Li Mo did not believe the Hundred Play Immortal could represent the Heavenly Sword Sect.

According to the feedback from the Creation Book, the original Hundred Play Child in the Body Integration Realm was merely a Supreme Elder of the Twenty-Eight Sword Tombs [Fangcun].

However, Li Mo also understood that the Great Sun Sword Tomb had declined, and the Heavenly Sword Sect sending Hundred Play Child to the Outer Heaven Meteorite Crater was, to some extent, a warning to him.

Bang bang bang...

Li Mo's blood, flesh, and bones were still compressing.

Meanwhile, the Tattooed Beasts began merging into his body one after another.

The Golden Toad became the scale armor on his skin; the Ghost Tiger followed the blood flow throughout his body; the Candle Dragon fused with the Cave God's Eye...

"Body Integration Realm? If it were the Mahayana Realm, I might actually have surrendered."

Li Mo stared intently at Hundred Play Child, pushing the Heavenly Gang Great Method to its extreme, his physical strength already affecting the surrounding space.

Hundred Play Child had cultivated in the Body Integration Realm for a long time, and even if he had not reached perfection, he was quite close.

The air crackled audibly as gusts of wind rose from nowhere.

The port automatically activated its defenses; while ineffective against Land Immortals, it was still better than exposing tens of thousands of cultivators to the aftermath.

"Innate Immortal Seed..."

A trace of venom flickered in Hundred Play Child's eyes.

What he hadn't expected was for Li Mo to pose a slight threat to him—an unparalleled physical strength that was wholly uncharacteristic of a Sword Cultivator.

Bang.

Li Mo stepped heavily forward. The Cave God's Eye fractured, revealing an Immortal Eye beneath.

"Hundred Play Child, let me see how much progress you've made over these thousands of years."

Li Mo vanished.

"Hah."

Hundred Play Child realized he couldn't pinpoint Li Mo's location. Instinctively, he wanted to summon his Externalized Dharma Body. But doing so would make him lose face entirely.

"Damn it, a Sword Cultivator who excels in unpredictable side techniques—it's no wonder he can't attain the Dao."

Clang.

The crisp sound of a sword ringing out.

A True Dragon opened its mouth to bite at Hundred Play Child's left shoulder as Li Mo appeared behind him, slicing toward him with his hand like a sword blade.

Countless Sword Intent burst forth, encompassing all known spirit attributes.

"What kind of freak is this?"

Before heading to the port, Hundred Play Child knew little about Li Mo. Thanks to the twisted perceptions across Three Lives, the Heavenly Sword Sect rarely brought him up.

He had merely assumed Li Mo was a cultivator possessing raw talent but little else.

When talent isn't translated into strength, even an Innate Immortal Seed poses no threat. Could a Refining Void Stage really compare to a Body Integration Stage?

Even Yu Xiao would hardly be able to bridge such a gap in cultivation level.

Hundred Play Child sucked in a cold breath.

In mere seconds, Li Mo revealed more than 200 types of Sword Intent, including a number of superior ones, and the number continued to grow.

Hundred Play Child swung his sword to sweep away Li Mo, but the True Dragon's Sword Qi tore into his flesh, its Spiritual Power unable to shield against the densely layered Sword Intent.

Injuries appeared across his body, with Sword Intent burrowing into his flesh.

Hundred Play Child used Spiritual Power to expel the Sword Intent, but the Spiritual Force from his Lifebound Flying Sword remained unmoved.

In his mind, no matter how terrifying Li Mo's physical strength was, it should still fall within the boundaries of the Refining Void Stage—incapable of wounding him.

"Urgh..."

An overwhelming force surged forth, and Hundred Play Child felt the bones in his wrist strain under pressure, his body uncontrollably crashing into the rock wall.

Li Mo chuckled darkly, as forty-two pairs of slender arms grew out from his ribs, each gripping a Lifebound Flying Sword.

"Come, come, come! Let's see whose sword blade is sharper!"

Li Mo unleashed the Cave God's Eye to its fullest, raining down attacks like a storm.

He knew that as long as he refrained from using his Externalized Dharma Body, Hundred Play Child would remain locked in his stubborn ways, leaving a sliver of opportunity for defeat.

Li Mo swung his sword faster and faster.

Sword Intent swirled like fish in water, forming a tornado within the Outer Heaven Meteorite Crater.

The topmost buildings of the port began to collapse; the commotion created by the two shook the area for miles, sending birds and beasts fleeing in the opposite direction.

Li Mo willed the Mother Furnace to slowly drag the port deeper into the crater.

"Body Integration Realm—Externalized Dharma Body has already become dominant, and Hundred Play Child truly treats his physical body as simply a vestment robe—how troublesome."

Though Li Mo's attacks succeeded in inflicting injuries, they failed to strike at Hundred Play Child's core foundation.

Hundred Play Child didn't even bother healing his wounds, instead using Spiritual Power to temporarily bind blood, flesh, and bone—his body riddled with holes but without hindrance.

Whenever Li Mo sensed Hundred Play Child was on the verge of taking control, he would immediately summon a thousand Lifebound Flying Swords to join the siege.

"Damn you."

Hundred Play Child's facial features were contorted.

He felt increasingly stifled. Li Mo was practically flawless—a Refining Void Stage cultivator at the peak was actually proving a challenge.

Hundred Play Child began to seriously consider whether to kill Li Mo outright.

Initially, greed for the port had driven his actions; but if he took the kill too far, even Yu Xiao's retribution would be unbearable for him.

Yet now the battle was about life and death—even offending the Great Sun Sword Tomb would be a secondary concern.

Hundred Play Child hadn't made progress in two thousand years, with the Mahayana Realm out of reach—yet Li Mo might break through at any moment, and the Body Integration Realm wouldn't be his limit.

Once he ascended to Land Immortal status, Hundred Play Child's head would surely roll.

"Looks like I'll need to pay a price to take care of Li Mo quickly..."

Heat radiated outward.

Li Mo twisted his sword blade, in the midst of battle gaining enlightenment into the superior Fire Attribute Sword Intent [Fireworks], accompanied by several mid-to-lower ranked Sword Intents.

The corrosion from Hundred Play Child's Sword Qi quickly transformed into nourishment for his Great Wilderness Immortal Body.

"Immortal Body!"

Hundred Play Child clenched his molars—if someone claimed Li Mo was an Innate Immortal, he wouldn't doubt it. Such comprehension was unimaginable for mortals.

"Great Yin Yang."

Li Mo seized on Hundred Play Child's opening, his sleeve releasing a Flood Dragon bearing the force of Yin Yang.

The Flood Dragon aimed directly at Hundred Play Child's brow as tens of thousands of Lifebound Flying Swords encircled him, blanketing the entire Outer Heaven Meteorite Crater in All Swords Return to the Sect.

"Kekelekeke."

Though the cultivators at the port couldn't see the clash clearly, it was evident Li Mo was not falling behind.

"Li Mo, you've barely lived a thousand years? Developing Mahayana Sword Intent is indeed impressive, but your usage is too superficial."

Hundred Play Child let out a mocking laugh, blocking the Yin Yang Sword Intent while deliberately stirring a Spiritual Tide to ensure all cultivators could witness Li Mo's fight.

Grasping his Lifebound Flying Sword, he plunged it straight into his heart.

Li Mo quickly retreated as Hundred Play Child's body expanded several fold before erupting violently, with crystalline blood, flesh, and bones scattering across the crater.

"Taboo?"

Li Mo furrowed his brows slightly.

An inexplicable taboo spread amidst the Sword Intent, transforming the air into a silvery mirror-like surface, reflecting multicolored phosphorescence.

He had never seen such a technique before—Sword Intent and taboo complementing each other seamlessly.

Hundred Play Child reappeared not far away, brain matter leaking from a gap in his brow as the Lifebound Flying Sword extended countless vascular networks, ravenously sapping nutrients from his Five Internal Organs.

"Mahayana Sword Intent? Hundred Play Child, have you lived twelve thousand years only to become a fool? I could comprehend Mahayana Sword Intent with my toes."

Hundred Play Child didn't respond, though his killing intent was intense.

Li Mo launched himself forward, evading Hundred Play Child's Sword Qi in an instant as hundreds of Lifebound Flying Swords surrounded him from all angles.

Sword Intent overflowed.

Hundred Play Child allowed the swords to pass through him—yet Li Mo felt no tangible contact.

"Not good."

Li Mo was momentarily caught off guard as searing pain surged through his chest; Hundred Play Child's Sword Qi almost pierced his Middle Dantian, severely injuring his Externalized Dharma Body.

Still, he did not panic—his peripheral vision caught sight of two additional Hundred Play Child figures appearing nearby.

"Illusion Technique? Puppet?"

"It's a Mirror Image."

"Mahayana Sword Intent [Mirror Flower] combined with taboo, creating mirages that blur truth and falsehood."

As he pondered briefly, within only a few moments, Hundred Play Child's projections had filled the entirety of the Outer Heaven Meteorite Crater, their gazes menacingly fixed.

"Die!!!"

Li Mo shifted into a defensive posture, immediately bombarded by a barrage of Sword Rain.

He held his breath, his dozens of arms whirling and swinging furiously while simultaneously dividing his focus to manipulate tens of thousands of Lifebound Flying Swords—crafting an extraordinarily complex Sword Array.

Rock walls crumbled, the Mother Furnace already retreating into the crater's depths.

"Hahaha."

Hundred Play Child laughed uncontrollably.

No matter how resilient Li Mo's physical body was, it could only be gradually torn apart amid the Sword Rain, with his Five Internal Organs transforming into semi-transparent crystalline structures.

Several retaliatory strikes with the Lifebound Flying Swords failed to pinpoint Hundred Play Child's true form.

Li Mo's lips curled into a smile, his blood-covered body not affecting his mental composure; instead, the onslaught helped him steadily deduce the optimal countermeasure.

"A direct kill is unrealistic."

"In the Body Integration Realm, as long as the Void Realm isn't broken, the Externalized Dharma Body is virtually invincible."

"I need to provoke Hundred Play Child into losing his temper and actively summoning his Externalized Dharma Body, then use the Heavenly Gang Great Method's network to temporarily integrate the Symbiotic Dharma Body and Buddha Demon Body."

"Two Void Realms suppressing Hundred Play Child, coupled with forcibly refining him into the Artifact Pill Body."

Li Mo understood the difficulty of killing Hundred Play Child outright and thus glanced at the Heavenly Dao Page—a trump card imbued with word-to-law capability that he could use to overturn the situation.

Nevertheless, he preferred avoiding reliance on the Heavenly Dao Page.

Li Mo ceased repairing his wounds, letting his blood, flesh, and bones crystalize freely.

With his Five Internal Organs partially exposed, three extraordinarily divine Dantians glimmered within—their radiance enveloped by waves of Immortal Light.

"Immortal Bones, Immortal Body, a foundation sufficient to ascend to immortality."

Hundred Play Child couldn't help but roar in rage: "The world's fortune is split among ten—do you, Li Mo, dare claim eight for yourself? Die!!"

All the mirages swung their swords in unison, a tsunami-like tide of Sword Qi washing forward.

"Kikeleki."

Li Mo's eyes gleamed as he caught the momentary stasis within the mirages—he spun his thoughts into overdrive, the flow of time seemingly decelerating by a hundredfold.

Rather than wielding his Lifebound Flying Swords, he drew the Candle Dragon's spine from his brow.

"When it spans Sun and Moon, of what moment is life or death?"

Li Mo had never used the Life and Death Sword Intent in actual combat before, but as it infused into the spine, all the mirages' brows bore a single yellow talisman.

On the talismans were written the words "Life and Death," seemingly foretelling Hundred Play Child's fate.

Swish.

Li Mo swung the spine.

The spine splintered, and the yellow talismans burned without flame.

"Hundred Play Child, you are disloyal, unfilial, unrighteous, untrustworthy—bereft of decorum, compassion, propriety, integrity, shame! For these crimes, you are condemned!!"

A flowing stream of eerie Huangquan energy emerged as the crater gave rise to the Underworld's phenomena—Hundred Play Child shackled by iron chains, kneeling upon the ground.

"Ru Dao Sword Intent!!!"

Hundred Play Child shrieked.

The Life and Death Sword Intent was akin to the Life and Death Talisman tossed by King Yan.

The mirages disintegrated inch by inch, scattering crystalline fragments throughout the air.

"Pity."

Li Mo retrieved the fissured spine, the Mother Furnace delivering a crystalline head to him—Hundred Play Child's true form was left battered and broken.

"A dignified Externalized Dharma Body of the Body Integration Realm, and yet its power is so meager."

Hundred Play Child trembled as the Externalized Dharma Body began emerging from his chest.

Large sections of the rock wall crystalized, crystalline hail falling unbidden, and endless Sword Intent amassed—terrifying cultivators at the port.

Li Mo's expression turned grave; although the Life and Death Sword Intent hadn't critically wounded Hundred Play Child, his Externalized Dharma Body had already partially recovered—eliminating him outright would require sealing him within the Artifact Pill Body for slow refinement.

The Cosmic Furnace might endure the Externalized Dharma Body of the Body Integration Realm.

Li Mo stood prepared.

At that moment, a voice rang in his ear.

"Taiyi, as Chief, lead the Great Sun Sword Tomb in the Inner Sect Tournament."

Before Li Mo could react, he suddenly vanished along with ten Divine Separation Stage Sword Cultivators.

"Li Mo!!"

Hundred Play Child's face twisted in fury, his attention shifting to the port's tens of thousands of cultivators.

He descended with his sword in hand.

Tian Changwen, watching from afar, instead exhaled in quiet relief; so long as Li Mo wasn't dead, the Creation Sect would endure through time immemorial—whether the port was obliterated or not seemed of little concern.

He connected with the Mother Furnace, ensuring the Creation Sect disciples, enveloped in flesh, would be relocated safely to the True Void Hometown.

"What?"

Boom boom boom.

The entrance to the crater collapsed as a rocky dragon's head burrowed into the shaft.

The dragon head gulped Hundred Play Child down in one bite.

Tens of thousands of cultivators stood frozen in bewilderment, the dragon head twisting its maw into a grin.

"I am the eleventh immortal, Qu Ai. Since my junior brother is preoccupied, this duel shall be temporarily postponed until his return."

Qu Ai brushed aside the port's ruins and fixed his attention on the Creation Ancient Wood.

"Interesting. My junior brother's understanding of Beast Cultivation is truly fascinating. Since Yellow Dragon Mountain borders the Outer Heaven Meteorite Crater, I'll certainly visit more often in the future."

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