Heavenly Extreme Sword

"Red Shadow!"

Gu Jinlai out a low shout, staring at him. "You're saying that what Xuan Tianzun is holding is a Spirit Artifact!?"

"Yes, a powerful spiritual Spirit Artifact, probably a top- Spirit Artifact, otherwise it wouldn't be enough for the Immortal Palace to make such a fuss."

As Chiying spoke, she seemed to realize something and exclaimed in surprise, "You sensed it?"

"I sensed it, but what I sensed was more than just a magical Spirit Artifact."

Looking at the terrifying spiritual energy wave that shot straight into the sky and cut through the void ten miles away, Gu Jinlai have concluded. "I estimate... it's a Dao artifact!"

"A Dao artifact!? The message from the Immortal Palace mentioned Spirit Artifact..."

Chi Ying's expression changed, and he quickly realized something. "He lied to us!?"

Very likely.

After all, how precious is a Dao artifact!

That was a treasure that could drive even Celestial Person mad.

Are you sure that's our target?

"You can tell just by looking at it from ten miles away."

This Gu Jinlai.

The spiritual fluctuations were uncontrollable, indicating that the opponent could not yet control this divine weapon, which was likely a Dao artifact. No Gu Jinlai would let it go.

Chi Ying's expression shifted several times; he seemed to have thought of something and struggled with his thoughts.

But in the end, he still caught up with the Gu Jinlai.

The two deliberately chose a hill, intending to observe from a distance after getting several miles away.

However, before the two could get close to their target, the opponent seemed to have sensed something and leaped out from his hiding place, his figure flashing away.

From Gu Jinlai the present, we have been able to look far and wide.

That is...

A young man whose face looked extremely young, yet whose temples were already gray.

"It's him!"

Crimson Shadow suddenly exclaimed in a low voice, "Xuantian Venerable!"

But the next second, Akakage's expression changed.

The boy who darted out wasn't fleeing, but rather...

Straight to the Gu Jinlai, arriving in crimson shadow.

Judging from his appearance...

He wants to silence them!

"How dare you!"

Crimson Shadow growled, "Ancient Heavenly Lord, he hasn't refined that Dao... Supreme-grade Spiritual Sword yet. He's essentially a Nascent Soul Spirit Transformation without a flying sword. With that killing Spirit Artifact you have, he's absolutely..."

Before he could finish speaking, Xuan Tianzun, who had charged in, drew his sword.

Spirituality.

An overwhelming spirituality.

Celestial Masters, even Grand Celestial Masters, can hardly cause any substantial harm to ordinary cultivators unless they purify and unleash their spirituality to the extreme or practice targeted secret techniques.

At best, it makes them appear as if they are hallucinating.

After all, the spirituality of ordinary people is buried deep within their souls and not outwardly manifested, so they are naturally not harmed.

However, when spirituality breaks through to the level of True Spirit, its influence and harm on the cultivator will gradually become significant.

If further aided by secret techniques, such as the Eternal Divine Light, it can even distort and solidify a person's thoughts.

It can cause more substantial damage to Yin Spirit that are somewhat similar to spiritual beings.

But before his eyes, as Xuan Tianzun drew his sword, the spiritual energy emanating from that divine sword...

It is stronger than the True Spirit.

They seemed to break through the barrier between nothingness and reality, creating something from nothing, transforming into sword light that pierced through thought and soul, coming from three miles away.

In an instant, Chi Ying's thoughts froze.

His spirit and consciousness seemed to be pierced, cut, and even obliterated by beams of "real" sword light...

It shows signs of collapse.

Even a Spirit Refining, before such spiritual energy condensed into Sword Qi that could kill, would face only death.

But...

He also had someone from Gu Jinlai with him.

Those who cultivate True Spirit Gu Jinlai.

Although his True Spirit was relatively weak compared to that of a true Heavenly Lord, as his True Spirit manifested, a blazing sun suddenly rose from above his head, radiating boundless light and heat.

Eternal divine light.

The Sword Qi that pierced through the void and obliterated souls melted away rapidly under the terrifying divine light and high temperature of the blazing sun, like ice and snow rushing towards the scorching sun.

But...

There's too much Sword Qi.

Some of the Sword Qi actually withstood the blazing flames of the great sun and shot into the illusory image of the great sun that has been manifested by True Spirit Gu Jinlai.

For a moment, his True Spirit trembled and was on the verge of collapse.

"Buzz!"

A clear light filled the air.

The first thing he Gu Jinlai was to inject a beam of clear light into the miniature consciousness to repair it. At the same time, he suddenly raised the close-in weapon with his right hand, and flames shot out from the close-in weapon in an instant!

"Sizzle!"

A bullet as sharp as a rainbow!

A visible streak of flame shot towards Xuan Tianzun, who was two or three miles away, its piercing shriek tearing through the void.

Faced with this barrage of bullets, Xuan Tianzun, who had just drawn his sword, paused, his figure flashing wildly at an incredible speed.

That kind of Movement Method...

It was breathtaking.

At the same time, the divine weapon in his hand, which was definitely at the Dao artifact level, burst forth with visible sword light, tearing through the void, striking bullets, and plowing through the ground layer by layer.

The sword light and the bullet collided, bursting out a dense burst of sparks.

In just a second, Xuan Tianzun realized what was happening, and retreated rapidly, quickly widening the speed gap between the two.

Only now did Chi Ying seem to suddenly awaken from the pain and fear of her soul being nearly pierced by the Sword Qi.

"Heavenly Sword!"

He let out a terrified, incredulous scream, staggered, and retreated frantically, as if trying to get as far away from Xuan Tianzun and that figure as possible.

Far away...

The young man frowned as he looked at the illusory image of the great sun, which had remained almost unchanged Gu Jinlai despite the Sword Qi attacks.

Considering the endless stream of pursuers behind him, he retreated at an extremely fast speed to a distance of three or four miles, his figure leaping away, continuing to move further away, and soon disappeared from Gu Jinlai's sight.

Even so, Gu Jinlai have never dared to relax their vigilance in the slightest.

He stared intently in the direction where Xuan Tianzun had disappeared, his close-in weapon system radar tracking him the entire time.

Six li, ten li, twenty li, thirty li...

Only after Xuan Tianzun had completely disappeared at an extremely fast speed did he exhale a long breath and withdraw his True Spirit from its activated state.

Suddenly...

A wave of exhaustion, mixed with a stinging sensation, washed over me.

"My True Spirit is injured..."

They quickly realized what was Gu Jinlai.

Xuan Tianzun's sword strike injured his True Spirit.

Even though he pushed his True Spirit power to its limit and burned the Sword Qi formed from spirituality with eternal divine light, he was still injured by the opponent's sword.

This was still the crudest and most basic application of the sword's spiritual power...

It's like hitting someone with the barrel of a sniper rifle.

"The Heavenly Sword! The Heavenly Sword! That's the Heavenly Sword!"

At this moment, a voice filled with fear and trembling came from behind Gu Jinlai.

"The Celestial Sword?"

I had heard the Crimson Shadow's shouts Gu Jinlai, and now I hear him mention it again...

A sudden flash of inspiration struck my mind.

"The Heavenly Sword you mentioned, could it be...?"

"Yes."

Chi Ying nodded vigorously, trembling as he said, "It's the Heavenly Sword that the Heavenly Emperor used back then! The peerless divine sword that made him famous!"

"The Heavenly Sword! It's actually that Heavenly Sword!"

Gu Jinlai have been deeply moved by this.

As the number one master in the world a hundred years ago, the life and experiences of the Heavenly Emperor have been studied and understood by countless people over the years, and the research is extremely thorough.

The Celestial Sword, the Light, the Void, the Heart of the Stars, the Sword of the World, and many other divine weapons are all peerless treasures unearthed from a sacred ruin long ago.

It is unknown which floating island in the Holy Realm collapsed and fell into the ocean. Many treasures inside were obtained by the people, which led to the emergence of a series of top sects such as the Great Qian Royal Family, the Three Pure Ones Holy Temple, and the Heavenly Immortal Holy Temple.

It is also because of the existence of these divine weapons that the cultivation world of Qiantian seems to have become polarized.

Without the power of divine weapons, even a Celestial Person would be difficult to be born.

And those forces possessing divine weapons...

Saints, and even true immortals on land, have been numerous for a long time.

Looking in the direction where Xuan Tianzun disappeared, Gu Jinlai really wanted to chase after him and take the Tianji Sword in his hand.

But reason stopped him.

The Immortal Palace must know that the Heavenly Sword is in the hands of the Mysterious Heavenly Venerable. If he really does take possession of the Heavenly Sword...

They will soon be hunted down by this Celestial Person being-like force.

Furthermore, Xuan Tianzun is not a weakling.

Even if he did not control the Heavenly Sword, the power of the Heavenly Sword itself was enough to pose a fatal threat to him.

He even felt fortunate that he was a Heavenly Lord, and that the blazing sun he conjured could dissolve the spiritual Sword Qi emitted by the Heavenly Sword with its eternal divine light.

If it were replaced by a Primordial Spirit True Lord...

They might all perish under the Xuan Tianzun and the Tianji Sword.

The First Divine Sword of Qiantian.

This is by no means empty talk.

"I have informed the Xuzhen Tower of the news through a special method. This matter is beyond our control. Soon, the Golden Sword Envoy, or even the Tower Master himself, will take charge."

At this moment, Akakage suddenly spoke.

As he spoke, he appeared somewhat nervous.

It has been guessed by Gu Jinlai.

He was afraid he would kill someone to cover it up.

After all...

That's the Heavenly Sword.

However, Gu Jinlai didn't say anything, only asking, "So, is our mission complete?"

"Not only did we complete it, we exceeded our target."

Chi Ying immediately said, "The information about the Heavenly Sword is completely equivalent to a gold-level mission. Our Xuzhen Tower might even offer an extra reward afterward."

"That's good."

Gu Jinlai nodded.

Since Akakage has already sent out the message using an unknown method, he definitely can't be killed.

He even had to consider the possibility that Xuzhenlou might try to kill him if they wanted to keep the information for themselves.

Therefore, he also needs to make some preparations.

He immediately said, "Then let's go back."

Chi Ying wanted to say that the Golden Swordsman in charge had arrived and needed to inquire about the specific details, but the Heavenly Sword was of great importance, and both sides were worried about provoking the other and forcing him to kill to silence him and block the news.

In the end, Akakage didn't dare to stop him.

Maintaining this cautious vigilance, the two soon left Crocodile Dragon Swamp.

Once they left Crocodile Dragon Swamp, they no longer wasted Gu Jinlai time. They didn't even bother to inquire about the information of the Aries Star Lord. They parted ways with Red Shadow and headed straight for Lingxiao City.

After Gu Jinlai left, the closest direct descendant of the Golden Sword Envoy arrived.

After learning the details, the Golden Sword Envoy could only sigh, "Things have come to this point. It's unrealistic for our Xuzhen Tower to take over this secret place. Besides... we can't just sell this information as a piece of golden-robed intelligence because the Heavenly Sword has damaged our reputation."

Red Shadow nodded. "Then what about the Silver Sword Envoys of Gu Jinlai..."

"He..."

The Golden Sword Envoy remained silent for a while before saying, "Presenting golden intelligence, how shall we reward you? Let's follow the rules of our Xuzhen Tower."

"Yes."

After understanding Lou Zhong's attitude, Chi Ying breathed a long sigh of relief.