Clang!

Su Yi lowered his sword, put his hands behind his back, and gazed down at Li Changning’s corpse. He sighed, “They say that when your situation is advantageous, it seems as though heaven and earth themselves are on your side, but when fortune departs, even a hero struggles to retain their freedom. However, how many in this world truly understand what that means?”

For cultivators, there was no way to avoid borrowing external power. 

Borrowing the power of heaven and earth with the body of a human cultivator and leveraging natural origin energy could make you temporarily stronger, but when the time came, your borrowed power would cast you aside or turn on you. In the end, it would only hurt you.

Su Yi wasn’t averse to borrowing power, but he was averse to relying on external power every time one reached a critical juncture. 

This was a great taboo in cultivation, as it would influence one’s Dao Heart and restrict one’s future accomplishments.

“Martial Uncle—!”

Heaven and earth were deathly silent until You Xinglin’s disbelieving shout filled the air.

Li Changning was a lofty and esteemed cultivator of the Great Qin’s Profound Moon Temple and a famous Earthly Immortal. How could a young Grandmaster possibly kill him?

You Xinglin slumped in dejection as the cruel reality...