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Chapter 571: Immortal Exterminating Sword Formation Diagram
🕑 Added 2025-02-28 14:00:16 +0000 UTCWhen Divinity Yanxu said the last word, most people could not extradite themselves from the wonderful feeling of enlightenment. They continued to immerse themselves in their own understanding, not realizing the sermon had ended.
Divinity Yanxu stared at the ones not from the Numinous Sword Sect, still immersed in joy. In their current defenseless state, it would be so easy to kill them. He didn’t need to take action, only the sword immortals of the Numinous Sword Sect. Of course, once they took action, these people would force themselves to come out of their state, and only he could eliminate them all.
But what was the point?
Even if they were not immersed and ignorant of the outside world, Divinity Yanxu could still kill them all with a swing of his sword. Whether they gained anything from it mattered not, simply because of the huge disparity in strength. The Divine Realm was a huge threshold, and the gulf between a divinity and an immortal sovereign was wider than the difference between a true immortal and transcending mortality saint.
Compared to the forces of the Numinous Realm, Divinity Yanxu placed more attention on the Immortal Court. Especially Xi Tianyi, the Nine Heavens Emperor. Both mother and son were threats to the Numinous Sword Sect. “Hm?!”
Xi Tianyi sat in his seat, waving his finger. A white light shrouded his finger, resembling sword light. It not only exuded the aura of metal but also spacetime!
Divinity Yanxu pupils shrunk into needlepoints. What the Nine Heavens Emperor displayed was clearly the fusion between the Law of Metal and the Law of Spacetime. And judging by the degree of progress, it appeared equal to an immortal emperor who focused on the merger for a hundred thousand years! However, he didn’t think the Nine Heavens Emperor really focused on the fusion between these two laws. Those who became immortal monarchs using a divine law like the Law of Spacetime simply needed to continue comprehending more instead of fusing the law. Or rather, they had already embarked on the path of law fusion.
And that made Xi Tianyi’s talent all the more terrifying.
For a moment, a hint of killing intent appeared in Divinity Yanxu’s eyes. Him killing the latter now would undoubtedly strain the relationship between the Numinous Sword Sect and the Immortal Court, but he was already a divinity. Would the Immortal Court start another war so soon for just an immortal emperor? No matter how talented he was, Xi Tianyi should never be worth the Immortal Court starting a war for.
Xi Tianyi continued to swing his finger, unaware of Divinity Yanxu’s killing intent, but Minister Huang woke up from his enlightenment and stared at the divinity. Compared to his companion, he was more sensitive to killing intent, as befitting of his position as the Immortal Minister of War.
Divinity Yanxu retracted his eyes and cooled his intent. The Immortal Court had Xi Tianyi, but didn’t the Numinous Sword have Bao Ling? Not to mention that if it really came to it, the Numinous Sword Sect could produce two more divinities. Their qualities might be inferior to himself because they were not immortal sovereigns, but they would still be divinities.
***
‘Did he decide to stop?’ Tianyi thought. He wasn’t really ignorant of Divinity Yanxu’s intent. Although he couldn’t sense the killing intent like Minister Huang, he could still perceive the changes in his surroundings thanks to his mastery over spacetime. Rather than sensing, it was closer to prediction.
The reason Divinity Yanxu couldn’t tell wasn’t because of Tianyi’s great acting skill, but that he really couldn’t. It sounded contradictory, but it made sense once you realized that it was two different Tianyis. Tianyi’s One Heaven Eye, the second Tianyi, sensed the intent and blocked the first Tianyi’s senses to not alert the enemy.
Compared to ten thousand years ago, the two Tianyis worked in perfect harmony. It was like having two brains, each one focused on different tasks and complimenting each other.
Since Divinity Yanxu no longer had any intention of attacking, Tianyi continued to test out the fusion of the Law of Spacetime and the Law of Metal. While doing so, his finger flickered. Sometimes, it appeared that his finger had turned into a sword, but after blinking, people would realize they had only hallucinated.
The period didn’t last long. Minister Huang and the other immortals who arrived at the Numinous Sword Sect were all those with high potential. The immortal minister said that he had a high chance of becoming an emperor in a thousand years. Had his enlightenment not been interrupted, it would have been shortened to four or five hundred years. The other true immortals were nothing to scoff at either. Once they entered the Seamless Immortal Realm, they would immediately become second-step monarchs at the weakest.
Soon, all of them woke up. The sermon was the finale of the Numinous Sword Sect’s celebration, so all the forces returned to their headquarters, including Tianyi and his companions. They entered the Descending Immortal Embassy and left the Numinous Realm.
***
Once all the guests left, Divinity Yanxu appeared on Immortal Slaying Sword Peak again. His face was calm, but his heart was in turmoil.
His heart had already become unbalanced when he appeared at the venue of the sermon. He scanned the entire sect, but he could not sense his disciple’s presence. Even if his disciple started a cold war, he would not relent on his cultivation.
Divinity Yanxu had that much understanding of his disciple. He was devoted to the sword and the immortal path. Even if he was forbidden, he would find a way to sneak into the venue and listen to his sermon. Bao Ling’s non-presence was obviously abnormal.
After a moment of hesitation, Divinity Yanxu stepped inside. He zeroed in on the aura of the Immortal Slaying Sword. When he entered the hall, he stopped and stood there silently.
Floating at the center of the main hall was the Immortal Slaying Sword. No trace of Bao Ling could be seen.
Divinity Yanxu didn’t know how long he stood there, but when he finally moved, his body trembled, as if his appearance really reflected his brittle age. He walked toward the sword and caressed it from the hilt to the blade. In the brief moment of contact, he could tell that the Immortal Slaying Sword was not refined. Meaning that it had no master in its current state.
Bao Ling had severed his connection with the Immortal Slaying Sword. Coupled with his disappearance in the past months, it was obvious that he had left the Numinous Sword Sect.
Finally, Divinity Yanxu sighed. All the remaining colors in his hair vanished. Now, there was not a speck of hair on his head that wasn’t white. He seemed to have aged a hundred years, and his eyes carried traces of the long river of time.
“Bao Ling, Bao Ling, did you really leave because of my words?” Divinity Yanxu asked aloud.
Naturally, no one answered, and neither was he expecting an answer. Divinity Yanxu grabbed the Immortal Slaying Sword by the hilt, but the moment he grabbed it, a slaughterous intent invaded his mind. If he didn’t quell it, he would become nothing more than a killing machine that brought disaster to the world. Forget the Immortal Court, he would likely destroy the Numinous Sword Sect himself.
“Kill, kill, kill, kill…” Divinity Yanxu uttered. Sometimes, the world was filled with enough killing intent to dye the sky black, but other times, it was so weak, it was as if he was just going through the motions.
The slaughterous intent did not remain in Divinity Yanxu’s body and expanded to cover the entire Immortal Slaying Sword Peak. The Numinous Sword Sect detected this anomaly, but no one could do anything about it. Even Emperor Solesword felt he might be overtaken by the slaughterous intent if he delved too deep. For now, they could only wait for it to end by itself.
To prevent news of the incident from leaking out, they sealed Immortal Slaying Sword Peak and issued a ban on all information. Luckily, it was right after the celebration, so many of the forces did not dare to test the Numinous Sword Sect. While waiting, they tried all methods to enter, but even Emperor Southsword could not enter too deeply.
Everyone originally thought that he would have a high resistance thanks to refining the Immortal Slaughtering Sword, but he was almost overtaken by the slaughterous intent. If anything, he was much more susceptible to it compared to everyone else.
Left with no choice, the Numinous Sword Sect could only trust Divinity Yanxu and wait.
Nine years passed before the slaughterous aura weakened. It took another four years for it to completely disappear. Although it vanished, no one dared to enter. They all waited outside, waiting for Divinity Yanxu to come out.
Inside, Divinity Yanxu opened his eyes. His eyes were clear without any sign of the slaughterous intent. If anything, his entire body appeared peaceful, with no sign of cultivation. It was as if he really was an ordinary man instead of a divinity.
This was because his willpower had increased. Even though Yanxu had entered the Divine Realm, his willpower wasn’t quite enough to control his current cultivation base. It would take a long time to temper his willpower to be enough, but after fending the slaughtering intent for thirteen years, his willpower had dramatically increased, and it was no longer an issue.
“Bao Ling, did you calculate this too?”
Divinity Yanxu took the Immortal Slaying Sword and sheathed it on his waist, accompanying the dim Immortal Ending Sword.
“Hm?”
He looked down to see a scroll laying on the floor. Although he was attracted by the Immortal Slaying Sword, it didn’t mean he was unaware of his surroundings. He was sure that the scroll wasn’t there before. He picked it up and opened it.
Before he could read anything, a voice echoed in his mind. “Master, this is farewell. My destiny with the Interception Sect and the Immortal Exterminating Sword should have ended in my previous life. It was only because of fate and meeting an interesting man that it lasted this long. This is my last gift. If the Numinous Sword Sect still can’t defend its independence, then it can only be fate.”
Divinity Yanxu pursed his brows. “Who are you?”
Originally, he thought Bao Ling was just a talented disciple blessed by heavens, but recent events made him reconsider. The origin of the method of sacrificing the sword to achieve godhood was too mysterious. Not to mention the means he just experienced. There was no way an immortal emperor should have methods to increase one’s willpower to the divine level.
Puzzled and curious, Divinity Yanxu opened the scroll. His eyes shrunk into needlepoints and his heartbeat sped up. “Immortal Exterminating Sword Formation Diagram…”
***
In a study filled with books and the four scholarly treasures, Bao Ling poured a clear liquid into a cup before taking the cup and downing it. Although it was undeniable his features remained the same, there was a certain sternness lacking between his brows. As if a heavy burden had disappeared.
Sitting across from him was the founder of the Saintly Scholar School. Confucius appeared to be middle-aged, but his skin was white and ruddy, even with all the wrinkles. Streaks of white marred his otherwise perfectly black hair. He wore clothes the same color as his hair, and he gave off an aura of unity, as if he was one with all things.
“I say, we finally meet again and the first thing you do is drink wine in my study?” Confucius asked. “You weren’t like this before. Are you sure you aren’t Lu Dongbin?”
Bao Ling ignored Confucius and poured himself another cup. “I didn’t understand his feelings before, but after my rebirth, I kind of understand his mood. You can’t understand. Unlike me, you’ve never truly died.”
“It sounds like you have given up everything from your past life. Your lineage, your grudges, and even your name, Bao Ling.”
Bao Ling shook his head. “I can’t say to have given everything up.”
The sword immortal’s eyes flashed. “Since I am no longer bound by the Heavenly Dao, let me do as I wish in this life. I do not seek the past, nor the future. I, Qingping, only want the present!”
It was as if something changed, and even the entire Three Thousand Immortal Realms System was affected, but no one could say what exactly.
He poured another cup. “Of course, I haven’t given up on everything. Although I don’t want to be bound, he will still try to wrangle me into his web.”
At this, Confucius’s eyes also turned solemn.
“I finally understand how the fiendgods feel, but I met an interesting guy. If things permit, I don’t mind helping him,” Qingping said.
“Are you talking about Xi Tianyi?”
Qingping smiled. “It seems you also noticed him?”
“How could I not? In terms of danger, not even you nor I could compare to him in Pangu’s heart.”
Comments
sas ti
Isn't qingping the sword name? So he is reincarnation of a divine sword? And pangu is scheming something from behind
Zaim İpek
Tianyi should have been able to gain more than just merging the law of Metal with Spacetime. Hopefully we see more in the upcoming chapters. Tianyi also has perfect perception of his Nine Heavens Universe, so he should have gained a lot from the breakthroughs and enlightenments of everyone who was smuggled in his inner universe to watch Yanxu's dao sermon, especially Everpast. But asside from the big gains, this should make his sword fighting ability much more interesting powerful since he can now (theoretically) perform all his sword skills combined with the laws of metal and spacetime. I also wonder if Daoyi gained much. She was able to incorporate the law of fire into some kind of ghost flame, so it would make sense if she could somehow incorporate the law of metal into her law of Life and Death.
Zaim İpek
This is the biggest shock of the entire series! This whole time we were led to assume Bao Ling was another soul from Earth, but turns out he is something else like a former divinity. I'm curious about this "Interception Sect". For all we know he could actually be the reincarnated soul remnants of Lu Dongbin. It would explain his sword talent.
