Chapter 1786 - 1382: A Heavy Price, Terrifying Heavenly Will! (Extra - for Monthly Tickets)
A swordsman may need to know how to draw the sword and how to strike.
But for a Sword God, the sword lies within the heart; wherever the gaze lands, there lies the sword. Even a single pore could emit Sword Qi, and a strand of hair could concentrate Sword Intent.
What needs to be achieved is no longer how to draw or strike the sword, but merely knowing where the sword should pierce—that is the ultimate goal!
It’s like a skilled Cuju Shooter, who only needs to know the direction of the goal, and then shoot.
Now, the Sword Saint has discerned the direction to "shoot," the heaviness in his gaze vanished, replaced by Sword Intent!
As if a mythical Sword Intent!
His astonishing Sword Intent burst forth like two beams of Golden Light from his eyes, and with a sword finger poised at the void, he suddenly stabbed out!
Striking towards the heavens, as long as the sword is drawn, it is aimed at its destination; no matter which direction it pierces, it is aimed at the sky, because—the entire world is under heaven’s shroud!
Buzz!——
The void trembles with a massive wave.
Under the terrifying "Heavenly Will," where the Qi Mechanism of heaven and earth seemed fully enshrined in amber, this earth-shattering, fearsome Sword Intent tore open a gap by force.
Just as that gap was torn open, the void twisted.
Blazing auroras as vivid as unfolding petals erupted from the air disturbed by the Sword Saint’s extended sword finger.
It was as if another strange time-space emerged from the pierced void.
This isn’t the power of Shattering Void, yet it’s a sword of frightening might comparable to breaking the void—a sword striking directly at the heart, the spirit.
If Shattering Void is a disturbance of matter,
Then Sword Twenty-Three is a disturbance of the heart’s spirit.
The Qi Mechanism of heaven and earth, which had been firmly oppressed by the horrific Heavenly Will like an iron slab, showed signs of fleeting looseness at this moment.
Even the ’Heavenly Will’ was moved by the Sword Saint’s Sword Intent.
In the vague, long-term, non-subjective "memory"...
This sensation, similar to being "pricked," was last created by some ant in existence calling the Heavenly Slash Sword Technique before going into countless immersions of oblivion.
The indistinct consciousness, mostly blocked by the Emperor’s Qi Mechanism, diverted from Jiang Dali, who stimulated it, to another "ant" that delivered a more potent stimulus—the Sword Saint’s Primordial Spirit hidden within Guang Chengzi’s Immortal Bone Relics.
Jiang Dali immediately felt the terrifying pressure further alleviated.
With his thoughts nearly immobilized by the target lock and unable to move, he stopped consuming Cultivation Points on the panel without hesitation, halting the move to enter the Breakthrough Realm.
Like a foot about to traverse a mountain of swords yet poised to be severed, it hovered in mid-air, advancing no more.
The blood bar, plummeting to a mere third as if falling like a waterfall to the valley bottom, gradually decelerated its descent.
Boom!——
At this moment, the Sword Saint’s Primordial Spirit let out a cry of pain, the astounding Sword Intent from his eyes collapsing like a candle flame extinguished instantly by a strong wind.
Subsequently, Guang Chengzi’s Immortal Bone Relics began to bleed from the seven orifices, his entire robe spontaneously combusting without fire. All over, his blood, flesh, and bones emitted creaks as though under oppressive weight, seemingly on the verge of a bodily explosion leading to death.
The Sword Saint’s Primordial Spirit, concealed within Guang Chengzi, realized at this moment, with fear so intense he couldn’t even shiver, facing the same paralyzing fate encountered by Jiang Dali when locked; the Primordial Spirit couldn’t escape from Guang Chengzi’s body.
At this moment, Guang Chengzi’s Immortal Bone Relics, originally acting as a refuge for his Primordial Spirit, became a prison dragging him to the grave, aiming to obliterate his Primordial Spirit along with his indestructible body, resulting in Body and Soul Destroyed.
Under Heavenly Authority, even Guang Chengzi’s Immortal Bone Relics at the Shattered Vajra Level couldn’t withstand.
Just the oppressive presence of awareness and Qi Mechanism across distant time and space threatened annihilation.
At this critical moment, the Winds and Clouds miraculously twisted and churned without "Heavenly Will’s" confinement.
Within Unrivaled City, a violently rotating pillar of wind rose from the ground, connecting its top with the clouds, appearing like a massive pillar holding up the sky.
Moreover, the clouds in the sky surged and rolled, converging into a mass, piled up in layers, forming a thundercloud encircling Unrivaled City from all sides like an iron cage. The fierce wind from its base extended downward in a curved cloud column.
From above to below, from afar, it appeared like a long cloud dragon in the wind, connecting heaven and earth, undulating in mid-air, forming a terrifying Qi Mechanism of heaven and earth that, akin to Dragon Water Absorption, powerfully agitated the Qi Mechanism sealed and restrained by Heavenly Will.
Wind and Clouds in Harmony!
"Ching!!"
In an instant, an overlord’s unmatched Sword Intent, amidst the rising winds and clouds, unexpectedly erupted from an underground passage beneath the iron pillar and soared into the sky.
The azure Sword Light, like a big dragon tumbling, instantaneously connected with the wind and cloud pillar, as if igniting a vast chain of lightning, sending electric arcs wherever it passed, shooting straight to the sky.
Boom!——
Instantly, the sky and light unified, the azure lightning and Shocking Dragon, within them, a sword shadow ascended to the sky, manifesting like an immense Azure Dragon Crescent Moon Saber spanning heaven and earth.
The Qi mechanism of the entire Unrivaled City was stirred by this azure sword light, causing the city to tremble. For a moment, even the ’Heavenly’ Will that locked onto Guang Chengzi’s Immortal Bone Relics seemed to faintly pause, as if trembling under the Sword Intent.
Feng, Yun, Wu, the three great Life Charts, jointly revealed their might for the first time, confronting the Heavenly Will.
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"Do not destroy my master’s corporeal shell!!"
Suddenly, an angry and frustrated spiritual wave emanated from afar.
A subtle Primordial Spirit Wave appeared at the speed of lightning, rapidly emerging in this stagnated space of the earth’s energy Qi mechanism.
Like a stream of flowing light, it swiftly entered the center of Guang Chengzi’s Immortal Bone Relics’ forehead, unleashing a wave filled with coldness yet faintly akin to the ’Heavenly’ Will.
In an instant—
The already blurry Heavenly Will seemed disturbed by the suddenly appearing akin wave, instinctively avoiding the locked Guang Chengzi’s Immortal Bone Relics, then sweeping its consciousness towards Jiang Dali, who faintly emitted an aura of disgust and repulsion.
However, at this moment, Jiang Dali had already given up on breaking through to the Breakthrough Realm, and his aura had completely collapsed. In the eyes of the Heavenly Will, he had lost any threat that could stimulate it, although he was still somewhat "offensive," prompting an instinctive desire to clear him out like rubbish.
But on the other side, the greater threat, Emperor, who continued to confront most of its Will power, forced it to quickly shift focus, relying on simple ’likes and dislikes’ instincts to control its obscure consciousness to strike toward the Emperor, who had severely threatened it.
BOOM!! ——
Two terrifying and dreadful Qi mechanisms collided, like two large fish fiercely crashing together in a small pond, stirring up massive waves and ripples sweeping across the pond.
Jiang Dali just felt his mind go blank with a ’BOOM,’ and his spiritual sense to the earth’s energy Qi mechanism was completely severed. His thoughts plunged into chaos, unable to contemplate any more issues.
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It was unknown how long had passed.
Breezy cold wind blew against the hair on his body, ruffling his skin.
A tingling itchiness yet sticky discomfort came from various parts of his body, awakening Jiang Dali from his muddled consciousness and faint state.
"Sss——"
Instantly awake, a sharp pain shot through his head, as if a long needle had deeply pierced and rotated within his brain, causing Jiang Dali’s rugged face to slightly pale, drawing a cold breath. The previously extremely active brain, with this stabbing pain, seemed jammed and slowed in thought.
"¥%@...#@#!*"
As a flood of information about previously occurring events surged into his mind, not only did he fail to immediately clarify it in an instant, but it instead caused his brain to swell painfully and fatigue, leaving his thoughts stray and dazed.
Aside from this, his once powerful physique seemed numbed and sluggish due to the transient paralysis of his brain, even causing difficulty in executing commands for corresponding movements, as if he might become a vegetative person.
A cold, grand, terrifying force of Will even lingered within his body and brain.
Even his spirit and psyche seemed overshadowed by a layer of fearsome shadow...
Like the terrifying vertical pupil that lightly opened in the chaotic memory, becoming a persistent nightmare.
This force precisely obstructs and affects the recovery of his body, severely impacting his spirit and psyche from returning to a calm state.
It seems this direct face-to-face encounter with the ’Heavenly’ Will during the breakthrough failure has left a profound Heart Demon in his spirit.
And the invaded Heavenly Qi mechanism within his body, akin to layers of rust, now makes his body seem like a delicate machine, unable to operate normally due to the corrosion. Each thought and command transmitted from the brain is a difficult and painful process.
The breakthrough attempt through the Breakthrough Realm unexpectedly encountered such terrifying and enormous risks.
Even though Jiang Dali had prepared to die once before attempting the breakthrough, he had also done meticulous planning in advance.
Yet the current dreadful half-dead state left him no room for shock because his sluggish thoughts had no excess energy to be surprised.
However, he does not regret it.
’Regret’ has never been in his dictionary.
When deciding to do something, he considers the worst outcome and the reasons it must be done, simultaneously making plans for remedies if the worst happens.
The present condition still isn’t his expected worst-case scenario of being ’round-trip’ by ’Heavenly’ several times; he managed to preserve his chastity. Moreover, the direct confrontation with the ’Heavenly’ during this encounter is a precious experience, allowing him to truly realize the dreadful power at the Emperor’s level.
Knowing the gap, he now has greater ambition and a target to pursue.
His slow spiritual sense detected the Sword Saint’s Primordial Spirit Qi mechanism still existed, so he immediately relaxed and began to focus on himself, struggling to open the panel, reviewing the current special negative states, aiming to find remedies tailored to them...
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