The Supreme Being Against Heaven
Chapter Summary
A few days ago, Li Zhiquan, a disciple of Elder 12, insulted and whipped the miscellaneous disciples in the Ling Mountain herb garden.” “Tan Yun could not tolerate it and took action against Li Zhiquan, who was at the 9th level of the Spirit Refinement Realm.” “But what shocked me was that Tan Yun, who was only at the 7th level, easily captured Li Zhiquan!” The Sect Master’s beautiful eyes flashed with surprise. What happened next?” Shen Qingfeng continued, “After capturing Li Zhiquan, Tan Yun i...
Then, the Bingqing Sect Master frowned slightly and said thoughtfully,
“Qingfeng, although Tan Yun’s explanation has no flaws, I still feel that… he is lying.”
“It’s just that I cannot find any inconsistency in his lie.”
“There is another matter… 8 days ago, you said you had something regarding Tan Yun to report to me. You may speak now.”
Hearing this, Shen Qingfeng revealed a look of admiration and said,
“Miss, you may not yet know this. A few days ago, Li Zhiquan, a disciple of Elder 12, insulted and whipped the miscellaneous disciples in the Ling Mountain herb garden.”
“Tan Yun could not tolerate it and took action against Li Zhiquan, who was at the 9th level of the Spirit Refinement Realm.”
“But what shocked me was that Tan Yun, who was only at the 7th level, easily captured Li Zhiquan!”
The Sect Master’s beautiful eyes flashed with surprise.
“Li Zhiquan… I remember him. He possesses an Earth Spirit Body. I didn’t expect him to be no match for Tan Yun. What happened next?”
Shen Qingfeng continued,
“After capturing Li Zhiquan, Tan Yun inspired the herb garden disciples, making them understand that for a man, there is something more important than life—dignity!”
“Thus, the 10 disciples who had been whipped took revenge on Li Zhiquan at 2 times the severity!”
“Later, Li Zhiquan sent his elder brother, Li Zian, to take revenge.”
Shen Qingfeng’s voice trembled,
“But what shocked me even more… was that Li Zian was killed by Tan Yun!”
“Whoosh!”
The Sect Master stood up instantly, her eyes filled with disbelief.
“You mean Li Zian—the disciple of Elder 12?”
She knew very well that Li Zian was Lu Wu’s core disciple.
Among the 3,000 pill-line disciples, his alchemy ranked 9th.
At only 29 years old, he was already a senior alchemist!
Moreover, he possessed a top-grade lightning spirit and was at the perfected Spirit Refinement Realm.
In terms of combat strength, within Lu Wu’s faction, he ranked within the top 60,
and within the entire Pill Line, he could enter the top 300!
And yet Tan Yun—
with only a crippled soul and at the 7th level—
had killed him…
Naturally, she found it hard to believe!
Shen Qingfeng nodded.
“Miss, it is indeed Li Zian. He initiated a life-and-death duel with Tan Yun. I saw with my own eyes that even while severely injured, Tan Yun was still able to kill him!”
“And what shocked me even more—on that very night, I brought the heavily injured Tan Yun to Elder 6 for treatment.”
“Based on his condition at the time, even with treatment, it should have taken at least 1.5 months for him to walk again.”
“But in just 5 days, he fully recovered as if he had never been injured!”
“He told me that his family has an incomplete body-refining technique that allows him to recover quickly.”
“In conclusion, in my opinion, with Tan Yun’s ability to fight across realms, he should now rank at least within the top 300 out of 60,000 Pill Line disciples!”
After hearing this, the admiration and shock in the Sect Master’s eyes gradually faded.
She shook her head lightly and murmured,
“So what… even if he can fight beyond his level, he still has a crippled soul. He will never be able to step into the Spirit Refinement Realm in his lifetime…”
As everyone knew—
Those with crippled souls are abandoned by the heavens.
No matter how hard they try, they can only reach the perfected stage of the Spirit Refinement Realm at most in their lifetime!
These words caused the smile on Shen Qingfeng’s face… to slowly freeze.
Nightfall
Night descended, and the sky was filled with stars.
Tonight—
the 3,000 Pill Line disciples under the leadership of Elder 6 remained awake.
They gathered at the rear herb garden of Cangling Immortal Mountain.
Each disciple brought a Soul-Sniffing Beast—about the size of a cat, with a long nose and sharp ears—
taking turns letting them sniff the area where the Rebirth Jade Grass had been planted.
Afterward, Elder 6 summoned a spirit vessel,
bringing all the disciples back to Bingqing Immortal Mountain.
Then, he had the Soul-Sniffing Beasts… smell each miscellaneous disciple one by one!
Soon—
all 3,000 Soul-Sniffing Beasts sat down simultaneously.
Their fluffy fur trembled slightly as they looked toward Elder 6.
Elder 6 spoke gently,
“Little ones… is there anyone among them who has been near the Rebirth Jade Grass?”
“Eee-ya! Eee-ya!”
All 3,000 Soul-Sniffing Beasts… shook their heads in unison!
They were all 2nd-stage Nascent Soul-level spirit beasts.
Timid by nature, with low offensive power—
but possessing one unique trait:
a sense of smell 3,000 times stronger than humans!
Elder 6 turned toward the other 10 elders and cupped his fists.
“My apologies for the offense.”
“It is only right that we cooperate,” the elders replied in unison.
Elder 6 turned back to the Soul-Sniffing Beasts and said softly,
“Children… sniff!”
“Eee-ya!”
The 3,000 Soul-Sniffing Beasts turned into blurs in an instant, darting around each of the 10 elders one by one before returning to stand in front of the 6th Elder.
“Tell me—among these people, did anyone approach the Rebirth Jade Grass?”
“Yiya, yiya…”
The Soul-Sniffing Beasts shook their heads adorably.
Suddenly—
“Yiya!”
One of the Soul-Sniffing Beasts wrinkled its tiny nose, then shot forward and stopped right in front of Tan Yun, who was sitting cross-legged!
It raised its small paw and pointed at Tan Yun—and at Da Niu beside him—while chirping continuously.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh—”
The remaining 2,999 beasts rushed over and began sniffing the two of them.
Then, as if they were human, they all raised their paws and pointed—perfectly in unison!
A faint smile appeared on Tan Yun’s pale face. He looked at the little beasts and spoke calmly:
“Da Niu and I… have indeed been there.”
“Let me ask you—at the place where the Rebirth Jade Grass was planted… how many human scents did you detect in total?”
“Swish!”
All 3,000 Soul-Sniffing Beasts raised their paws at the same time, revealing 4 fluffy little “fingers.”
“Very good,” Tan Yun praised. Then he turned to the miscellaneous disciples.
“Do any of you have something that belonged to Zhou Run?”
“Senior Brother Tan, this is Junior Brother Zhou’s storage ring. He left it behind before he died,” one disciple said quickly, handing it over.
Tan Yun took the ring and looked at the beasts, speaking as if coaxing children:
“Among the 4 scents… is one of them the owner of this ring?”
“Yiya!”
The Soul-Sniffing Beasts nodded immediately.
“You’re very clever,” Tan Yun said with a faint smile.
“Remember this—the remaining 1 scent… belongs to the culprit.”
“Now, return to the herb garden. Follow that scent… and find the one responsible. Understood?”
“Yiya, yiya!”
The Soul-Sniffing Beasts nodded rapidly.
The 6th Elder looked at Tan Yun with admiration. Then he boarded the spirit vessel and led the 3,000 disciples back toward Cangling Immortal Mountain.
The next morning (Mao hour)
The 6th Elder piloted the spirit vessel alone, descending from the sea of clouds toward Bingqing Immortal Mountain.
Before even landing, he shouted excitedly:
“Sect Master! I’ve found the one who poisoned it!”
At once—
All 9 alchemy-line elders revealed expressions of great joy!
Only the 12th Elder showed a flash of panic in his eyes before quickly returning to normal.
He gave a light cough, raised his right hand to cover his mouth, and discreetly swallowed a blood-red pill.
“6th Elder… who is it?”
BOOM—!
The doors of Bingqing Hall burst open violently!
The Bingqing Sect Master shot out, her robes fluttering as an icy killing intent spread through the air…
--Translated by likesnovel--