saw his finger quickly drawing on the surface of the water, finally spitting out a mouthful of vital energy. The wave instantly transformed into a pale blue spiritual symbol. Chen Jing picked up one corner of the symbol with his hand, swung it out, and the symbol transformed into a blue light that was imprinted on the giant red shrimp's forehead. At the same time, he said: "If you fall off the cloud platform, don't panic, this spiritual symbol can still call upon the river domain's spiritual power."

  That spiritual symbol in the void was swept away, and another one remained there. Chen Jing swept up another one, swung it out, and transformed into a spiritual light that imprinted on the shell body. He swept up another one, swung it out, and imprinted it on Yan Luonang's forehead, where her eyebrows suddenly appeared with water droplet-like branding marks. All that could be heard was Chen Jing saying: "If the Cloud Platform suddenly collapses, don't worry, just protect the lamp flame from extinguishing."

  In the void, the floating spirit symbol was lifted again and imprinted on the forehead of the little white dragon. She curiously touched her own forehead, blinked her eyes at Chen Jing, waiting for him to say something, but Chen Jing just smiled at her and said nothing.

  Chen Jing once again flipped down a talisman and pointed it at the forehead of the ghost standing in the back, saying: "You can just stand in the shadow behind the statue."

  "Yes, River God."

  Chen Jingrui looked around and said, "Whoever can enter my divine temple must be a person with great spiritual power. However, no matter who it is, once they enter the temple, their abilities will only be able to reach 50-60% of their full potential. At that time, you just need to activate your magic treasures and spells, calm your mind and concentrate your energy, and definitely no one will be able to come out alive."

  The big red shrimp immediately exclaimed in a loud voice: "Don't worry, River God, if anyone comes in, I'll chop off his head and give it to my shrimp children and grandchildren to play with."

  Chen Jing smiled slightly but ignored him, looking again at the small white dragon still staring at her with wide eyes. Suddenly she laughed and said: "If you fall from the cloud platform, don't panic, just take out the treasure in your hand, and you will surely turn danger into safety."

  Xiao Bai Long immediately beamed with joy and picked up the green brick in his arms, laughing: "Xiao Bai Long's treasure is the most powerful!"

  Chen Jing smiled and turned to look at the increasingly dense white fog outside the River God Temple. After a long time, he said softly, "Now there are many people outside this river domain who want to enter the River God Temple. Are you afraid?"

  "What's there to be afraid of? I haven't been scared since the day I opened my eyes."

  Chen Jing didn't turn his head back, and after a long while, he said: "In that case, I'll take a look at what kind of people can step over the threshold of my temple today."

  Although the sound was low, it had a solemn and murderous aura that rose to the sky. The sword moved with his heart, and a dragon's hum-like sword hum spread throughout the heavens. When the sword hum sounded, Chen Jing floated up and merged into the statue.

  Chen Jing disappeared, and the River God Temple immediately fell silent, with only a red glow emanating from a green lantern in the temple.

  It wasn't until Chen Jing disappeared that the killing intent didn't disperse, but instead seemed to merge with the thick white fog, lingering on endlessly.