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Chapter 353: Chapter 350: A Joint Punishment by the World
No unnecessary chatter.
As if fearing that Immortal Wunian might also receive the news and come to interfere, Immortal Wu Zhong didn’t hesitate to take action the moment he appeared.
"Seal the surroundings, don’t let him escape! Today, I shall avenge my Senior Brother Wu Shi and wash away his humiliation!"
As the Saint’s Divine Thought trembled, an almost Mahayana Undying Will swept out, pressing down on Venerable Xuan Tian as if materializing.
This nearly Mahayana Undying Will alone would be enough to prevent any Primordial Spirit Monarch from gathering their thoughts or moving their minds.
And under the guidance of the Undying Will, it seemed as though a terrifying power was released from within Immortal Wu Zhong’s seemingly ordinary body.
Golden light diffused from his body, and with the release of that power, his figure rapidly grew, instantaneously manifesting a twenty-meter-tall golden giant.
Twenty meters!
At the Devas Stage, one needs control over the surrounding Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy, with a range from a few hundred meters to over a thousand meters depending on the degree of immersion in this realm.
Those who break through a thousand meters are often Devas who have congealed an Undying Will.
At the Saint Stage, there are also differences in strength.
The newly promoted Saints have a Holy Body just over ten meters tall, and as their Undying Will continues to condense and they incorporate special materials into their refinement, their Holy Body grows to fifteen meters, twenty meters, and even over thirty meters once the Undying Will reaches Perfection!
The larger the Saint Body, the more energy it could support and contain.
How could a child one meter tall possibly compare in strength and speed to a strong man two meters tall?
Agility?
At a height of one meter, the acceleration that such small arms and legs could generate, how fast could it possibly be?
Especially at the Devas Stage, they can transform all resistance from the control of the Deva’s Power into thrust and assistance, minimizing external limitations on their massive size.
In this situation, one can only imagine how vast the difference is between a newly promoted Saint and Immortal Wu Zhong who is capable of manifesting a Saint Body of twenty meters.
And this is also where Immortal Wu Zhong’s supreme confidence lies.
"I didn’t come here to fight, I just want to talk to you..."
Looking at Immortal Wu Zhong who had manifested his Saint Body and was surging forward to kill, Venerable Xuan Tian’s expression didn’t change much, "But I know, with your pride, it’s impossible for you to lower your heads to heed those who you haven’t even taken into account. To talk to you, first..."
"Clang!"
The Sky Extreme Sword was drawn.
"I must defeat you!"
The dazzling Sword Qi, like a pillar of light shot into the void, shone in the spiritual world of everyone in the moment the Sky Extreme Sword was drawn.
Ordinary people were somewhat better off, but those whose Qi was tightly locking onto Venerable Xuan Tian, the Primordial Spirit Monarchs and Devas, felt countless Sword Qi erupting from the unsheathed Sky Extreme Sword.
Ten thousand, a hundred thousand, a million—none could describe the number.
These Sword Qi, in the form of "light," pierced through their spirits and consciousness in an instant, more precisely...
Their souls!
Under this piercing, the Primordial Spirit Monarchs felt as if their Primordial Spirits were being torn apart.
"Ahh!"
One Primordial Spirit Monarch couldn’t help but let out a painful scream.
"The Sword Qi of the Sky Extreme Sword!"
"Withdraw your Divine Thought Perception!"
"This Supreme Divine Weapon cuts through Qi, kills gods, and severs souls! There is no technique that can withstand it!"
Even the Devas were trembling in their hearts and souls as they loudly cried out.
At this moment, they were unable to sense the Power of Heaven and Earth anymore; even their perception of the outside world seemed to be completely replaced by the intense sharpness emanating from the Sword Qi.
Without shattering this wave of Sword Qi with their Spiritual Power, Will Power, and the Power of the Spirit, they wouldn’t even qualify to oppose the Sky Extreme Sword.
Compared to those Monarchs and Devas, Immortal Wu Zhong, as a Saint, was the one to bear the brunt.
He vividly felt his nearly Mahayana Undying Will being sliced through like tofu before a sharp blade under the slash of the Sky Extreme Sword.
Even though his piece of tofu was somewhat large, it still couldn’t withstand the edge of the Sky Extreme Sword. It seemed he could only watch as the Sword Qi of the Sky Extreme Sword advanced relentlessly until it completely ripped his Undying Will to shreds before striking his soul.
"How is this possible!? How can this Divine Weapon be so powerful!?"
Immortal Wunian’s eyes widened, his will trembling, as he constantly consolidated energy, trying to wear down the power of the Sky Extreme Sword Qi.
The World Sword hanging from his waist was brought out immediately; even though it wasn’t fully mastered, its trait as a Divine Weapon emitted waves of spiritual Sword Qi, blocking the sharpness of the Sky Extreme Sword.
Yet even so, it only slowed down the pace at which the Sky Extreme Sword Qi advanced.
"Damn it!"
A killing intent burst forth in Immortal Wu Zhong’s eyes.
The twenty-meter-tall Saint Body crossed the space between them in an instant, a fist pounding ferociously towards the void where Venerable Xuan Tian was.
The wild surge of Power and energy release caused the space within a few hundred meters to be violently compressed.
Like an air cannon.
In an instant...
Venerable Xuan Tian’s control over the Power of Heaven and Earth was crushed into fine powder, the blasting force rippled out like Gang Qi crazily slicing in all directions, and the pavilions and houses surrounding him collapsed in the impact, stirring up countless dust.
But before Immortal Wu Zhong launched his strike at Venerable Xuan Tian, the latter had already made a hasty retreat.
Despite having been pursued for years and not concentrating much on other aspects, his mastery over movement techniques was arguably at its peak.
Although Immortal Wu Zhong’s punch shattered the domain of Power of Heaven and Earth he controlled, his figure was like a feather blown by the wind, retreating swiftly and lightly.
As he retreated hastily, the Sky Extreme Sword in his hand slashed out again.
While Immortal Wu Zhong’s Undying Will and the Sky Extreme Sword Qi were still battling, his twenty-meter Saint Body, which had not yet reached Mahayana, had already become sluggish in its operation.
When the second sword strike of the Sky Extreme Sword landed, the Undying Will dissolved even faster, and its Sword Light even penetrated the dual assault of the Undying Will and the Spirituality of the World Sword, striking his soul directly.
At that instant, Immortal Wu Zhong’s divine sense was violently shaken, and both his thoughts and consciousness trembled, while his Undying Will was rapidly weakened.
It was even difficult to maintain his vast Saint Body.
"Unless your Undying Will reaches Perfection, or your True Spirit undergoes Crystalization, you cannot withstand the edge of the Sky Extreme Sword,"
During this time, Venerable Xuan Tian retreated rapidly, instantly increasing the distance between them.
He looked at Wu Zhong’s Saint Body, which contained terrifying energy, "As long as you achieve either of the two points mentioned earlier, even if you have just condensed your Saint Body, killing me would not be difficult. But now..."
He stopped his retreating figure and calmly looked at Immortal Wu Zhong, whose power and energy level far exceeded his own, "Can we have a proper talk now?"
Immortal Wu Zhong’s expression was extremely ugly.
Divine Weapons were initially created to give cultivators the ability to slay Demon Spirits.
But due to the similarities between the Demon Spirit and Heavenly Master systems, the Heavenly Masters discovered that with just a slight refinement of the Divine Weapon, it could also cause fatal damage to True Spirits and spiritual natures.
The essence of True Spirits and spiritual natures is the soul.
In other words, all Divine Weapons have the trait of harming the soul; the degree of damage just varies.
The kind of soul damage that even True Spirits of the Heavenly Master Lineage cannot bear...
Cultivators have an even harder time withstanding it.
This kind of weapon was once considered to be an invention that would surpass even the Ruins Beasts in the future.
At this moment, having personally experienced it, Immortal Wu Zhong profoundly realized the strength of the Sky Extreme Sword.
"My Undying Will has not yet reached Mahayana, and I hastily forged a twenty-meter Holy Body... If my Holy Body were only fifteen meters, or even ten meters..."
The Saint looked at the World Sword in his hand...
He knew from the great battle a hundred years ago that even the combined forces of the World Sword, Star Sword, Light, Xu Wu, and the weapons held by the Abyss Lord from the outer space could not suppress the edge of the Sky Extreme Sword.
But he never imagined that the gap between the two Divine Weapons would be so vast!
Was it all because he wasn’t accepted by this Divine Weapon?
After a while, he turned towards Venerable Xuan Tian with a dark expression, "What do you want to talk about?"
"Master Wushi."
Venerable Xuan Tian said.
"Senior Brother Wushi? Are you trying to continue to flaunt your strength by bringing him up?"
Immortal Wu Zhong said coldly.
At the same time, he secretly gave his disciple Xuan Hai a meaningful look.
Xuan Hai immediately understood.
If Immortal Wu Zhong alone could not defeat Venerable Xuan Tian, what about with Immortal Wunian added into the mix?
Right away, he quickly left and sent a message through his communication spiritual artifact to the Yuqing Lineage.
"Since I was young, I possessed a special talent that allowed me to feel the emotions of others."
Venerable Xuan Tian spoke as if he hadn’t noticed Immortal Wu Zhong’s subtle movements, "And when I obtained the Sky Extreme Sword and made contact with the ’Spirit,’ this perception became even stronger."
Immortal Wu Zhong’s face changed.
"I not only feel your malice towards me, but just now, when I mentioned Master Wushi, I also sensed your malice towards him. Do you want to kill him?"
Venerable Xuan Tian said.
"Nonsense."
Immortal Wu Zhong shouted fiercely, "Master Wushi is the senior brother I respect the most, I..."
"Such a hypocrite. Choosing to ask a hypocrite like you for information about Master Wushi was a mistake,"
Venerable Xuan Tian said, his gaze falling on the World Sword in his possession, "This was his Sabre, and now it’s in your hands. That in itself signifies something."
Immortal Wu Zhong’s eyes flashed coldly, "Now I understand; from the beginning, your target was the World Sword in my possession."
"When one dwells in darkness, some seek the light, while others believe that all the world is dark,"
Venerable Xuan Tian spoke calmly, "Give me the World Sword. Moreover, stop sending people to kill me. Because doing so will only lead to their senseless deaths."
Having said that, he seemed to recall something, "I forgot the conversational style you’re accustomed to. So, to get you to agree... since I obtained the ownership of the Sky Extreme Sword, I’ve comprehended a Killing Move called ’Demon Emperor’s Heaven and Earth’. Please, have a taste."
He courteously announced the name of the Killing Move before, and then...
The Sky Extreme Sword.
Struck!
...
Gu Jinlai, who had slain six Demon Demon Kings, was already leading his forces in a sweeping advancement into the eastern and western Mu States, rapidly bringing those two Great States under control.
Just then, astonishing news spread from the Sanqing Hall.
After killing Master Wushi, Venerable Xuan Tian went to Sanqing Hall to challenge Immortal Infinite Yuxu.
Though he was no match for Immortal Wu Zhong, the Supreme Divine Weapon World Sword was seized by Venerable Xuan Tian.
Now, Venerable Xuan Tian carried two major Divine Weapons.
Less than half a day later, another earth-shaking piece of news burst throughout all realms.
It turned out that for the past hundred years, the only Earthly True Immortal in Qiantian, Master Wushi, never ventured out because his True Spirit was wandering the True Spirit Realm. His purpose was to organize the Spirit Realm and prevent the Demon Realm Rift from expanding unchecked.
Now that Immortal Wushi had fallen at the hands of Venerable Xuan Tian, with his death, the Spirit Realm was left untended, and the expansion of the Demon Realm Rift would increase exponentially in the future.
Moreover, the Devils who had always been wary of Immortal Wushi, the Earthly True Immortal, would now eagerly seize the opportunity to invade the Qiantian World.
One could foresee that the future of Qiantian would be fraught with peril.
Having committed such a heinous crime that provoked outrage both heaven and earth, the Immortals Wu Zhong and Wunian of the Sanqing Hall called upon the Four Great Saints of the world in the name of Sanqing Hall’s Immortal Wushi, echoing the call of a century past, to combine the power of the Six Saints and eradicate the master of the Sky Extreme Sword, Venerable Xuan Tian, to restore peace to the world.
