First Immortal of the Sword - Chapter 2478 - The Malevolent Sword Venerate!
Chapter 2478 – The Malevolent Sword Venerate!
This way, there was no need to follow the Great Yin Divine race’s orders and fight Su Yi to the death.
This also meant that they could avoid breaking their vow without going to their deaths. The way Qi Bowen and Qi Shulin saw it, this was naturally the best outcome.
It was then that they realized that Su Yi had come prepared.
It was just that they struggled to even imagine how the Ancient could have entrusted the Apex of Spirit Mother Cauldron to Su Yi.
After all, the cauldron bore the life imprints of everyone in the clan! The Ancient had effectively placed all of their lives into Su Yi’s hands!
But before they could give the matter any further thought, they fell unconscious.
Meanwhile, the chaos essence rising throughout heaven and earth blocked the impact of the Thunderwind Sea’s formation.
Su Yi just stood in place, entirely unaffected.
“The Apex of Spirit Mother Cauldron!” Off in the distance, Shang Qiuyuan’s face was ashen, and his eyes blazed with fury. “I would never have guessed that that stubborn old flunky would entrust such a treasure to you!”
Old flunky? Su Yi was briefly stunned, but he quickly realized that Shang Qiuyuan was talking about the Qilin Ancient.
Su Yi pondered briefly, then suppressed the urge to attack immediately. “Do you know who I am?”
“Of course,” Shang Qiuyuan said coldly. “You’re the Sword Venerate’s reincarnated heart devil. Even if you control the power of reincarnation at the Epoch Spark, you’re doomed to perish by his hand!”
“Have the Great Yin Divine Race ever considered the possibility that the one you serve might be the true heart devil?” Su Yi asked with great interest.
Shang Qiuyuan said coldly, “Our race fought by the Sword Venerate’s side for countless years. How could we fail to differentiate between him and a mere heart devil?”
Su Yi laughed dryly. “Willful ignorance. How could a heart devil possibly reincarnate to cultivate anew? How could a heart devil repeatedly break through in its pursuit of the Grand Dao?”
Shang Qiuyuan wasn’t moved in the slightest. “Saying such things to me will do you no good!”
Su Yi’s interest waned, and he extinguished all thoughts of probing his opponent further. “In that case, let’s just end this.”
Boom!
He held the Apex of Spirit Mother Cauldron aloft in one hand. The other hand condensed the Laws of Supreme Emergence into a divine flame that burned in the palm of his hand.
The formation could hide this place from the Laws of the outside world, but it couldn’t deceive the power of Supreme Emergence in Su Yi’s palm!
That was where he got the confidence to proclaim that he’d destroy the entire spacetime forbidden zone.
Over by the black palace, when Shang Qiuyuan saw this, he immediately took out a bronze disc.
The bronze disc was old, worn, and chipped. Its surface was carved with mysterious Eternal Dao Markings.
Shang Qiuyuan held it aloft with both hands, then said with solemn reverence, “I humbly welcome you, Sword Venerate!”
He spoke slowly and clearly. Every word boomed throughout the dome of heaven.
Sword Venerate? Su Yi’s gaze focused.
Then, he watched as the bronze disc suddenly lit up, firing a mysterious rain of Eternal light that enveloped Shang Qiuyuan completely.
A moment later, Shang Qiuyuan’s aura abruptly transformed, becoming as dazzlingly sharp as an ancient sword. Even just standing there casually, he shook and illuminated the heavens with contemptuous majesty grand enough to gaze down on any era with pride.
His gaze in particular was cold and indifferent, with eyes like twin abysses. It was as if he could devour someone’s soul just by looking at them.
Su Yi’s entire body silently went taut. Chills coursed down his spine as he sensed a lethal threat.
Shang Qiuyuan suddenly seemed like an entirely different person, like a sword piercing the blue dome of heaven and traversing the ages. There was nothing he could not break!
His presence was far too imposing and unimaginably forceful. Even Di E, a Half-Step Eternal, was inferior in this regard.
The only ones Su Yi could think to compare him to were experts like his third incarnation, Xiao Jian, or Dao Lord Lu Shi; someone who’d already stepped onto the River of Destiny.
Everyone else was far, far inferior.
Weng!
The bronze disc hovered above Shang Qiuyuan’s head, scattering dreamlike, ethereal light. This made Shang Qiuyuan’s aura seem incomparably mysterious.
No. Strictly speaking, Shang Qiuyuan was no longer himself. A mysterious and strange awareness had replaced him.
Su Yi didn’t even need to think to know that this was his second incarnation’s heart devil, the Malevolent Sword Venerate!
It was just that the one controlling Shang Qiuyuan’s body wasn’t the real Malevolent Sword Venerate, but rather, a portion of his will.
Before Su Yi could give the matter any further thought, the dormant Sword of the Nine Hells shifted, and the Divine Chain representing his second incarnation’s Dao Imprint clattered.
There was no doubt about it. This was further proof that that terrifying aura emanating from Shang Qiuyuan originated from his second incarnation’s negative karma!
“The Sword of the Nine Hells?” said the Malevolent Sword Venerate in a voice as clear as jade.
It was just a few words, but they brought with them a distinctive and mysterious fluctuation of the Grand Dao that suppressed the power of the Apex of Spirit Mother Cauldron!
Even stranger, the cauldron suddenly struggled violently, as if trying to break free of Su Yi’s grip!
“You shouldn’t find this odd. I was the one who gave the cauldron to that old servant of mine in the first place. I can take it back whenever I please,” said the Malevolent Sword Venerate.
It seemed as if he’d done nothing at all, but his voice was full of sharp and terrifying power. It suppressed the formation covering the Thunderwind Sea.
Su Yi felt the pressure on him increase explosively. He was like a little boat tossed about in turbulent seas, at risk of capsizing at any moment!
But then, when Su Yi silently circulated his cultivation base, he instantly alleviated the pressure.
Meanwhile, he poured the power of reincarnation into the Apex of Spirit Mother Cauldron, and it instantly stopped struggling.
“So… That’s the power of reincarnation feared by both gods and Buddhas?” The Malevolent Sword Venerate’s eyes glinted like swords as he stared intently at Su Yi’s hands. “Not bad. Once I acquire this power, I’ll be able to advance even further in my pursuit of the Grand Dao!”
He spoke as if this were a matter of course, or as if Su Yi’s power of reincarnation was his to claim as he pleased.
This was unquestionably proof of how deep the Malevolent Sword Venerate’s tyrannical pride ran!
“Does this mean you want to chat before we fight?” Su Yi said calmly.
The arrival of the Malevolent Sword Venerate was indeed quite surprising, but… it wasn’t enough to make him panic.
The Malevolent Sword Venerate was the incarnation of his second incarnation’s negative karma. The power of reincarnation countered him, just like it did the Three Demon Progenitors!
That aside, this was the God Domain. Although the Malevolent Sword Venerate could borrow Shang Qiuyuan’s body to manifest himself here, he was at constant risk of divine punishment.
And Su Yi’s Laws of Supreme Emergence represented divine punishment!
Given the circumstances, he didn’t feel any awe or terror despite knowing that the Malevolent Sword Venerate had inherited the peak of his second incarnation’s strength, or that he was an incomparably terrifying existence even in the Eternal Heaven Domain.
A heart devil born of negative karma was still ultimately just negative karma, and not his true, living, breathing second incarnation!
“I’m sure you have a lot of questions. Why not seize this opportunity for a chat?” The Malevolent Sword Venerate put his hands behind his back and stood before the black palace. He looked far away, but his aura filled every last inch of space, putting seemingly endlessly immense pressure on Su Yi.
“I’m not interested,” Su Yi said calmly. “When I fuse with my second incarnation’s Dao Imprint, I’ll learn everything I need to know.”
“But you won’t get the chance,” said the Malevolent Sword Venerate. “I came here, not to take everything you have, but to reclaim the power of the Dao Imprint I left in the Sword of the Nine Hells.”
Su Yi’s eyebrows rose. He laughed dryly, “It’s not that you don’t want to take my everything, but that you can’t! After all, you’re… just an avatar of will. This isn’t your true body. How much can you even do?”
“Oh?” said the Malevolent Sword Venerate. He stepped into the Thunderwind Sea and approached Su Yi.
His gait seemed unhurried, but with each step he took, the blood-red lightning beneath the ocean’s surface collapsed, and the seawater scattered. The gales stilled as he drew near, fading away completely!
Despite himself, Su Yi’s heart shook. An avatar of will, that’s all, but he’s already this terrifying. How strong must his true body be?
Just how far did my second incarnation advance along the Path of Eternity?
“I’ve owned the Sword of the Nine Hells, and I understand how mysterious it is. I cannot control it, but you can’t either,” the Malevolent Sword Venerate said casually.
He didn’t sound the least bit vicious or murderous, but his aura was incomparably sharp. It cleaved through everything in his path!
“And since it’s ultimately an ownerless object, there’s no reason I can’t reclaim it,” said the Malevolent Sword Venerate. “That aside, I prepared a few little tricks. They’re enough to ensure I get what I’m after. Like… this!”
Before his voice had even finished echoing through the air, he suddenly stretched out his hand and tapped the air.
It was a light, airy gesture.
But the sky around Su Yi cracked on all sides. It was as if countless sharp swords formed of the Laws were surging through the cracks and gathering to form a cage around Su Yi.
“This divine ability is known as the Dao-Severing Sword Cage. It severs all Laws of the Grand Dao. It’s slain even Limitless Dao Lords and severed even Eternal Laws,” said the Malevolent Sword Venerate, a hint of ruefulness in his voice. “It’s just a pity that the Dao-Severing Sword Cage before you is limited in its power, preventing you from bearing witness to this ability’s true magnificence. That said…
“This is more than enough to kill a small fry like you!”
Before his voice had even finished echoing through the air, the cage formed of countless sharp swords circulated, and countless dazzling beams of sword qi shot forth, criss-crossing as they cleaved at Su Yi.
Boom!!
In that moment, an illusory world of reincarnation suddenly appeared around Su Yi, like a giant millstone grinding away the surrounding space, rumbling and booming.
The Six Paths of Reincarnation, the Ten Yama Kings, the Platform of Rebirth, the Path of the Far Shore, the Sea of Bitterness, the Ghost’s Gate, and other mysterious phenomena appeared within it.
And they ground away the sword qi shooting at Su Yi, bit by bit!
The countless streaks of sword qi scattered into a rain of light and vanished, but the Dao-Severing Sword Cage remained.
Still, so long as the power of reincarnation alternated around Su Yi, the cage couldn’t hurt so much as a hair on his head!
When the distant Malevolent Sword Venerate saw this, his eyes lit up. “Just as I thought. The power of reincarnation really does counter all karmic attachments. Even I cannot fathom its power and mysteries.
“However, it isn’t really an unparalleled Law!
“I brought something with me, a mere trinket, really, but it just so happens to counter the power of reincarnation!
With that, the Malevolent Sword Venerate tossed something into the air.
A beast skin scroll emanating an Eternal aura exploded in the sky.
