The One Who Could Not Die

The Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword was the founding sword of Great Yue. As a former scholar of Great Yue, Xu Yi had naturally heard of it.

He had only heard it as a legend, though, and assumed it was like the tales in the history books about the founding rulers of dynasties, with their strange stories of capturing dragons and phoenixes.

Legend had it that the Nine Heavens True Dragon Sword had been bestowed by Heaven upon Great Yue's founding ruler, who had received the Mandate of Heaven. The sword could summon thunder and subdue dragon veins. Two thousand years ago, the founding ruler of Great Yue had wielded it to slay a two-headed flood dragon, gather heroes to his side, and achieve great things.

Reading the history books, it sounded like a tale from a storybook. How could Xu Yi have believed it?

But now, the sword had appeared within the National Monument, trembling faintly as if shaking the Nine Heavens, with signs that another cloud tribulation was about to form.

Xu Yi understood then that the legend had not been mere talk. Even if only five or six parts of it were true, he knew he could not withstand what was coming.

After several bloody battles, especially his final struggle with the Ghost Master, he had already used every trick at his disposal. His injuries had greatly weakened his defenses, and his Life Source Power was nearly exhausted. He still had one last Leaking Pill, but how long could he hold out against an attack powerful enough to summon a cloud tribulation?

Worst of all, the image of his Yin God had already begun to turn indistinct, clearly showing that it had weakened considerably.

He had never seen such signs before, not even when he had first