Chapter 913 - 637: Heaven-Defying Realm Cultivator
Chen Sheng walked forward slowly, with a gentle wave of his sleeve, countless Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, Divine Weapons, and mystical treasures automatically withdrew their light and obediently entered his sleeve.
Having gathered everything, he turned to leave.
Yet, just as his steps slightly moved, an inexplicable pull suddenly came from the depths of the void.
Chen Sheng frowned slightly:
"Hmm? What is this..."
In the next moment, an indescribably vast and irresistibly majestic force descended out of nowhere.
Soundless, breathless, without ripples or waves...
Yet it directly tore him whole from the cave, forming a ring of cause and effect that erased all traces.
Chen Sheng’s heart was dramatically shaken, the Dao Rhyme around him instantly taut as strings, stirring towering waves within his heart.
Despite his experience spanning several reincarnations, even he was intimidated by this force.
"Such force... is absolutely beyond the grasp of Ancestral God level!"
"Not to mention the Ancestral God of this world, even the Emperor of this world might not have such effortless measures to close off cause and effect!"
In a breath, he was forcefully pulled into a space he had never seen.
This world was supremely transcendental.
All around was murky as if chaos was newly lifted, clear and turbid airs intertwined, indistinguishable from one another, no sky or earth, no sun or moon, no birth or extinction, no beginning or end.
There was no difference in up or down, no distinction in before or after, it entirely severed trajectories of time and space, cutting off all expansion of cause and effect; the past was unreachable, the future unknown, the present unretainable, truly beyond the three realms and not within the Five Elements.
Chen Sheng stood quietly in the void, slowly suppressing the waves within his heart, scanning the surroundings with his gaze, inwardly astonished:
"Outside the three realms, not within the Five Elements... this realm carries a certain ethereal and transcendental quality akin to Celestial Brilliance Immortal Mountain."
"To create such a Secret Realm that isolates all heaven’s Great Dao, the master here must be at least of Mahayana Loose Immortal level!"
"This fortuitous encounter of mine, is it blessing or calamity..."
His heart slightly sank.
Facing an existence at such a level, he didn’t even qualify to resist.
𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚
Within a thought, he prepared for the worst scenario, ready at any moment to retract this dimension’s ’his and I’ imprint, ending this life’s dimensional wander and withdraw.
However.
The next moment, in the center of the void, space slightly twisted, and an ancient and simple stone wall suddenly emerged, radiating soft light throughout, calmly spanning the world.
The stone wall was entirely plain white, without a single pattern or decoration, smooth as a mirror, untouched by dust, yet within, a terrifying Sword Intent capable of severing eternity and tearing the firmament lay dormant.
That Sword Intent had slumbered for endless ages, leaking none of its power, but it seemed able to cut through all restraints, annihilate all rules, disarray all destinies.
Chen Sheng’s eyelid twitched wildly, even the Dao Rhyme surrounding him couldn’t help but tremble slightly.
"Such Sword Intent... what terrifying sharpness!"
"Compared to the ’Xuan Pin Connecting Heaven Sword Manual’ I cultivated in my previous life, it is not inferior at all, perhaps even more domineering and heaven-defying!"
’Xuan Pin Connecting Heaven Sword Manual’ was his core Technique in the past life, directly leading to the Mahayana Fifth Realm, just a step away from the True Immortal Realm.
And the Sword Intent before him could rival it, even faintly surpassing it.
Hum—!!
A vibration, not echoing in the ears, but resonantly rumbling in the deepest part of the Divine Soul, as if the voice of Great Dao, striking at the source.
In the next moment, the stone wall abruptly disintegrated, turning into endless primordial light dust, scattered in the void.
Immediately, an ancient sword scroll, entirely pitch-black, seemingly condensed from endless annihilated stars and chaotic fine gold, slowly floated out of the depths of the void.
The scroll’s surface circulated with the aura of annihilation and rebirth interwoven, ancient, vast, domineering, heaven-defying; upon its appearance, it slightly stagnant space.
On the sword scroll, no picture, no writing, no symbol, yet countless dense and sharp Sword Patterns intricately entwined.
Each Sword Pattern was unfathomably deep, akin to a Heavenly Dao chain forcefully severed, concealing infinite true meanings of Sword Dao, directly pointing to the essence of Great Dao.
"Heaven-Shearing Sword Dao..."
Chen Sheng gazed at the sword scroll, his mind slightly moved, four words naturally uttered from his mouth.
As if this name had long been etched deep within his Divine Soul, inherent from birth, needing no thought, no identification, comprehensible within a thought.
As the words fell, the sword scroll seemed to possess Spirituality, gently unfolding on its own.
Infinite Sword Light gushed out from the scroll, not blazing, not violent, yet encompassing all things in heaven and earth, spanning ancient times to present.
Dao Principle, cause and effect, time and space, destiny, reincarnation, Yin Yang, Five Elements... all tangible and intangible laws enveloped under the Sword Light.
Within the Sword Light, a hazy and imposing figure slowly condensed.
Unclear in visage, indiscernible in form, yet a pervasive majesty looking down upon ages and independently ruling all heavens spreads, compressing space-time into distortion.
"I am the Sword Master. Later one, watch closely."
The phantom spoke, not loudly, but each word shook the void into fragments and continual collapse, each containing supreme Sword Principle.
Chen Sheng stood with hands behind his back, eyes calmly watching the phantom, yet understanding in his heart.
"Indeed so."
"To create such a Secret Realm and leave such a heaven-defying Sword Dao is beyond the reach of beings like Liu Xiang Ancestral God."
"The so-called Ancestral God legacy is but a guise to deceive."
"This Sword Master... what realm might he be? Emperor Realm, or... the legendary Celestial Dao Realm?"
He pondered but said no more, merely standing quietly, awaiting what follows.
Soon, the phantom spoke no more, the myriad Sword Patterns around him suddenly blossomed, forming a Sword Rainbow that pierced through ancient to future, breaking through nine heavens clouds!
The Sword Intent soared through the sky, stirring the void space into a violent rumble and quake.
Chaos and clear turbid shifted, Earth Fire, wind, water boiled, time-space collapsed and folded, the Great Dao mournfully bowed down as if the entire world would be cloven by this sword.
"Heaven-Shearing Sword Dao, First Layer — Severing Laws!
Cut through all worldly laws, not bound by any Dao Principle, impervious to all laws!"
"Second Layer — Severing Fate..."
As each word fell, a vast layer of Sword Intent imprinted in the Divine Soul, countless profound truths autonomously surged into the sea of consciousness.
Chen Sheng closed his eyes and focused, immersing his heart and spirit completely in the Sword Dao Inheritance, endless insights surged like tides.
As the comprehension deepened, a distinct sense of separation emerged sharply within him.
This Sword Dao Inheritance contradicted the Martial Arts cultivation system circulating outside, even being completely oppositional.
...
Unlimited Sword Light.
Endless Dao sound resonated.
"The final layer — Severing Heaven! This is... Heaven-Defying Realm Sword Dao, leaping out from the root of Great Annihilation and Reincarnation!"
Chen Sheng suddenly opened his eyes, a hint of doubt flashing in his gaze:
"Heaven-Defying Realm?"
"Not Celestial Dao Realm?"
This Sword Master’s Inheritance, complete in system, clear in veins.
Starting from Saint Realm, through Ancestral God Realm, Emperor Realm, each realm containing three swords, advancing layer by layer, and the final sword, clearly surpassing the Emperor, pointing towards a brand new realm — Heaven-Defying Realm.
Though he hadn’t instantly comprehended all mysteries, the fundamental content was already clear in his mind.
"Cultivators in the Heaven-Defying Realm, need not blend with heaven’s heart, need not refine Celestial Dao Fruit Position, do not rely on heaven or depend on Great Dao."
"Those in this realm, eternally indestructible, elusive to cataclysm, can sever cause and effect, defy life and death, even if body and Divine Soul both perished, can return against the flow from the river of time-space, unwavering through myriad tribulations."
...
Within the cave Secret Realm. The Sword Master’s phantom re-coalesced, his imposing gaze falling upon Chen Sheng, carrying a hint of expectation:
"I left this Inheritance not merely to perpetuate the vein of Sword Dao."
"But to seek someone who can truly bear this path and stand shoulder to shoulder with me."
"Now, as the era’s end approaches, the calamity of heaven looms, all beings are but straw dogs, even the Great Dao shall plunge."
"Later one, rise quickly, grow swiftly."
"I await you at the end of the era, then together you and I shall defy the Heavenly Dao, shatter heaven’s cage, granting all sentient beings a true freedom and clarity."
As his words fell, the Sword Master phantom raised his hand in a wave.
An ancient, weighty tome, brimming with primordial aura, slowly emerged from the void, quietly hovering before Chen Sheng.
On the tome’s cover, four powerful and ancient characters, like the condensation of Great Dao, shined brilliantly — ’Taigu Secret Record’
"I know of the many doubts in your heart."
"After reading it, many mysteries will unravel themselves."
"See you at the end."