Chapter 471: Divine Descent (降神)
All the divine spirits ruling this world know one thing.
That is, while the realm after death may belong to the Heavenly Venerables, life before death is spent entirely under the gaze of light.
As such, countless spirits fear, revere, and simultaneously worship the [Light].
And, for that reason, they also despise it.
Among them, Blood Yin particularly hates the light.
No, to be precise, they have hated it ever since the days when they were still Yu Hao Te.
When they learned the truth about the light and its ugly purpose from [The Oldest One], they began to despise the light.
Of course, now that they have lost the power and backing they once had, they are treated like a bug by the light and must fear it, but they still hate the light.
With the added matter of their old friend, Vast Cold, the light beca even more loathso.
Thus, they cannot forgive Baek Woon, the devotee of the light who manages Vast Cold's corpse.
Moreover, they cannot forgive Seo Eun-hyun, the one who brought light into that world.
While they might not be able to touch Baek Woon, who is assimilating with the Bright Cold Realm, Seo Eun-hyun is different.
At most, Seo Eun-hyun only beca an Esteed One by handling discarded old power like the Heart Tribe or whatever it's called.
He isn't particularly intimidating, and even if he raises the realm of his Heaven and Earth Dual Cultivation to the Star Shattering stage, it wouldn't be scary.
There's no need to ntion the Entering Nirvana stage, and even Sacred Masters are not frightening unless they are assimilated with the Middle Realms.
How much less so would soone at the re Star Shattering stage be!?
However, Blood Yin feels sothing strange.
It's Seo Eun-hyun, with whom they reunited due to their own prophecy.
The mont Seo Eun-hyun saw them, he imdiately began advancing to the Star Shattering stage, as if desperately trying to resist.
Originally, Blood Yin planned to kill him and extract and torture his soul for tens of thousands of years. But now, Blood Yin watches with amusent, as if Seo Eun-hyun is saving them the trouble of killing him.
After all, the probability of advancing to the Star Shattering stage isn't high, and even if by so miracle he succeeds, it would only make him more vulnerable to a True Immortal after reaching the Star Shattering stage, so there's nothing to worry about.
Even if he doesn't beco more vulnerable, it's just a single Star Shattering stage.
An early Star Shattering stage at that. Compared to a True Immortal, the difference is as extre as that between a human and a long-tailed tit or perhaps a chick. 𝐑�
: : Surely, it must be like that. : :
But as Blood Yin watches Seo Eun-hyun advance before their eyes, and the star he completed, they are shocked.
: : What are you? : :
Normally, a star created during one's first advancent to the Star Shattering stage is about the size of a satellite.
However, the star that appeared before Blood Yin's eyes...
It's clearly the size of a planet.
This is definitely not a normal situation.
Wiiiiiiiiing!
Moreover, Blood Yin can't help but be astonished by the 'ring' that begins to form around Seo Eun-hyun.
: : Heaven and Earth Dual Cultivation! How!? : :
No matter if it's soone who cultivated Heaven and Earth Dual Cultivation during the Integration stage, they cannot undergo the Star Shattering advancent all in one go.
From the Star Shattering stage onward, if one wants to cultivate Heaven and Earth Dual Cultivation, they must perform the absurd advancent ritual 'one more ti.'
In the state where they've already ford a star, they must explode the star once again to comprehend attraction force through the insane process. Otherwise, Heaven and Earth Dual Cultivation at the Star Shattering stage is impossible.
Yet, for so reason, Seo Eun-hyun is wearing the 'ring,' the proof of a Heaven and Earth Dual Cultivation practitioner.
: : Child, what kind of sorcery have you used? Reveal the truth before this Chief Judge. : :
I failed.
I failed.
I failed, and failed, and failed again.
I exploded myself in front of Blood Yin dozens, hundreds of tis.
And...through that process, I delved deeper and deeper into the nature of attraction force.
In a state where my star was complete, I repeatedly caused it to explode and continually improved.
And after enduring the strikes of a True Immortal hundreds of tis with my body, I ca to understand True Immortals even more.
A True Immortal is a world itself.
Not a fake world like the small worlds ford in the Integration stage or the satellites made in the Star Shattering stage, but a [true world] itself—this is what a True Immortal is.
In the body of a True Immortal, real living beings can grow, possessing true birth, aging, sickness, and death, with cultivators who advance toward Immortal Cultivation erging from within.
They are no different from Gods (神) who dominate from above, regulating the fates of all phenona under the heavens like invincible rulers.
After enduring the power of a [world] hundreds of tis, I finally found a way to counter the [world].
A re mortal cannot withstand a world's power.
Therefore, one must borrow it.
If I cannot defeat the world with my own hands, I, too, must borrow the world's power.
Woo-wooong!
Once again, I soar towards the Heavenly Tribulation that Hong Fan shot at .
And I see it.
Blood Yin's attraction force, moving in the Plane of Fate...
'I too must soar into the Plane of Fate, if only for an instant.'
Paaatt!
In an instant, the star I created shrinks and enters my body.
How many tis have I created a star, self-destructed, and regressed?
At so point, a 'ring' had appeared around .
'This 'ring' is drawing in the surrounding power.'
Much like the Heavenly Circle ford during the Heavenly Being stage that draws in Heaven and Earth spiritual energy, the power of the 'ring' seems to draw in the power of the 'world' itself.
Blood Yin attempts to strike Hong Fan.
I push my main body, which is now encircled by the ring, inside my incarnation and transform into human form, charging towards Blood Yin's single strike.
The Colorless Glass Sword is grasped in my hand.
Though brief, in this short period, I regressed hundreds of tis, and the Colorless Glass Sword, which had been 'overlapped' hundreds of tis, evolved into a dharma treasure at the Star Shattering-level.
Holding the now more fearso Colorless Glass Sword, my eyes gleam as I begin to draw a circle.
Blood Yin's attack seems about to strike Hong Fan at any mont, but I pay it no mind and continue drawing a circle with my sword on the spot.
Kiiiiing—
This is the Sub-Heart Sword, Transcending Mountain Ridge Embednt.
Simultaneously, it is also Accumulating Dust Forms a Mountain.
Within the hazy mist, a colorless circle is being drawn.
Just as Kim Yeon's Paired Wing Dance had, for a brief mont, reached the realm of true infinity due to the puppets of the Wonderfully Mysterious Fortress,
Each ti my sword draws a circle, my consciousness accelerates more and more.
Boong—
Boong boong—
Boong, boong, boong, boong!
...
Kiiiiiiiiiiiiing!
At first, the rotation seems a bit slow, but before I know it, I feel like I've entered a realm where the world has co to a halt.
'Up to this point, this is a state that can be reached with normal ntal acceleration.'
I accelerate further.
My sword moves faster.
'More.'
Kiiiiiiing—
'More!'
Kiiiiiiing!
'More!!!'
Piitiiiitt!
At so mont.
I feel as if the world has completely stopped.
I feel as if I have beco light itself.
No, perhaps I might even be faster than that.
In this frozen world, I look up at the Plane of Fate.
Even now, Blood Yin is still moving within this frozen world.
And They're moving so naturally.
Blood Yin ets my gaze.
: : How astonishing. To reach this realm with the body of a mortal. : :
Their eyes gleam.
: : I see. Do you possess all Five Senses? : :
Five Senses?
What does that an?
: : I was wondering how a re mortal could push his mind into the realm of the Immortal Family, but for you to use such a thod... Astonishing, truly astonishing. : :
I don't understand what They're saying.
But one thing is clear.
At this mont, my mind has, even if only briefly, risen to a level equal to those beings called True Immortals.
By endlessly drawing circles and accelerating my mind, I have reached this realm.
Blood Yin seems to grasp my intention and mocks .
: : Are you perhaps struggling to block my strike? : :
I can't answer.
To remain in this realm, even temporarily, I must desperately keep drawing the circle.
: : It's useless. Do you think raising your mind to our level will solve anything? Hahaha... : :
Then, the next mont.
Blood Yin's attack strikes , standing in front of Hong Fan.
'I must maintain the circle...'
A red wave from the Plane of Fate engulfs .
I grit my teeth as I feel my entire body evaporating under the overwhelming force.
'No. Endure. Continue maintaining the circle. If I do, I can succeed. If I keep, keep maintaining it...the move of Suru...!'
But in the end, I fail to maintain my balance before this imnse force.
Half my body, including my main body, is flung away, breaking my balance, and the circle I was drawing shatters.
At the sa ti, my mind returns to the realm of mortal beings.
'...Damn it.'
As I feel my consciousness fading, I stretch out my hand toward Hong Fan and Jeon Myeong-hoon.
My attraction force surges toward them, pushing them far away.
The next mont, an imnse Star Tribulation swallows , and I lose consciousness.
That is my 986th return.
986th cycle.
Once again, I unleash the move of Suru and charge at Blood Yin.
Blood Yin repeats the sa situation as before.
Everything is the sa.
But one thing is different.
Kugugugugugu!
Blood Yin's power of imnse force becos a wave that engulfs .
But I do not stop drawing the circle.
Even as half of my body is destroyed, even as my main body is shattered, I don't stop.
In the final mont!
Paaatt!
At the end of drawing, drawing, and drawing the circle again, I finally feel my power reach a certain realm.
The circle I have been drawing now surrounds like a ring of light.
I feel the endlessly drawn circle solidify, and I compress it.
The compressed circle enters my body.
At the center of my shattered star body.
At the very core, the circle I had been drawing becos a single point.
I let out a bitter smile.
'Is this the limit?'
Jjeeeooong!
The mont right after I complete the point, I am hit and killed by Blood Yin's single strike.
Before my star is completely destroyed, I must complete this point.
But...it's too late.
'It's fine, though.'
Next ti, I will make sure I succeed.
That is my 987th return.
987th cycle.
Paaatt!
I draw the circle, push my mind into the realm of True Immortals, and successfully compress the circle into a point.
'Now it really begins.'
Fortunately, I completed the point before my body was completely destroyed.
What remains is to split the point!
The formula for creating the Gang Sphere!
Using that formula, I duplicate the point into three.
'With this...'
Paaatt!
Three points split again into nine.
Then, the nine points split into 27, and the 27 into 81.
With each split, the speed of the process grows faster.
But the next mont.
Waduk!
I die again.
'Faster...'
988th cycle.
The points created through rotation could be counted in the hundreds.
But once again, I failed to reach the target.
'More...!'
989th cycle.
990th cycle.
991st cycle...
At so point,
I started to feel as though the 'circle' I am madly drawing is being internalized within my mind.
'This is...'
Finally, I understand.
This act of 'drawing a circle' has, at so point, beco completely one with , just like the Sub-Heart Sword's Transcending Mountain Ridge Embednt.
Flash!
The mont I realize this, I draw a circle at the start of the cycle and imdiately condense it into a point.
Paaaatt!
Then, the point generated within my body instantly splits into dozens, hundreds, and begins to scatter in all directions.
Soon after, I realize that three thousand lights have appeared around .
'Now it's enough.'
: : What petty trick is this? : :
I can sense Blood Yin mocking .
Silently, I raise my sword.
In the next mont, the 'original point' inside emits light.
Simultaneously, the light erupting from the original point begins to connect with the other three thousand 'points.'
It looks like a constellation ford of three thousand stars.
: : Hoh, is that what it is? : :
As expected of a True Immortal. Despite being rotten, Blood Yin quickly realizes what I am trying to do.
The constellation that starts from continues to spread out, even though the 'points' have all disappeared.
The lines of the constellation reach the far side of the Interdinsional Void.
They connect to the Vestiges there.
Chijijik!
The constellation continues to connect.
Once the constellation connects with one Vestige, it extends further, linking with more and more Vestiges.
In an instant, the entire Interdinsional Void begins to shine because of the constellation connected to .
: : You montarily push your mind into the Immortal Domain (仙域), replicate that mind, and connect those replicated minds to the Vestiges... Do you intend to grant those Vestiges the mind of an Immortal Being? You intend to flail about before with that? Even if you temporarily grant the mind of an Immortal to those waste materials, what do you think will change? : :
They chuckle, seemingly amused.
: : You're better than most Quasi-Immortals. It's not a true Immortal Art, but it can be considered a Sub-Immortal Art. : :
: : ...Wrong. : :
I speak as I look up at Blood Yin.
: : I didn't connect the minds to the Vestiges. : :
I can sense Blood Yin flinch in surprise as They look down at .
Speaking in the domain of True Immortals consus an imnse amount of ntal power, so without saying more, I continue to activate the move of Suru.
The lines of the constellation created from Suru finally extend beyond the Interdinsional Void and reach the Astral Realm.
The Vestiges are rely a dium.
What I truly aim to reach is...the universe itself.
Through the constellations, I connect directly to the universe and feel a sudden tremor in my being for an instant.
'This is the universe...'
It is so grand that even trying to express it in words feels blasphemous.
An infinite space of a divine level!
That is what the Astral Realm, the universe, truly is.
Hwiiing—
Starting from Transcending Peaks, I begin to unfold every move in Severing Mountain Swordsmanship up to Transcending Mountain Ridge Embednt.
My Severing Mountain Swordsmanship had already begun to rge into one when I created Accumulating Dust Forms a Mountain.
But today, I have made up my mind to ld Severing Mountain Swordsmanship even further.
Moves connect to moves.
Simultaneously, the 'star ring' within my body rotates fiercely, starting to absorb the world itself.
The moves connecting to moves of Severing Mountain Swordsmanship draw a circle, and as the circle overlaps with the star ring within , it happens.
Chwaaaack!
At last, through the constellation connected to the entire universe, the power of the entire world begins to be drawn into .
It's as if the universe itself is being sucked into my sword form.
Blood Yin had said this.
How dare soone reach Their level of power through a re mortal's mind?
They are right.
Even if I montarily connect my mind to the domain that transcends all speed and spaceti, they are beings who exist so comfortably in this realm.
I, alone, cannot defeat them.
'That's why I won't rely on just my mind.'
I connected the Vestiges to .
Then, I connected to the 'worlds' inside those Vestiges and imbued my mind into them.
Using those Vestiges as diums, I imbued my mind into the universe.
The dust in the far reaches of the universe.
The starlight, the cold, the heat, the workings of Heaven and Earth spiritual energy.
In this brief mont, 'my mind, which has reached the Immortal Realm,' is briefly embedded in them all.
Of course, I'm not truly borrowing the power of the entire universe.
But...
I earnestly pray to this whole world as I swing my sword.
'Please, lend your power.'
After countless rotations, I thrust my sword towards Blood Yin's single strike.
The power of the entire world stretches out to et the force of another world that is charging at .
The next mont.
———!
I explode along with the red wave rushing towards .
'Ah...'
Finally.
On the 991st cycle, I successfully achieve mutual destruction with a True Immortal's single strike.
That is my 992nd return.
992nd cycle.
"Once more!"
Mutual destruction is not enough.
I must block this single strike, survive, and...!
After blocking the Heavenly Tribulation that Hong Fan and Jeon Myeong-hoon gathered for !
After fully entering the Star Shattering stage, until I can completely defy Blood Yin, continue to advance this sword!
I perform a sword dance.
It is a sword dance composed of endless circles.
I draw a circle, create a point, and scatter that point to form a constellation.
After borrowing the power of the universe through that constellation, I perform a sword dance that integrates the entirety of the Severing Mountain Swordsmanship and unleash the final strike.
That is...
'Severing Mountain Swordsmanship. Thirty-Third Move.'
"Suru (須彌)!"
Jjeong!
Once again, my sword shatters.
This ti, however, there is no mutual destruction.
The sword rely crumbles to pieces, and all the energy in my body is drained.
"Ha...ha..."
I laugh as I watch the Star Tribulation descending upon .
Now...
I am almost there.
That is my 993rd return.
993rd cycle.
I perform a sword dance and thrust my sword forward.
Puhwak!
The red wave descending from the Plane of Fate splits in half.
"Haha..."
At first, I couldn't even perceive it, but now I can see.
The process of the red torrent, bursting from Blood Yin's body like a sea of blood, surging towards Hong Fan is now vividly clear to .
'The sword didn't shatter.'
I smile slightly.
I take another step forward.
Though I used up all my energy, I managed to block Blood Yin's single strike without shattering the sword!
Kwarururung!
Once again, I close my eyes as I take the Star Tribulation head-on.
That is my 994th return.
994th cycle!
995th cycle!
996th cycle!!
997th cycle!!
"Ah..."
Suddenly, I realize that I've entered a kind of trance (恍惚京).
The red torrent flies towards Hong Fan in front of .
It's a torrent descending from the Plane of Fate.
It's too weak to be considered a true Immortal Art, and it's rely an attack sent by Blood Yin in a jest, but even so, it's the strike of a True Immortal.
After several deaths, I now feel certain that I can split that attack without breaking my sword, and without exhausting all my energy.
Only then do I fully realize.
'I've finally reached great completion in a new technique.'
Just learning a technique doesn't an one can use it perfectly.
Even the creator of the technique must practice it, refine it, and find ways to improve it until they internalize the optimal form that suits them best.
Only by reaching that stage can one truly say they have reached great completion in it.
Wiiiing!
At the sa ti, I experience sothing strange.
Everything in the world appears as a sword.
Blood Yin is a sword.
Every Vestige in the Interdinsional Void is a sword.
Every Star Tribulation flashing in the universe is a sword.
Every starlight casting down Star Tribulation is also a sword.
'Ah...'
I discover a new facet of the technique I've just created.
The thirty-third move of Severing Mountain Swordsmanship is not only a sword dance that 'borrows the power of the world,' but also a spell that 'draws power from the world' like Great Desert to Dead Sea.
And, the phrase 'borrows power from the world' implies...
If there's an entity that is akin to a world itself, they can 'lend their power' through the sword dance I perform.
Divine Descent (降神)
I can sense a divine being descending within my sword dance.
: : Do you seek the Dao through the sword? : :
For so reason, I find myself answering the divine being's question as if entranced.
"Yes. I do."
: : You have reached the Dao-Seeking (求道) realm of the sword. As you have caught this seat's eye, there exists the intent to make you a devotee. Yet, to offer assistance is a different matter. Should you desire my aid, you must prove your skills. Combine Sword and Immortal as one and reveal your mastery. : :
I understand what it ans.
Until now, I've only wielded the sword from the perspective of Martial Arts.
And this unknown True Immortal is telling to rge swordsmanship from both the perspective of martial arts and the perspective of spells.
Paaatt!
I unfold my sword dance within the radiance.
It feels as if [soone] is helping from the side.
My swordsmanship, spells, divine powers, and attraction force all combine so naturally.
I hear what seems to be a satisfied laugh in my ear.
The [soone] who is helping is admiring my swordsmanship.
Hearing that laughter, my mind wavers, and I feel a deep urge to submit to that [soone] right then and there.
Instinctively, I can sense it.
This being has reached the utmost pinnacle of the sword.
Although not of the Heart Tribe, it feels like this being is akin to a god as a sword cultivator like Hong Su-ryeong.
Ah, I want to return to thee.
How wonderful would it be to return to this being and beco their sword.
The exhausting life of a mortal with flesh and blood tires .
I want to live as nothing more than a sword, as iron.
Yes, I will retu—
: : How dare you!!!: :
Blood Yin's enraged voice snaps back to my senses.
: : Once again, you summon a wicked thing! Sinister beings, I beseech you to leave the Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain! : :
The next mont.
Under the power of Blood Yin's Immortal Art, activated with Their full effort, my body is crushed, and I die.
That is my 998th return.
'Is it already the 998th cycle...?'
It's been long.
So incredibly, endlessly long.
In the last cycle, I was entranced by [soone] and nearly returned to them, but this ti is different.
'With just my pure strength alone, I can block up to Blood Yin's general single strike!'
Once again, I slip into a trance, but this ti, I do not lose my mind. Rather, I perform the sword dance with just my mind.
As a world nests in my sword, a burst of radiance explodes outward.
Simultaneously, I once again see the vision where the entire world appears as swords.
Once more, [soone] tempts with their voice.
: : You, Dao-Seeker of the sword. Follow this seat. Then you shall see the ultimate truth of the sword. : :
I refuse.
"No thank you."
: : What did you say? : :
"I will see the ultimate truth of the sword with my own hands."
Tssssaaaaaa!
A brilliant white radiance erupts from within the sword dance.
Within that radiance, I push back the mind of the being speaking to and shout.
"What aning is there in attaining the ultimate truth of the sword by borrowing another's hands!"
I have failed, failed, and failed again.
This is my sword, built upon the mountain of failure.
"My sword is mine. The ultimate truth of the sword I seek is also mine alone. I appreciate your goodwill, but I will achieve it with my own hands!"
As I shake off the will of the transcendent being that descended into the sword dance, I thrust my sword towards the single strike of Blood Yin.
Severing Mountain Swordsmanship.
Thirty-Third Move.
Suru!
The sword dance that borrows the power of the world flies towards the single strike unleashed by another world.
'At last!'
In the 998th cycle, for the first ti, I have perfectly blocked Blood Yin's strike!
[Hong Fan!!!]
I shout in ntal speech to Hong Fan.
As Hong Fan's Entering Heavens bursts forth, mories of the 16th cycle flash by.
—What will you na your Entering Heavens Beyond the Path?
—Mm, I haven't thought of a good na, but...does a na really matter? I'll just call it whatever cos to mind.
—Hmm, what are you saying? Only by having a na will it make it more satisfying when you use it, no? If you can't co up with one...how about I na it for you?
—Mm... Do as Master pleases.
—Alright. Do you have sothing you strive for? So aning you'd like to have in the na?
—Nothing specific cos to mind but...if we must na it, please include the word sword.
—Sword?
—Yes. Since Master's Entering Heavens is the Formless Sword, and since I'm receiving it from Master, I'd like it to have 'sword' in it.
—Got it. In that case...
A black darkness is caught in Hong Fan's hand.
The darkness expands, becoming a massive maw that devours the light.
—Let's go with...the sword that cuts through the void (虛空) of nothingness.
In the 16th cycle, I had given his Entering Heavens a na like that.
Because Hong Fan's sword, which united countless martial flows, was extraordinary enough to cut even the completely nothing and void sky.
—If you don't like it or if you co up with a better na later, feel free to change it. If another na cos to mind, you can use that instead.
—No, I quite like it. The Sword of the Void... If I co up with a na I like more, I will return this na to Master. Of course...
[Hong Fan. The na of your Entering Heavens will henceforth be...]
I burst out in ntal speech, and Hong Fan swings the sword of the void towards the falling Star Tribulation.
—If I can't think of a better na until the end, I will continue to use this na even in the next life.
[Void Sword.]
Entering Heavens Beyond the Path.
"Void Sword (虛空劍)!"
Hong Fan's sword extends towards the sky, connecting with the Heavenly Tribulation, and Jeon Myeong-hoon's authority activates, drawing in millions of Heavenly Tribulations.
As Jeon Myeong-hoon's power rges with Hong Fan's, their combined strength multiplies.
In an instant, hundreds of billions, trillions, of Star Tribulations converge.
And I, once again, begin to descend (降神/Divine Descent) the power of the universe through the sword dance of Suru.
The first Star Tribulation is unavoidable.
However...
The unavoidable Heavenly Tribulation can definitely be blocked!
The Suru Sword Dance, which can even cleave the single strike of a True Immortal in half, cuts through the first Star Tribulation ford by the union of billions of Star Tribulations.
My single sword strike pierces through the Star Tribulation, breaks through the boundary between the Interdinsional Void and the Astral Realm, and enters the domain of the universe.
[Haa...]
I close my eyes.
Within the almost thousand cycles of regression, I can finally give a 'genuine smile' that I couldn't do before.
Woo-woong!
The shattered Star Tribulation above begins to flow directly into my body.
At the sa ti, I feel myself truly 'connected' with the stars that had just launched the Star Tribulations at .
I know what this is.
It is a Star Vein.
Through the Star Tribulation, I have beco connected to the stars, and by receiving a Star Vein, I am being officially recognized as a true 'star' by the universe itself.
That is the true nature of the Star Tribulation.
Through the star vein, the power of all the stars in the universe flows into .
My consciousness domain expands like crazy.
I feel like I could explore the entire Heaven Tribe territory with just my consciousness domain alone if I willed it.
I feel the power of the stars as I draw forth attraction force, quickly bringing my comrades into the star within my body.
After quickly retrieving the exhausted Hong Fan and Jeon Myeong-hoon, I take a single step forward.
Paaatt!
The surroundings shift instantly.
This is the Astral Realm.
The sea of stars, also known as the universe, the domain of infinity.
[At last...I have truly beco an Esteed One.]
The realm where I can, through the ground-shrinking technique, move through space as if it were a dinsional leap.
The realm where I can cross from the Interdinsional Void directly into the Astral Realm without any help from the Middle Realms.
That is the Star Shattering stage.
Jjeoong!
It feels like a corner of the universe is collapsing.
In the distance, a part of the universe crumbles with an imnse ripple. From there, a red sea begins to stretch its hand towards .
: : You! : :
I grin.
[This is just the beginning.]
Feeling the endless power of the star vein flowing into , I take another step forward.
Paatt!
Blood Yin's figure quickly recedes into the distance.
Feeling the power of having truly reached the Star Shattering stage, I leap across tens of light-years and escape.
Kugugugugu!
However, I see that what appears to be Blood Yin's hand continuing to chase after , undeterred.
'Now that I've completely reached the Star Shattering stage, I'll retain this realm even if I regress.'
Since I've solidified my realm after withstanding the Heavenly Tribulation, it won't only be the nebula that follows .
'Now, I just need to find sothing in this Astral Realm that can defy the fate Blood Yin has prophesied.'
And I've already decided on a candidate.
However...
Just then.
"...!"
While leaping through the Astral Realm, I am forced to stop in one sector.
[...Hah.]
Roughly fifty starlights are blocking my path.
They aren't the main bodies, just incarnations... Even so, each one feels like they are at the Sacred Vessel stage.
I imdiately know who they are.
[We shot Star Tribulations to kill you, but what kind of being are you, absorbing it all and advancing instead?]
The fifty Entering Nirvana beings I clashed with in the Nether Ghost Realm!
They are the ones blocking my path.
Kugugugugu!
Behind , Blood Yin's arm continues to follow, while in front of , the fifty incarnations of the Entering Nirvana True Persons block my way.
A situation of being trapped from both sides.
'Can I use the Suru Sword Dance one more ti?'
I am quite lacking in energy.
[...Not knowing whether I may be a True Immortal's clone, incarnation, or Immortal Treasure, do you dare block my path?]
I decide to bluff.
But the fifty Entering Nirvana True Persons laugh mockingly.
[The forr Chief Judge of the Netherworld guaranteed that you are nothing of the sort. We will kill you here, you insignificant thing.]
'Damn it...'
There's no other choice.
My entire body trembles as if it's about to fall apart, and I have almost no strength left.
But...
It seems my fortune is to keep swinging my sword until the very end of ends.
I prepare my Suru Sword Dance, raising my sword will.
It's then,
: : Will you truly not return to this seat? : :
[Soone] speaks to again from within the Suru Sword Dance.
[...I don't need it.]
: : ...Is that so. But this seat is beginning to covet you. Will you not beco this seat's Immortal Treasure? : :
[I said I don't need it.]
: : ...It cannot be helped. Then this seat shall make a grand gesture. : :
[...Huh?]
Woo-woong!
From beyond the farthest starry sky, I sense that [sothing] is heading to this place.
'That's...'
Through the Suru Sword Dance I've unfolded, [soone] is descending and calling their power here.
[That, that, that's...!]
[Why, why, why i-is that falling here!]
[You! Were you their devotee all along?!]
[Everyone, flee! Flee as far as possible...!]
It is a sword.
A massive sword of radiant silver light is descending through the universe towards this place.
I feel Blood Yin's arm flinch in shock and retreat.
The size of the sword of light is so imnse that even the sun looks like a firefly in comparison.
And, the mont the sword falls into this space—
Sword-Guided Star Rai
Deeeeng!
The entire Sun and Moon Heavenly Domain trembles.
As the sword of light shatters, all fifty incarnations sent by the Entering Nirvana True Persons are obliterated.
I can feel that even their main bodies beyond the incarnations have suffered trendous damage.
However, more than anything,
: : ———————!
I can feel that Blood Yin has been struck with a catastrophic blow and has been thrown down.
A corner of the universe collapses under the impact of the sword of light.
I ask the [soone] who has shown such overwhelming goodwill.
[Who are you?]
The [soone] responds.
I can't help but be shocked by Their answer.
: : This seat is the Fifth of the Radiance Eight Immortals. Sword Spear Heavenly Lord. : :
[...!!!]
: : You, Dao-Seeker of the sword. One day, you shall beco this seat's Immortal Treasure. : :
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