Arc 27The Guardian Anomaly War

Zhang Yang coordinated the Sword Immortal World’s defense, uncovered the Heart of Heaven and Earth’s rebellion, and led the forces against a guardian great anomaly. After Sword Dao advanced and threats retreated, he prepared to conceal part of Sword Dao Half-Dimension while warning that the Third Generation Insecticide still threatened them.

  • Zhang Yang secretly returned to Table World, promised Table great merit for victory, and revealed that the Sword Immortal Hall held vast reserves of compressed sword qi.
  • Zhang Yang discovered that the Heart of Heaven and Earth had absorbed the Sword Immortal World’s battle damage and was nearing a major transformation.
  • Zhang Yang and Mu Shaoan staged a conflict to trap the rebellious Heart of Heaven and Earth, sealing it as the forty-third Heaven and Earth Barrier layer.
  • Mu Shaoan led an expedition into Ancient God “Game”’s cursed plane, where his team shattered the Ghost Bridge and learned of the Guardian Stranges.
  • Zhang Yang sent Table and the Wood Demon army to claim a blank plane, where the Wood Demons established a new home before Ancient Gods shattered their barrier.
  • Zhang Yang forced the Fifth Guardian Great Strange Phenomenon into view with a Sword Qi Storm, then shielded the Sword Immortal World from its curse tsunami and was revived by the Heart of Heaven and Earth.
  • The guardian anomaly destroyed the Thousand-Handed Race army before Sword Dao cut it down, advancing to 5.0 and prompting Zhang Yang to prepare for the dangers of the Third Generation Insecticide.
  • Zhang Yang gathered the Sword Immortal leaders in the Heaven and Earth Dwelling and proposed hiding part of Sword Dao Half-Dimension, though He Yimou warned the plan could weaken his authority as Dao Ancestor.
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Ch. 651Model Master and Disciple

Zhang Yang secretly returned to Table World to prepare for an approaching battle against forces expected to include several Ancient Gods. After learning that the Wood Demon Legion had 165 billion troops ready, he promised Table the greatest merit if they won.

  • Zhang Yang handed control of the Sword Immortal Grand Camp to He Yimou, Wu County, and Guan Shan, then secretly left for his old home.
  • Zhang Yang used the Dream High-Speed Rail 2.0 to slip past Dream Ancient God's blockades and arrive in Table World.
  • Table greeted Zhang Yang, who praised him and reassured him of their master-disciple bond.
  • Table reported that the Sword Immortal World had drawn most of the enemy forces and that two or three Ancient Gods might join the next battle.
  • Table said 165 billion Wood Demon Legion troops were ready to support the Sword Immortal World, and Zhang Yang promised him the greatest merit if they won.

Ch. 652Zhang Yang's True Reserves

Zhang Yang unlocked the Sword Immortal Grand Hall and revealed it as a vast independent world-plane and a hidden warehouse for strategic resources. He described its reserves and the power to cultivate Sword Dao Law Heavenly Gods, leaving that power stockpiled rather than using it.

  • Zhang Yang spat out the stele bearing Sword Dao Law 4.0, and Sword Heart Child, Sword Intent Child, Fortune Child, and Divine Seal Child unlocked the Sword Immortal Grand Hall.
  • Zhang Yang revealed that the Hall had become an independent world-plane holding the fifth-stage Boat of Death, which he planned to upgrade using resources from the corpse occupied by Ancient God "Game."
  • Zhang Yang explained that the Hall secretly collected Ancient Law, Cosmic Law, spiritual energy, and sword qi from his worlds and subsidiary branches.
  • Zhang Yang described how the Hall's nine compression cores produced controllable ten-thousandfold High-Pressure Sword Qi and said his reserves could cultivate sixteen Sword Dao Law Heavenly Gods.
  • Zhang Yang chose not to spend those reserves cultivating Heavenly Gods.

Ch. 653Zhang Yang's Big Data

Zhang Yang reviewed six months of information gathered by his alternate bodies and used it to assess the Sword Immortal World and its people. He ordered new candidates recruited, large-scale development in the Azurewood Realm, and changes to the mortal world, then concluded that he had inspected one-third of his assets.

  • Zhang Yang connected with 1,460 alternate bodies and spent three days cross-checking their reports and records about the Sword Immortal World.
  • Zhang Yang determined that his information-gathering methods were more efficient and discreet than using his Dao Ancestor authority, which could waste resources and alert those under scrutiny.
  • Zhang Yang identified 197,489 people to add to the Mystic Sect candidate list and ordered Mystic Sect disciples to begin developing the Azurewood Realm on a large scale.
  • Zhang Yang ordered reduced spirit-energy supplies and shorter mortal lifespans, while cutting wars, disasters, and natural disasters to encourage population growth.
  • Zhang Yang ordered rewards for Mystic Sect disciples who excelled in the defensive battle, especially the teams led by Liang Jin and Pang Di, and said he had inspected one-third of his assets.

Ch. 654Which Dao Ancestor Is the Most Incompetent? Jian Immortal World, of Course

Zhang Yang discovered that the Sword Immortal World had suffered nearly fifty quadrillion points of damage during its defensive battle, mostly from stray attacks by its own Sword Cultivators, yet the world had remained unharmed. He used Dao Ancestor Authority to find that a Heart of Heaven and Earth created for the Heavenly Dao Maiden had absorbed the damage and was approaching its sixteenth qualitative leap.

  • Zhang Yang compared the battle reports and calculated that nearly fifty quadrillion points of damage had reached the Sword Immortal World, mostly from uncontrolled Sword Qi arrays operated by twenty million disciples.
  • Zhang Yang urgently summoned two million Sword Immortals as reinforcements and suspected that an unknown powerful being had absorbed the missing damage.
  • Zhang Yang activated his Dao Ancestor Authority, spending five hundred thousand units of Cosmic Law and ten units of Chaos—Ancient Law of Black and White—to uncover the truth.
  • Zhang Yang realized that the Heart of Heaven and Earth he had created for the Heavenly Dao Maiden had silently absorbed the damage and was facing its sixteenth qualitative leap.

Ch. 655The Sub-Account Keeps House, Go to Him If There's Trouble

Mu Shaoan confronted Zhang Yang’s white-haired sub-account, Chu Yiyang, and learned that Zhang Yang might return to reinforce the Sword Immortal World. After discussing the threat beyond the blockade, Mu Shaoan left the defense command to Chu Yiyang and departed to pursue his own plans.

  • Mu Shaoan attacked Chu Yiyang, but the sub-account calmly absorbed his sword arts and revealed that he was a Law Demigod and a founder of the Mystic Sect.
  • Chu Yiyang told Mu Shaoan that Zhang Yang might return to reinforce them within days, though he had no details about the journey or the forces involved.
  • Mu Shaoan warned that three Ancient Gods and more than a hundred Heavenly Gods guarded the blockade, citing information from 09 Sub-Account.
  • Chu Yiyang explained that the Mystic Sect had already supported the defense and would become semi-public to unite more forces.
  • Mu Shaoan pretended to be furious, then left the Sword Immortal World after deciding Chu Yiyang could handle the defense while he went to establish an organization.

Ch. 656Grudge

Zhang Yang returned to the Heart of Heaven and Earth, where a wisp of his sister-in-law’s resentment repeatedly killed him before Mu Shaoan destroyed it. Zhang Yang suspected the Third Generation Insecticide had been deployed, and the chapter ended with him punching Mu Shaoan after learning he had nine Plague God Seals.

  • Zhang Yang tricked Mu Shaoan into leaving, then cautiously set up defenses before returning to the Heart of Heaven and Earth.
  • A girl in black, formed from his sister-in-law’s resentment, appeared and killed Zhang Yang; he kept returning until Mu Shaoan intervened and destroyed her.
  • Mu Shaoan admitted he had discovered the Heart of Heaven and Earth and accused Zhang Yang of being a scumbag.
  • Zhang Yang argued that the resentment might have been caused by the Third Generation Insecticide and warned that it could have been deployed.
  • Mu Shaoan said he had nine Plague God Seals protecting him, prompting Zhang Yang to punch him and demand to know how many of his resources Mu Shaoan had stolen.

Ch. 657Three Major Matters

Mu Shaoan and Zhang Yang fought to prove Mu Shaoan could resist the Third Generation Insecticide, then discussed the threat posed by the successive insecticides. Zhang Yang revealed he had three major plans, including one against the Third Generation Insecticide and another to enter the Third Sequence, but left the third undisclosed.

  • Mu Shaoan and Zhang Yang recovered from their fight, in which Mu Shaoan used Ring—Ancient Law of Destiny and Zhang Yang used Chaos—Ancient Law of Black and White.
  • Mu Shaoan withdrew the destiny power from Zhang Yang and insisted he could not be controlled or infected by the Third Generation Insecticide.
  • Zhang Yang explained that his precautions had kept his sister-in-law's resentment from reaching the Heart of Heaven and Earth, then described how the three generations of insecticides had targeted Acquired Beings in different ways.
  • Mu Shaoan asked why the Third Generation Insecticide had shown no activity, and Zhang Yang said it targeted many Acquired Beings across the Fourth Sequence.
  • Zhang Yang revealed that his first major plan would deal with the Third Generation Insecticide and his second would take him to the Third Sequence, but he refused to disclose the third.

Ch. 658A Fateful Reunion

Mu Shaoan failed to recognize the Heart of Heaven and Earth, which Zhang Yang revealed was an ordinary-looking five-petaled flower that had grown alongside the Sword Immortal World. The flower’s long history and immense power came to light before a voice interrupted Zhang Yang’s communion with it.

  • Zhang Yang told Mu Shaoan that he could learn more secrets after advancing through the stages of Isolation, but Mu Shaoan fled before hearing what Zhang Yang meant about the Heart of Heaven and Earth.
  • Zhang Yang revealed that the Heart of Heaven and Earth was a small five-petaled flower, so ubiquitous that Mu Shaoan had mistaken it for an ordinary part of the world.
  • The Heart of Heaven and Earth recalled its fifteen qualitative leaps, its growing desire to protect the world, and its conversations with the Heavenly Dao Maiden.
  • After absorbing power during a defensive battle half a year earlier, the Heart of Heaven and Earth broke through four times and stood one breakthrough short of Great Perfection.
  • A voice called Zhang Yang a scumbag and broke his union with the Heart of Heaven and Earth.

Ch. 659My Conscience, I Make the Decisions

Zhang Yang trapped the rebellious Heart of Heaven and Earth after pretending to grant it freedom, turning its power into the forty-third layer of the Heaven and Earth Barriers. He explained the elaborate deception to Mu Shaoan and ordered him to destroy the remaining resentment, which carried a strand of Sister-in-law’s original true spirit.

  • Zhang Yang confronted the five-petaled flower about its plan to rebel, then claimed he would let it complete its transformation and leave the Sword Immortal World.
  • The five-petaled flower completed its transformation and tried to escape, scattering its power as it rose toward the sky.
  • A boundless hand and the Heaven and Earth Barriers sealed the Heart of Heaven and Earth’s power, making it the forty-third barrier layer.
  • Mu Shaoan revealed that he and Zhang Yang had staged their apparent conflict and coordinated with Li Gouhai and Jiang Rong to lure the Heart of Heaven and Earth into the trap.
  • Zhang Yang told Mu Shaoan to destroy the resentment left behind, warning that he would destroy Mu Shaoan too if he could not control the strange insect in his stomach.

Ch. 660Diverting the Disaster Eastward

Zhang Yang and his allies assessed the forces blockading the Sword Immortal World and prepared for another attack, while suspecting the enemy was concealing its true intentions. The chapter ended with Mu Shaoan realizing that the enemy planned to lure the Mechanical Zombies toward them.

  • Mu Shaoan warned Zhang Yang that the enemy army now included several Ancient Gods, twelve Law Heavenly Gods, and a vast force of soldiers.
  • Li Gouhai reported that he had revised the Senluo Formation, and Jiang Rong predicted the enemy might advance methodically to break through the defenses.
  • Zhang Yang argued that the Thousand-Handed Race would not accept the heavy losses required for an all-out assault and suspected it was concealing the truth.
  • Zhang Yang warned that the enemy might target the Dream Dimension and said the defenders had to prepare for every possibility.
  • Mu Shaoan realized that the enemy was trying to lure the Mechanical Zombies toward the Sword Immortal World.

Ch. 661History's Greatest Sucker

Zhang Yang suspected Ancient God 'Game' was luring the Mechanical Zombies to his own lair and paid Mu Shaoan to investigate. Mu Shaoan assembled a fifty-person team for the mission, leaving within three days to uncover what was happening.

  • Zhang Yang and Mu Shaoan sent out alts to attack the opposing camp, but two Ancient God-level beings destroyed them.
  • Zhang Yang offered Mu Shaoan ninety-nine Hidden Sword Earth Veins to scout the camp and investigate Ancient God 'Game' within three days.
  • Mu Shaoan demanded a deposit, and Zhang Yang handed him fifty obsolete-era Hidden Sword Earth Veins.
  • Mu Shaoan recruited Li Guokui, Jiang Rong, Ji Ming, Gou Dao, and Zhu Ti, promising rewards for joining his expedition.
  • Mu Shaoan grew his table-flipping squad to fifty people and announced that they would report their findings within three days.

Ch. 662King vs. King

Mu Shaoan assembled an expedition team, sold them Plague God Seals, and traded Zhang Yang an improved formula before revealing his plan to explore a ruined world for the secret of the Ancient God “Game.” Zhang Yang then told Mu Shaoan that his brother Mu Shaojun might still be alive in another sequence, leaving Mu Shaoan shocked.

  • Mu Shaoan required his team to buy Plague God Seals and offered the seals to other disciples at different prices.
  • Ji Ming, Gou Dao, Zhu Ti, and the other first-generation disciples negotiated an agreement with Mu Shaoan, while Zhang Yang urged them to join the expedition.
  • Mu Shaoan revealed Plague God Seal 2.0, and Zhang Yang paid him ten thousand Hidden Sword Earth Veins for the improved formula.
  • Mu Shaoan contacted someone through a strange tree trunk and confirmed that he would lead fifty experts, including Li Gouhai and Jiang Rong, to seek the secret of the Ancient God “Game.”
  • Mu Shaoan taunted Zhang Yang about another version of Fatty Zhang, but Zhang Yang said he was content to watch the expedition unfold.
  • Zhang Yang revealed that he had chosen Mu Shaojun as his successor and explained that Mu Shaojun might still be alive as a village chief and laborer between the First and Second Sequences.

Ch. 663Curse Journey

Mu Shaoan’s group followed 09 Sub-Account through a concealed route into a ruined plane where the Ancient God “Game” had set a dimensional-descent trap. They reached a cursed gray-mist lair, and Mu Shaoan revealed that everyone in his group carried a Plague God Seal.

  • Zhang Yang watched Yang Chaochao’s livestream and entered his sub-account Qin Shu, whose long-practiced stele technique had become a Heavenly God Skill.
  • 09 Sub-Account warned Mu Shaoan’s group about the danger and led them through the plane using earthen spheres that concealed their law aura.
  • 09 Sub-Account explained that the outer ruined plane was a trap laid by the Ancient God “Game” and guided the group toward a gray-mist area below.
  • 09 Sub-Account identified the area as a likely curse laboratory and said the Ancient God “Game” was probably the last survivor of a cursed branch of the Ancient Human Race.
  • 09 Sub-Account warned most of the group to stay behind, but Mu Shaoan said everyone carried a Plague God Seal, leaving 09 Sub-Account stunned.

Ch. 664Karma Curse

Mu Shaoan led the group through a cursed region, explaining how the Karma Curse and its extensions ensnared and turned victims against one another. The Plague God Seals protected them, and the group emerged safely after resisting the Lost Curse.

  • 09 Sub-Account charged into the gray mist, and Mu Shaoan sent Ji Ming and Gou Dao to test it with their Sword Heart Divine Seals.
  • The seals dispersed the mist temporarily, but it retaliated with blood rain and phantoms that the group’s Plague God Seals held back.
  • Mu Shaoan identified the threat as a Karma Curse and explained that fighting it could make them part of the curse, so he led the group onward.
  • Mu Shaoan sensed a Wish-Granting Banner Curse, stopped Qin Shu from speaking, and entered the mist first.
  • The group crossed the cursed gray mist under the Plague God Seals’ protection and emerged into a sunlit landscape.
  • Mu Shaoan explained that the Lost Curse could replace its victims and make companions kill one another, but the Plague God Seals had protected them.

Ch. 665Ghost of Contemplation

Mu Shaoan explained the types and classifications of anomalies as he led his group along the Yangguan Path. They discovered 09 Sub-Account had been trapped by a powerful ghost bridge, and Mu Shaoan called on Zhang Yang to help them.

  • Mu Shaoan described how anomalies could be classified by behavior, harm, motivation, and origin as the group walked past the woodcutters, the Yangguan Path, and a black cloud.
  • The road and surrounding scenery changed, revealing 09 Sub-Account facing a bridge that connected the group to an identical version of themselves.
  • 09 Sub-Account explained that the bridge combined thousands of curses and anomalies, and he suspected it had been created by the organization behind the Ancient God 'Game.'
  • Qin Shu Sub-Account accused 09 Sub-Account of luring them into the trap, and 09 Sub-Account admitted he had drawn Mu Shaoan in because he needed help escaping.
  • 09 Sub-Account warned that their minds and true spirits were on one side of the bridge while their bodies were on the other, and that retreating would turn them into anomalies.
  • Mu Shaoan realized the bridge was not actively triggered and shouted at Zhang Yang to stop watching the livestream and help.

Ch. 666Roads Open in Every Direction

Zhang Yang watched Mu Shaoan and 09 Sub-Account confront the Ghost Bridge, while Qin Shu’s Demon-Slaying Stele created an opening to destroy it. Mu Shaoan took most of the spoils, leaving 09 Sub-Account furious.

  • Zhang Yang examined the Karma Curse’s effects and decided Mu Shaoan’s desperate calls for help were a trick.
  • Mu Shaoan revealed that 09 Sub-Account had lost their bet and asked whether they would cooperate or split up.
  • 09 Sub-Account attacked the Ghost Bridge with the power of twelve supreme Earth Veins, and Mu Shaoan called Qin Shu into action.
  • Qin Shu used the Mountain and River Sun and Moon Demon-Slaying Stele to halt the Ghost Bridge’s defenses briefly.
  • Mu Shaoan, Li Gouhai, and Jiang Rong seized the opening and shattered the Ghost Bridge into seven sections.
  • 09 Sub-Account, Li Gouhai, and Jiang Rong each claimed one section, while Mu Shaoan took the remaining four and taunted 09 Sub-Account.

Ch. 667Guardian of the Strange

Mu Shaoan and Qin Shu confronted 09 Sub-Account, who revealed that the Ancient God 'Game' sought to inherit the Ancient Human Race's curse branch by subduing its Guardian Stranges. Zhang Yang took over through Qin Shu and decided to subdue a Guardian Strange himself, leaving 09 Sub-Account furious but unable to stop him.

  • Mu Shaoan demanded that 09 Sub-Account explain the danger ahead and provide assurances of safety before they proceeded.
  • 09 Sub-Account recognized Qin Shu and offered him an alliance, explaining that the Ancient God 'Game' had subdued four of the nine Guardian Stranges and intended to sacrifice civilizations to claim the rest.
  • Qin Shu accepted the alliance on the condition that 09 Sub-Account help secure a Guardian Strange for Mu Shaoan, but 09 Sub-Account refused and explained the rewards and risks of subduing one.
  • Qin Shu announced that he would subdue the Guardian Strange himself and offered Yang Chaochao a planar quota, then Zhang Yang withdrew his consciousness from Qin Shu.
  • Mu Shaoan comforted 09 Sub-Account and argued that Zhang Yang now had the information needed to overpower the Guardian Strange before the Ancient God 'Game' could interfere.
  • 09 Sub-Account warned that Zhang Yang's intervention would alert the Ancient God 'Game', while Mu Shaoan defended Zhang Yang's strength and criticized 09 Sub-Account for trying to take shortcuts.

Ch. 668A Heavily Gifted Cake from Heaven

After discovering that Ancient God "Game" was attacking to claim the guardian anomaly’s limited plane slots, Zhang Yang issued decrees and persuaded the Table to lead the Wood Demon Clan toward the contested plane. Zhang Yang secretly intended to use the expedition to remove a growing threat from his world while keeping his own realm safe.

  • Zhang Yang realized that Ancient God "Game" wanted to occupy the guardian anomaly’s limited plane slots and ordered Sword Immortal reinforcements to attack it.
  • Zhang Yang issued decrees granting the Wood Demon Clan permission to establish a plane and expanding the Sword Immortal World’s protections and sects.
  • The Table understood that occupying the guardian anomaly’s final plane slot could thwart Ancient God "Game" and asked Zhang Yang to let him lead the expedition.
  • Zhang Yang agreed to the Table’s request, and the Table handed over authority over the Table World before setting out with five hundred and ninety billion Wood Demons.
  • Zhang Yang revealed that he had no intention of expanding into the plane and hoped the expedition would remove the Wood Demons and the Table from his world.

Ch. 669The Story of the Table, the Wood Demons, and the Fisherman

Zhang Yang watched several fronts unfold as his forces expanded across the Dream Dimension and launched a surprise attack on the Fifth Guardian Aberration. Meanwhile, the Table and Wood Demon alliance reached an unclaimed plane, where the Wood Demons broke with the Table and began establishing their own foothold.

  • Zhang Yang observed the Sword Immortal forces build up their Dream Dimension bases, expand immigration, and prepare to attack the Fifth Guardian Aberration by way of the Dream High-Speed Rail.
  • 09 Sub-Account defected to Mu Shaoan and agreed to help subdue the Sixth Guardian Great Aberration as their group set out again.
  • The Table and Wood Demon allied army entered the void Zhang Yang had identified, and three old Wood Demons broke through to Heavenly God realm and revealed a blank plane's Plane Radiation Wheel.
  • The Wood Demons surrounded the Table and demanded a place on the newly discovered plane, while the Table insisted he did not intend to compete for Dao Ancestor.
  • An old Wood Demon became the plane's Dao Ancestor, and the Wood Demons merged into it to begin settling and developing their new home.

Ch. 670Collective Intelligence Mode

Zhang Yang watched the Wood Demon Clan seize the empty plane and build a powerful Heavenly Dao Barrier, using its collective intelligence to bypass the hidden threats he believed the Ancient Gods had left behind. Two Ancient Gods then shattered the barrier, and as He Yimou and Wu County’s coalition army began its attack, Zhang Yang prepared to claim the plane’s guardian great anomaly.

  • Zhang Yang used mushroom-spore alts to observe the Wood Demon Clan’s orderly migration and collective intelligence across the Plane Radiation Wheel.
  • The Wood Demon Clan rapidly claimed the empty plane, created a golden-brilliant Dao Ancestor, and raised a barrier from three hundred billion Wood Demons.
  • Zhang Yang explained that he had studied the Wood Demon Clan for thousands of years and released it to probe enemies and absorb danger.
  • The Wood Demon Clan’s collective intelligence allowed it to withstand the plane’s hidden dream-related threats that Zhang Yang feared would destroy the Sword Immortal World.
  • Two Ancient Gods arrived and shattered the newly built Wood Demon Barrier with a single strike.
  • As He Yimou and Wu County’s coalition army attacked, Zhang Yang set his sights on making the plane’s guardian great anomaly submit.

Ch. 671Zhen Ji Theorem

Zhang Yang’s three million Sword Immortals unleashed an immense Sword Qi Storm to force out the Fifth Guardian Great Strange Phenomenon, but the phenomenon remained hidden as the storm grew dangerously powerful. When He Yimou and Wu County entered to stabilize it, the entire legion followed, leaving the battle at a perilous turning point.

  • Zhang Yang reasoned that the Fifth Guardian Great Strange Phenomenon had limits and ordered the Sword Immortals to attack its suspected location indiscriminately.
  • Three million Sword Immortals generated merging Sword Qi Storms, while He Yimou and Wu County prepared for two approaching Ancient Gods with Xuan Capital Sky-Plundering Sword Arrays.
  • The Ancient Gods withdrew as the Sword Qi Storm ring’s compression rose, and Thousand-Handed Race troops gathered around the Sword Immortal Legions.
  • Wu County and He Yimou entered the storm to stabilize it, but the Fifth Guardian Great Strange Phenomenon still did not appear.
  • Zhang Yang feared the gamble had failed, then saw all three million Sword Immortals leap into the storm to help control it.

Ch. 672All Right, I'm a Scumbag

Zhang Yang sent Sword Dao Law 4.0 and his sword children into the Sword Qi Storm, then faced the Fifth Guardian Grand Anomaly’s devastating curse tsunami to protect the Sword Immortal World. He survived its black giant fist only because the rebellious Heart of Heaven and Earth broke its seal and shielded him.

  • Zhang Yang sent the stele carrying Sword Dao Law 4.0 into the Sword Qi Storm with Heart Sword Child and Sword Soul Child, then fled aboard the Boat of Death.
  • The Sword Qi Storm forced the Fifth Guardian Grand Anomaly’s enormous true body into view, and its curse tsunami struck the surrounding planes.
  • Zhang Yang fortified the Sword Immortal World with his defenses and fifty Plague God Seals, then went beyond the world to shield it from the brunt of the curse.
  • The curse tsunami condensed into a giant black fist that destroyed Zhang Yang’s body and half his Blunted True Spirit Particles, but the Heart of Heaven and Earth weakened the blow first.
  • Zhang Yang revived after the remaining curse was absorbed, realizing that the rebellious Heart of Heaven and Earth had broken its seal to save him.

Ch. 673Sword Dao Ancient God

The Sword Dao Law reclaimed its unruly power when He Yimou and Wu County destroyed the guardian great aberration, awakening sword cultivators and paving the way for Sword Dao Ancient Gods. Zhang Yang dismantled his Sword Immortal institutions and reunited with the Heavenly Dao Maiden, then warned that the Sword Dao’s nature could bring grave trouble and urged preparations for a deep pit.

  • The guardian great aberration shattered the forming cursed tsunami, and its roar devastated the Thousand-Handed Race army, forcing the survivors to retreat.
  • A dragon of sword light cut the guardian great aberration in two, and the Sword Dao Law broke through 5.0 as sword cultivators across the Sword Immortal World entered sudden enlightenment.
  • Zhang Yang dispersed the Ancient Demon Heavenly Realm Defense System, gathered the Heart of Heaven and Earth's ashes, and decided to retire and dismantle the Sword Immortal Grand Hall.
  • He Yimou and Wu County appeared as sword-light projections, and Zhang Yang praised them for saving him and the Sword Immortal World before walking away.
  • The Heavenly Dao Maiden revealed that she still had backup accounts, and Zhang Yang explained that the Sword Dao’s sharpness and pride could change those who followed it and that they needed to prepare for the trouble ahead.

Ch. 674I Am the Sub-Account, Please Advise

Zhang Yang explained how He Yimou and Wu County became Sword Dao Ancient Gods and warned Mu Shaoan that Sword Dao Law 5.0 could draw the Third Generation Insecticide to their world. After arguing over whether to flee or fight, Zhang Yang secretly reaffirmed that he would stay and face the coming battle, leaving the identity of his prepared successor unrevealed.

  • Mu Shaoan returned with Li Gouhai and Jiang Rong, and asked Zhang Yang how He Yimou and Wu County had become Sword Dao Ancient Gods.
  • Zhang Yang explained that Sword Dao Law had advanced to the fourth layer and that mastery of Present Laws could grant Ancient God status, then warned that those laws carried dangerous karmic cause and effect.
  • Mu Shaoan realized the danger was tied to the conflict between Acquired Beings and Innate Beings, and challenged Zhang Yang for severing his affiliation with Sword Dao Law 5.0.
  • Zhang Yang warned that Sword Dao Law 5.0 could bring the Third Generation Insecticide to their world, while Mu Shaoan urged him to fight rather than abandon the Sword Immortals.
  • Mu Shaoan offered to stay behind and cover Zhang Yang's retreat, but Zhang Yang kicked him away and revealed that Mu Shaoan was already dead in truth.
  • After Mu Shaoan left, Zhang Yang toasted his Main Body and resolved to face the battle, revealing that he had prepared a sub-account successor.

Ch. 675Sword Dao Half-Dimension

After Sword Immortal World advanced into Sword Dao Half-Dimension, Zhang Yang gathered Sword Immortal Civilization’s leaders to reveal his preparations for the coming disaster. He showed them how the Heart of Heaven and Earth could conceal part of the Half-Dimension, while He Yimou warned that the plan could endanger Zhang Yang’s authority and trigger Sword Dao Law’s independent growth.

  • The Thousand-Handed Race’s Ancient Gods retreated, while Ancient God "Game" vanished and the Dream Ancient God remained missing, leaving Sword Immortal Civilization unaware of the looming Third Generation Insecticide calamity.
  • He Yimou and Wu County asked Zhang Yang to take charge of Sword Dao Law 5.0, and he led them and other core figures to the hidden Heaven and Earth Dwelling.
  • Zhang Yang revealed that the courtyard contained the complete form of the Heart of Heaven and Earth and used it to display a projection of Sword Dao Half-Dimension.
  • Zhang Yang proposed using the Heart of Heaven and Earth and the Hidden Sword Earth Vein network to conceal part of Sword Dao Half-Dimension as a safeguard against future attacks.
  • He Yimou warned that the Sword Immortals’ collective will could resist the plan and that Sword Dao Law might acquire enough authority to reach 6.0 and take control of appointments, weakening Zhang Yang’s position as Dao Ancestor.
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