69novels Chapter 128 Sword 24
Chapter 128 Sword 24
Beyond the Kunlun Domain, in the boundless starry sea, the Milky Way surges and boils for billions of miles, and the aura of gods and demons soars through the sky. The war of the gods, which has lasted for hundreds of years, has entered a white-hot stage.
Suddenly, an unparalleled sword light cleaved out from the depths of nothingness!
The sword light was dazzling and unparalleled, surpassing all paths and cleaving through chaos. It swept across hundreds of thousands of miles and billions of star fields, and the trajectory of the galaxy that was moving in the sky was completely shattered and disordered by the domineering sword intent. Countless nebulae collapsed and scattered, and even the origin of the starry sky was trembling violently.
At the critical moment, the leader of the Heavenly Court's Taoist sect, the Five Elements Temple Master, instantly appeared in the center of the battlefield. Without the slightest hesitation, he raised his hand and summoned the divine artifact, the Five Elements Diagram.
Five-colored Dao patterns descended upon the heavens, and the five laws of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth intertwined to form a vast celestial net, suppressing the chaotic galaxy and attempting to block this world-shaking sword strike.
"Boom!"
The sword's momentum was overwhelming, and the domineering and unparalleled sword intent pierced through the Five Elements Dao Net. The terrifying aftershocks of the sword swept across the ten directions, forcing the Five Elements Master, who was at the Heavenly Venerable Realm, to retreat repeatedly. His palm trembled, and a deep and narrow sword mark appeared, which could not be dispelled for a long time.
"Hahaha! Old Taoist priest, it's been many years. Throughout the entire realm, only you can withstand my sword strike and keep up with my pace. That's quite remarkable!"
A hearty, arrogant laugh echoed throughout the entire outer space, causing countless roars and a shower of stardust.
Xu Feng stood atop the void, his grey-white robes fluttering in the wind. The divine sword in his hand gleamed with unparalleled sharpness, and his sword intent soared through the heavens, dominating all realms.
Since breaking through to the Heavenly Venerable realm and shattering the shackles of the sword path, Xu Fengjin felt that the world was vast and the path was boundless. An arrogance arose in his heart, looking down on all heroes and looking down on the world. He regarded the heroes of the world as nothing.
"Sword Twenty-Four!"
The Five Elements Master stared at the sword wound remaining in his palm, his expression extremely solemn, his eyes surging with deep fear and apprehension.
Over ten thousand years of ups and downs, Xu Feng had been lying low and cultivating diligently. He thought that the other party would be trapped in the Void Sword Path for life and would find it difficult to break through the shackles. Unexpectedly, after abandoning the path of specialization in the Void Great Dao and choosing the Sword Path, this person actually broke through and established anew, and forcibly comprehended the Twenty-Four Swords, which are rarely seen throughout the ages!
The Way of Nothingness is unpredictable and formless, while the Way of the Sword is sharp and invincible, capable of destroying all laws. The two supreme paths merge and give rise to a supreme Heavenly Venerable who is both offensive and defensive, and whose assassination skills are unparalleled.
Upon realizing this, the Five Elements Master felt a heavy weight in his heart, an immense sense of oppression arising within him. Today, Xu Fengjin had truly joined the ranks of the most powerful beings in the heavens, unmatched by anyone.
Above the void, Xu Fengjin, with his soaring ambition and arrogant demeanor, displayed an unparalleled air of dominance over all heavens and lawlessness. He roared loudly, his voice shaking the ages: "If the heavens had not given birth to me, Xu Fengjin, the way of the sword would have remained in eternal darkness!"
"Today, I will challenge the entire Heavenly Court with my sword! First, I will defeat the Five Elements Daoist, then I will challenge the Jade Emperor! All the heroes of the heavens will be mere accompaniments; I alone will be the number one being in all the heavens of this era!"
His wild words resonated through the starry sky, and his arrogance shook the ages.
Not far away on the starry battlefield, Mingde and Molian were facing each other from afar, pretending to be at odds, seemingly ready to fight, but in reality, they were quietly observing the battle.
Upon hearing Xu Fengjin's extremely arrogant declaration, Mo Lian, who was sitting cross-legged on the twelfth-grade black lotus, couldn't help but roll his eyes inwardly, feeling quite speechless.
If it weren't for his secret gift of the Heavenly Venerable Pill to help him break through to the next realm, and the use of the original sword energy of the Immortal Slaughtering Sword Formation to help him comprehend the Dao, nurture his sword, and deduce sword techniques, even if Xu Feng had cultivated diligently for another 100,000 years, he might not have been able to decipher the twenty-four mysteries of the sword and step into the realm of the Heavenly Venerable.
Now that he has attained enlightenment, he arrogantly considers himself the best among all the heavens, what a madman he is!
In the center of the battlefield, the Five Elements Master's face was as still as water, his mind extremely solemn.
He was well aware of his own combat strength; in a head-on confrontation, he wasn't entirely confident he could suppress Xu Fengjin, who had already mastered Sword Twenty-Four. However, looking at the entire Heavenly Court in the present day, only he could barely withstand Xu Fengjin's unparalleled sharpness on the battlefield and stabilize the Heavenly Court's front line.
There is nowhere to retreat, nor can we retreat!
With his mind made up, the Five Elements Master no longer concealed his abilities and raised his hand to summon the two great divine artifacts inherited from the Five Elements Temple: the Five Elements Mountain and the Five Elements Divine Pagoda.
With the two divine artifacts unleashed, five-colored divine light illuminated the starry sky for billions of miles, and the profound and majestic Daoist principles of the Five Elements spread across the heavens. Layer upon layer of Daoist patterns intertwined to form an invincible defense, suppressing the rules of the sword Dao.
Seeing this, Xu Feng's fighting spirit burned even brighter, and he brandished his divine sword once more.
With all twenty-four profound techniques of the sword fully unleashed, countless sharp sword energies swept across the land, each wisp of sword light containing the power to create heaven and earth. The nebulae spanning hundreds of trillions of miles were all scattered and annihilated by the torrent of sword energy, and the void shattered into countless black holes.
However, the Five Elements Mountain was as stable as a rock, the Five Elements Divine Tower sealed all laws, and the Five Elements Divine Dao of the Five Elements Temple Master, a Heavenly Venerable, was operated to its limit. The Five Elements Diagram was operated to evolve a great net of Five Elements rules and order that covered the entire star field. It was both offensive and defensive, and endlessly regenerating. It actually managed to block all the indestructible sharpness of the Twenty-Four Swords.
After a long and fierce battle, unable to break the deadlock, Xu Fengjin's arrogance subsided slightly, and he lost the aggressiveness of the first battle. However, his sword moves became more and more fierce and dangerous, each move aimed at the root of the Dao and each move contained a hidden killing move.
The master of the Five Elements Temple dared not relax his mind even slightly, and was secretly alarmed.
As all the heavens know, Xu Feng is in charge of the Great Dao of Nothingness and is the most outstanding assassin in history. With his profound knowledge, he can hide in the shadows and launch surprise attacks. Even Haotian has to be cautious and wary of him.
Fortunately, Xu Feng now focuses on the dignified and domineering path of swordsmanship, and his mind is filled with thoughts of fighting against others in a fair and square manner. If he were still sneaking around in the shadows, waiting for an opportunity to assassinate, no one in the heavens would be at peace!
"Five Elements Heaven and Earth Hand!"
The Five Elements Temple Master let out a deep shout and unleashed the most powerful divine power of the Taoist sect.
The Five Elements Mountain, suspended in the starry sky, suddenly erupted with an eternal and dazzling divine radiance. The endless source of the Five Elements poured into its body, and a majestic Five Elements Dao Body Dharma Form spanning hundreds of millions of miles stretched across the starry river. Its giant hand reached out, grasping the universe and shifting the star sea. Hundreds of trillions of miles of nebulae were forcibly pushed, its aura swallowing the eight wastelands and its power suppressing all heavens.
Faced with this earth-shattering blow, Xu Fengjin not only did not dodge or retreat, but instead roared to the sky and went against the tide!
With a single slash, the sword light cleaved through the air, and the sword intent opened the heavens. Countless strands of true sword intent condensed into a terrifying sword domain storm, piercing through layers of void barriers and carrying the supreme power to suppress all ages. It collided violently with the Five Elements Universe Hand!
"Boom!"
The two supreme powers of the Celestial Venerables were instantly annihilated, and a terrifying energy storm swept in all directions, directly dissolving the starry sky into an absolute vacuum blank area with a diameter of several light-years, and all the surrounding meteorites and rules turned into nothingness.
The ultimate battle between two top-tier Celestial Venerable Realm experts caused the gods and spirits watching the battle around the battlefield to tremble in their hearts and their Dao hearts to shake, giving rise to a sense of insignificance and powerlessness from the bottom of their hearts.
But the most outstanding geniuses in all the heavens showed no fear whatsoever.
Xuan Yi, the Eternal Empress, Xue Jue, Huang Tian, and other Yuanhui prodigies gazed at the supreme duel, their eyes filled with fervor and longing, and their hearts swelled with boundless ambition to replace him.
The realm of Heavenly Venerable is not the end. Given time, they too can ascend to this realm and dominate all the heavens!
In the void of the Hell Realm camp, Feng Caiyi stood in the Death Dao Domain, her beautiful face covered with frost, her eyes hiding extreme gritted teeth, staring intently at the arrogant Xu Fengjin, her peripheral vision coldly sweeping over the calm and composed Mo Lian.
She knew perfectly well that Xu Fengjin's breakthrough and mastery of the Twenty-Four Swords were entirely due to the secret assistance of the Demon Refinement.
The Demon Refining Wife, Xue Linglong, had always been at odds with her and harbored deep resentment; the two were like oil and water.
What makes her even more desperate is that the Ferocious God Palace has now risen to power and is extremely arrogant. It has plundered the authority of the Temple of Destiny and has already surpassed the Death God Palace under her control, becoming the number one power in the Temple of Destiny.
Now that Mo Lian has personally supported Xu Fengjin, a Celestial Venerable, the Temple of Destiny must now follow Mo Lian's lead.
The thought of being suppressed by the Demon Couple for the rest of her life, losing all her power, and having no chance to rise again in the Temple of Destiny filled Feng Caiyi with resentment and bitterness that was hard to quell.
Looking back, when she invited Mo Lian into the Temple of Destiny, her original intention was to use his unparalleled combat power to make up for the huge hidden dangers brought about by the God of Fortune and Prosperity being a member of the organization, and to stabilize the temple's lineage.
But she never expected that the Demon Refining Demon was deeply hidden, possessed extraordinary potential, and made rapid progress, breaking through all obstacles in just tens of thousands of years and ascending to the Heavenly Venerable realm.
The current Demon Refining has pioneered new methods of demonic cultivation and now rules over all demonic paths.
He reorganized and reconstructed the chaotic demonic system of the ages, dividing demonic cultivators into three categories: Heaven, Earth, and Human, and two demonic paths: Inner and Outer. His laws and principles are perfect, and he has been revered by all the heavens and myriad realms as the fourth source of demonic power. His prestige has surpassed that of the original number one demonic cultivator, Tianmu.
Countless demonic cultivators flocked to the Ferocious Divine Palace, drawn by its reputation. Over fifty thousand years, the palace has produced numerous geniuses and powerful figures, firmly establishing itself as the head of the twelve Divine Palaces of Destiny, its influence overwhelming Hell.
Feng Caiyi, whose prominence had already been overshadowed and whose power had been eroded, was already getting further and further away from the position of Palace Master. Now, the rise of Xu Fengjin has completely shattered the balance of the Temple of Destiny, plunging her into a passive and desperate situation.
In the darkness, Feng Caiyi sensed the amused gaze that Mo Lian was casting, and her anger intensified.
Mo Lian's eyes were deep as he watched Feng Caiyi, whose mentality had become unbalanced, with great interest. He understood that this Death God had finally lost his composure after seeing Xu Feng break through.
The Asura Palace Master, who was standing to the side, also had a constantly changing expression. He had a deep friendship with Mo Lian and had always regarded him as a promising young talent.
Gazing at the earth-shattering duel atop the starry sky, one can't help but exclaim, "Who could have predicted that this old monster, Xu Fengjin, would reach this point today? Sword Twenty-Four's power is unparalleled, surpassing all others of his time. He truly lives up to his obsessive and arduous cultivation day after day, year after year."
Shi Beiya, standing beside him, was filled with resentment and extreme discontent. He sneered in a low voice, "This is utterly outrageous! Today, that old bastard Xu Fengjin has really shown off. Jian Ershisi is quite impressive!"
Despite the bitterness and resentment in his heart, Shi Beiya's mind remained clear.
In recent days, the Heavenly Court's fortune has surged and powerful figures have emerged in abundance. Mingde, the Five Elements Master, and others have held the line, and the group of supreme powers have forced the gods of the Underworld to retreat in defeat and struggle to breathe.
Now that the Void Wind Sword has emerged as a powerful weapon to counterbalance the Heavenly Court, it has undoubtedly greatly relieved the battlefield pressure in the Underworld, which is a great boon for Underworld.
Deep within the battlefield, Yan Renhuan stood in the dark void, his gaze sweeping over the entire battlefield outside the Kunlun Domain. His expression was deep and solemn as he commanded the heavens in a deep voice: "The Kunlun Realm is about to be unsealed and has become the focus of the universe. The spacetime confinement left by Sumeru is already teetering on the brink of collapse and will not last much longer!"
"This time, we must devote all our strength to conquering Kunlun! By seizing the foundation of the Kunlun Realm, the strength of our Hell Realm will surely increase dramatically. At that time, we will be able to sweep through the Heavenly Court and unify the universe!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yan Renhuan's gaze sharpened, and he issued a divine decree: "Immediately issue the order! Recall the forces of the Boundless Divine Sea and temporarily suspend the conflicts between the various factions! Quickly summon the Heavenly Emperor and others to the battlefield outside the Kunlun Domain!"
"Deities of all races, hold back! Unleash your fury! Before the seal on Kunlun is lifted, I will have half of the Heavenly Gods dead!"
The divine decree resounded throughout the hellish army camp.
In an instant, the gods of Hell surged with power and revealed their ferocity, pouncing forward like wolves and tigers, their attacks suddenly becoming several times more ferocious.
The gods of Heaven hastily engaged in battle but could not withstand the desperate onslaught from Hell. Their battle lines crumbled one after another, and true gods and great deities fell in various parts of the starry sky, their blood staining the Milky Way and their bones carpeting the void. The battle was extremely fierce.
Meanwhile, the experts of the Boundless Realm were locked in a stalemate, and the battlefield of the Great Gods below the Boundless Realm was in complete chaos, with flames of war rising everywhere.
The Blood God of War, who had previously defeated several powerful gods of the Heavenly Court at the Taixu Realm and whose arrogance was overwhelming, finally encountered a formidable enemy.
The master of the Sword God Realm, "Famous Sword God," is ranked first on the Great God Sword Dao Ranking. He has been famous for hundreds of thousands of years, and his foundation is unfathomable. He has already passed the tribulation of soul stagnation.
Wielding the divine weapon, the Nameless Sword, the Sword God's body was surrounded by countless sword principles, making him appear like a divine sword rooted in the starry sky. He stood resolutely before the Blood God of War, his gaze icy: "Blood God! As a prodigy of the Yuanhui era, you have overwhelmed your peers and achieved remarkable feats, truly astonishing. But your legend will end here today!"
Blood God of War, wielding the Blood Dragon Halberd, his fighting spirit burning brightly, laughed loudly: "Famous Sword God! I have long admired your reputation! Today, I will use my Blood Dragon Halberd to experience the power of your Famous Sword God."
Before he could finish speaking, Xue Jue unleashed his full power!
The fivefold Sea God Dao operated simultaneously, the Blood Sea Heavenly Dao surged and churned, the Five Elements Fire Dao burned the sky and destroyed the Dao, the Thunder Dao power tore through the void, the Dao rhyme of death eroded all laws, and the Dark Dao curtain shrouded the starry river.
The five profound mysteries merged into one, flowing into the Blood Dragon Halberd, transforming into an ancient blood-red dragon that, with the force to shatter the heavens and destroy the earth, furiously pounced on the Sword God!
The Sword God may have spoken with disdain, but he dared not underestimate him in the slightest.
He knew that Xue Jue, a prodigy of the Yuanhui era, possessed unparalleled combat power capable of overcoming obstacles and transcending realms. He also knew that Xue Jue possessed a great deal of profound knowledge and was invincible among those of the same realm. He immediately abandoned his contempt, gripped his sword, concentrated, and prepared to fight with all his might.
On the other side, Huang Tian, who was as famous as Xue Jue, continued to do as he pleased, with only the desire to slaughter the cultivators of the Heavenly Realm and wash away the grudges of the past.
The giant axe swept across the starry sky, splitting the heavens and earth. With a single stroke, it cleaved a veteran god of the Great Shang Dynasty in the Heavenly Realm in two, his divine blood scattering across the sky!
Huang Tian stood atop the corpse, his voice shaking the heavens as he roared angrily, calling out to the ruler of the Great Shang Dynasty of the Heavenly Realm: "God Emperor of Heaven! Do you dare to come out and fight me!" But no one on the entire battlefield responded.
Meanwhile, Xuan Yi Zhen Shen, the number one warrior under the Heavenly Court and the unparalleled genius of the Heavenly Realm, is currently embroiled in a fierce battle.
Soul Seven of Fengdu Ghost City, Yan Ju of the Temple of Destiny, Huang E God Lord of the Corpse Clan, and other top-tier powerhouses from the Hell Realm's God Ranking joined forces and launched a fierce attack with all their might.
Even when besieged by several top-tier gods, Xuan Yi remained as steady as a mountain, handling both offense and defense with ease. The terrifying foundation of a Yuanhui prodigy reaching the pinnacle of godhood was on full display at this moment, as he single-handedly withstood multiple supreme experts of the same level without being at a disadvantage.
Looking at the entire battlefield outside Kunlun, the levels are distinct and the undercurrents are turbulent.
The battle between true gods and great gods was so fierce that the heavens and earth were darkened and countless gods perished. However, the supreme beings of the heavens above the Boundless Realm all tacitly held back and watched the battle.
Everyone was waiting for the final outcome of the battle between Xu Fengjin and the Five Elements Master to determine the direction of the war.
Now that the Heavenly Court is fighting on its home turf, with the Confucian Ancestor Mingde, whose spiritual power cultivation is at the ninety-third level, in charge, the Hell Realm, despite having the newly promoted fourth demonic source, Demon Refinement, and the Supreme Artifact Dao as a counterbalance, ultimately cannot claim an absolute advantage.
Moreover, the Heavenly Court's Haotian has remained hidden behind the scenes, never making a move, his true strength unfathomable. As for the strongest being in the Underworld, the Fengdu Emperor, since his last meeting with Haotian across space, he has quietly fled to the edge of the universe to undergo the tenth dimensional tribulation and has not returned to this day.
All the gods and demons of hell are patiently waiting for the perfect opportunity to strike.
According to the plan of Yan Renhuan and the top experts, they only need to wait for the Nine Deaths Heavenly Emperor to lead the secret reinforcements to launch a surprise attack from the rear. By attacking from both the front and the rear and from both inside and outside, they will surely be able to break through the Heavenly Court's defenses and destroy the main force of the Heavenly Court. This battle is destined to be recorded in the annals of all the heavens for eternity, and will end with a great victory for the Hell Realm, completely rewriting the contemporary cosmic landscape.