Chapter 169 - 154: No More to Kill

Chapter 169: Chapter 154: No More to Kill

"In one month, invite Chen Sha to a battle at Copper Mountain."

Hearing Ma Rulong relay this order from Long Zaitian upon entering the hall, everyone present felt their hearts skip a beat.

"Now that Chen Sha has reached the top four in the world... is the Demon Saint still confident..." Tian Jingshui did not finish his sentence, but his meaning was perfectly clear.

Although the Demon Saint’s Demon Heaven Tribulation had been cultivated to the Thunder Tribulation Realm, successfully defeating Yun Shouxuan, he was still only fifth in the world. Furthermore, he had never fought the former fourth in the world, Yan Chimei. Therefore, it was hard for them to gauge Long Zaitian’s true strength.

Conversely, Chen Sha’s strength and battle record were laid bare for all to see. Since he descended the mountain, those who had fallen at his hands were all renowned figures. Number ten Bai Zancang, number nine Zhang Shouren... Number seven Teng Zijing was even taken as a mount for transportation.

Combined with the recent news of Chen Sha single-handedly challenging the Buddhist Sect, taking on Monastery Master I heard and the Lantuo Monk at once. Although those two were not on the top ten ranking, no one doubted their strength, which was at the level of the top four or five. It was said that Chen Sha fought both of them simultaneously.

With such a formidable battle record, even though they deeply trusted Long Zaitian’s terrifying strength, they still felt a lingering sense of uncertainty in their hearts, lacking absolute confidence in an overwhelming victory.

Ma Rulong merely said, "It is Master’s order. We only need to follow it."

Though his face was expressionless, he harbored a trace of worry in his heart as well. After stepping out of the hall, he could not help but look in the direction where Long Zaitian was. He thought, "Master... are you being a bit too hasty? If you waited until you achieved the Heavenly Tribulation Realm before doing this... wouldn’t you have a greater chance of winning?"

Deep within the Demon Saint Sect.

Long Zaitian sat cross-legged on a high stone platform. His handsome, demonic aura, combined with his crystalline skin, made him look like an idol carved from crystal, radiating an intimidating presence.

A mysterious man in black slowly walked in. "In a month, you challenge the Dao Yi Sect Master. Your chances of winning are slim."

Hearing this, Long Zaitian slowly opened his eyes. His gaze was calm and did not land on the man as he asked lightly, "Do you have no confidence in me?"

The mysterious man said indifferently, "It is simply a fact. Chen Sha’s Great Yellow Court has already reached the Sixteen Gods Level. The Power Realm of the Great Yellow Court alone is comparable to your Demon Heaven Tribulation at the Thunder Tribulation Level. According to recent reports, he also possesses a mysterious power to manipulate wind, rain, thunder, and lightning, as well as cycle the four seasons. Furthermore, he may have also cultivated the Qi Stealing Technique, accumulating no less than two hundred years of Power.

"Moreover, he has awakened the power of the Demon Sect’s Holy Blood, which you fear the most. When it comes to understanding your Demon Sect’s Holy Blood, I think no one is clearer on the dominance of this bloodline than you.

"Although he hasn’t awakened it to the extent described in your Demon Sect’s myths—growing Three Heads and Six Arms—just the immense Life Force the Holy Blood provides is terrifying enough, allowing any injury to heal in an instant.

"Right now, your Power is inferior to his, and you do not hold the upper hand in Realm. Your only advantage is your lightning methods, which he also possesses. If it comes down to a battle of attrition, with the Life Force brought by his Holy Blood and the Physique of the Great Yellow Court, no one in this world can fight him for three days and three nights. Being exhausted to death will be your only fate...

"Given all this, are you still going to fight with your back against the wall and settle this at Copper Mountain?"

Listening to the mysterious man list out Chen Sha’s advantages and his own disadvantages one by one, it seemed that the Demon Saint of this generation had absolutely no chance of winning. Chen Sha was ahead in every aspect and even had the certainty of victory.

Yet Long Zaitian remained calm and said, "So what?"

The mysterious man said coldly, "You want to use the pressure Chen Sha brings to endure Tribulation Crossing, don’t you? To help you survive the final layer of the Demon Heaven Tribulation."

Long Zaitian said lightly, "Who in this world isn’t struggling to cross over? The myriad states of life, the various aspects of the mortal realm—every living creature with thoughts and feelings is engaged in Tribulation Crossing. Whether striving or sinking, it is all considered struggling and enduring tribulations in this world. The past generations of our Demon Saint Sect who cultivated the Demon Heaven Tribulation have long treated this lifetime as a series of trials where constant Tribulation Crossing is required. Water, fire, wind, and thunder are tribulations; clothing, food, housing, and transportation are tribulations. Between heaven and earth, there are the Soldier Tribulation and disaster tribulations, but the most formidable of all is the human tribulation.

"Who in this world does not have an opponent? That opponent is the human tribulation.

"The fact that Chen Sha now so closely resembles his father, Chen Canxuan, actually makes me very satisfied. If he weren’t strong, how could I view him as a tribulation? It is precisely because a tribulation is hard to cross that overcoming it brings a complete rebirth."

The mysterious man remained expressionless as he said, "I told you long ago that the final tribulation of your Demon Saint Sect’s Demon Heaven Tribulation is difficult to cultivate, and it has nothing to do with people. It is related to heaven and earth. In this world, for the past five thousand years, things like ’Heavenly Tribulation’ and ’Shattering the Void’ will no longer occur.

"So what if it was Chen Canxuan? Even with his Mastery of Creation, he could not overcome the restrictions of the Heaven and Earth Rules. In this world, he could only cultivate to the Great Innate at most. There is no way for him to shatter the void and engage in Tribulation Crossing..."

Long Zaitian finally raised an eyebrow. "So, Chen Canxuan is truly dead?"

"Let’s call it a sixty-forty split," the mysterious man said lightly. "There’s a sixty percent chance he tried to break the Heaven and Earth Rules with human strength, which is why he suddenly died at the age of fifty. And a forty percent chance that he is secretly waiting for the arrival of a new world..."

Long Zaitian said apathetically, "The recovery of heaven and earth? Unfortunately, I don’t have three years. Or rather, Chen Sha won’t let me wait until the three years you mentioned have passed."

With that, he flicked his sleeves, placed his hands behind his back, and walked out of the cave.

"This time, it is a life-and-death duel between him and me. If I don’t die, it proves that the path I figured out is viable. If I die, I’ll give this Demon Saint Sect to you."

The mysterious man quietly watched Long Zaitian’s retreating back. "Can’t you just hide from him for three years and wait for the right moment?"

Unexpectedly, a loud laugh echoed from the cave entrance. "Hide? My path lies in Tribulation Crossing, not in avoiding tribulations. If I can’t cross it, I will only die. What is there to fear? If I had wanted to hide from the very beginning, how could I have cultivated the Demon Heaven Tribulation to its current Power!"

For five or six hundred years, no one had achieved the Thunder Tribulation Realm. This was precisely because only he had dared to undergo Tribulation Crossing amidst the Celestial Thunder and succeeded. Of the others, ten percent failed and were struck to death, while the vast majority simply didn’t dare to face the Celestial Thunder at all.

This was the most important Heart Method in cultivating the Demon Heaven Tribulation. Living itself was a form of Tribulation Crossing, and what mattered most was having the courage to face it!

Long Zaitian walked out.

The Five Demonic Paths under the Demon Saint Sect immediately took their orders, widely spreading the formal challenge of Long Zaitian inviting Chen Sha to battle at Copper Mountain throughout the world.

Within five days, Yuu Miaolian and the others in Yuanjing City, as well as Song Yu on Dao Yi Mountain, all received the news. As for Chen Sha, he was inside a quiet room in Mu Hongfu’s mansion, beginning his trial in the scene of a Legendary Vajra Powerhouse named ’Shif Xingyu’ on that hillside.

"Congratulations to the Sect Leader for clearing the first section ’Seven Kills Blood Valley’ of the Shif Xingyu Chapter, unlocking the second section ’Emotionless and Thoughtless’..."

"The drop rewards for this scene are: Weapon [Seven Kills Blood Saber], Pill [Seven Saints Pill], Secret Manual [First, Second, and Third Volumes of the Seven Kills Heartless Saber], and one Cosmic Light Fragment..."

"Congratulations to the Sect Leader for clearing the second section ’Emotionless and Thoughtless’ of the Shif Xingyu Chapter, unlocking the third section ’No More to Kill’."

"The drop rewards for this scene are: Qi Power [Twenty Years of Power], Secret Manual [Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Volumes of the Seven Kills Heartless Saber], and one Cosmic Light Fragment."

Shif Xingyu’s temple was the first Ascender’s temple of the Great Vajra Level that Chen Sha had seen on the hillside when the First Heaven World behind the Southern Heavenly Gate fully opened to him. The clearance condition for the first scene was Grandmaster Peak combat power. The condition for the second was Ordinary Great Innate Combat Power. Both were easily passed by Chen Sha. Now, he had reached the third stage.

"The Sect Leader has entered the third section ’No More to Kill’ of the Shif Xingyu Chapter."

"The key figures in this scene are: Shif Xingyu, Fengl Xinglie, and Shif Wen."

"The Sect Leader must defeat the three key figures in this scene to unlock the fourth section ’Sword Shatters Void’..."

Chen Sha stood in this vast, empty valley. Looking around, the valley was already littered with bloody corpses. At the far end, three people stood facing each other. A blood-red murderous aura surged from the three individuals in the valley, soaring into the clouds as if it were entirely physical. The aura was so dense that even Chen Sha, who was hundreds of feet away, still felt his skin sting from its stimulation.

"Such a thick murderous aura; truly worthy of being the masters of the Seven Kills Heartless Demon Saber..."

Chen Sha clasped his hands behind his back and looked at the three people in the distance. Focusing especially on the tallest middle-aged man, who had two streaks of white hair at his temples, he muttered to himself, "Killing one’s father, mother, wife, son, master, friend, and oneself. By completing these seven kills, one can reach the highest realm of emotionlessness. From the looks of it, it’s time to kill the master and the son."

"To think that the Martial Arts of the Emotionless Sect within the Divine Land Demon Sect are actually related to a Saber Technique from the Ninth Tribulation Period," he continued, keeping his hands behind his back while watching the man with the graying temples.

Ever since clearing the first scene and obtaining the first three volumes of the "Seven Kills Heartless Saber," Chen Sha had noticed that this Cultivation Technique clearly shared striking similarities with the techniques of the ’Emotionless Sect,’ one of the Six Demonic Paths. Zhou Xilong, the Sect Leader of the Emotionless Sect in the Divine Land World, had only recently been subdued by Long Zaitian. Rumor had it that the two had engaged in a fierce battle.

This Demon Sect cultivated emotionless techniques, requiring its practitioners to kill all their relatives, friends, benefactors, and lovers. Only then could they truly comprehend an emotionless state of mind. The Six Demonic Paths each held different demonic philosophies. The Emotionless Sect believed that true demons were devoid of feelings; only by being ruthless and unrighteous could one be called a demon.

And after Chen Sha abruptly appeared in this scene, the tall man with graying temples slightly turned his head and looked at Chen Sha. "Who are you?"

Rolling up his sleeves, Chen Sha spoke leisurely as he walked forward, "The one who will kill you."

His attitude toward people in different scenes varied. Toward figures like Zhang Daoxuan and Sister Taie, he carried some goodwill, even if they were merely projections in the Cosmic Light Fragments. But for the one in front of him—a true Demon, devoid of all emotion and righteousness—he didn’t have such a good temper.

As soon as his words fell, he tore through the air, crossing the distance of hundreds of feet in an instant, and smashed a punch right in front of Shif Xingyu.

CLANG!

Although the opponent swiftly slashed out with a Blood Saber, Chen Sha’s fist smashed right into the flat of the blade. His fist stuck to the blade’s surface and pushed past it!

BANG!

Before this Demon had the chance to kill his master and his son, Chen Sha’s fist landed squarely on his chest. He spat out a mouthful of blood into the air as he was sent flying, crashing heavily against the rocks of the valley. A trace of blood-red slaughter flickered in his eyes...

"Kill..."

In an instant, a murderous aura meant to slaughter everything between heaven and earth began to seep into the air drop by drop. The density and purity of this murderous aura surpassed even the Innate Killing Power of the Beidou Killing Body!

Only absolute ruthlessness could forge true slaughter!