Nirvana Sword Dao, Severely Wounding Grand Unity

Li Yi fought with great enthusiasm, like a meat grinder continuously crushing Fierce Beasts and Demon Domain cultivators. Gradually, Li Yi forgot himself, his body instinctively commanding the Twin Lotuses to attack, and his eyes slowly closed.

He had achieved enlightenment! Li Yi had actually achieved enlightenment on the battlefield. Countless cultivators were envious. This was an opportunity that even a million years of quiet cultivation might not yield, yet Li Yi had encountered it.

Enlightenment is a magical state, difficult for anyone to describe in detail. It is only known that it has little to do with the level of cultivation. An ordinary Heavenly Immortal might achieve enlightenment one day, while a Grand Unity Golden Immortal who has cultivated for millions of years might not even touch the threshold of enlightenment.

However, all cultivators know that enlightenment is a great opportunity, rare and unpredictable. Every cultivator who experiences enlightenment will see their realm improve. The extent of this improvement varies from person to person. Some exceptionally talented cultivators even create a supreme Spiritual Power during their enlightenment.

Li Yi felt as if he had fallen into a magical world, devoid of thought or worry. Things that he usually couldn't understand or figure out were comprehended in an instant.

Countless profound truths about slaughter and life unfolded before him. Li Yi's understanding of slaughter and life became more profound, and he continuously corrected and refined it.

In a daze, the Twin Lotuses appeared before Li Yi's eyes. As Li Yi's comprehension of slaughter and life was corrected and refined, "Boom!!!" the entire Twin Lotuses exploded. The scattered petals began to reassemble along mysterious trajectories, but this time, there was no lotus stem. A rotating Taiji Diagram appeared in the void.

This Taiji Diagram was half green and half black. In the positions of the Yin Yang eyes were a deeply black twelve-petal black lotus platform and a vibrant, dew-kissed twelve-petal green lotus platform.

As the Taiji Diagram formed, Li Yi's enlightenment did not stop there. The Taiji Diagram spun faster and faster, eventually forming a blur.

Nirvana is transcending life and death, entering a state of quiet inaction; Nirvana is absolute silence, entering immortality; Nirvana is eternity, from birth to death, from death to birth, the cycle of life and death, and between the cycles lies Nirvana...

Streams of thoughts about Nirvana flashed through his mind, comprehended by Li Yi, who was in a state of enlightenment.

The Taiji Diagram spun at an extreme speed, forming a ball of light, as if nurturing something. Finally, "Bang..." the light ball exploded, and a new Taiji Diagram appeared.

At this moment, the Taiji Diagram was different again. All the green and black light converged into the two lotus platforms. The Taiji Diagram turned a gradually chaotic color, appearing still yet moving, real yet illusory, exuding an eternal aura, mysterious and unfathomable, while the two lotus platforms rotated in opposite directions.

And at this very moment, the Taiji Diagram within Li Yi's body also spun madly, slowly aligning with the Taiji Diagram formed during his enlightenment. The Power of Slaughter completely merged with the power of life, converting freely. Life contained death, and death hid life.

Li Yi, who was killing on the battlefield, suddenly paused. He opened his eyes, a look of joy on his face. "It wasn't easy, it wasn't easy. I've finally achieved the 'Nirvana Sword Dao'."

Li Yi glanced at the nearby Fierce Beasts, a slight smile playing on his lips. "Good, I've just comprehended the Nirvana Sword Dao. I'll use you to test its power."

Two beams of light, one black and one green, rose from the Green Lotus Ancient Sword. Like two entwined dragons, they slowly formed an ancient Taiji Diagram above the Fierce Beasts, covering a radius of over ten miles.

The Taiji Diagram pressed down slightly, and a strange phenomenon occurred. The usually ferocious and violent Fierce Beasts suddenly fell silent. The blood-red in their eyes slowly receded, revealing peaceful and serene expressions.

Streams of black light projected down. The Fierce Beasts, as if soulless, paid no attention to the incoming black light. Soon, the black light differentiated into countless sword energies, sweeping across all the Fierce Beasts, forming a dense mist of blood. These blood mists then gathered, seeping out numerous green light spots, forming a pillar of light that entered the green lotus platform.

Instantly, the black pillar of light doubled in size, differentiating into more sword energies, forming a virtuous cycle.

"Unfortunately, my soul and will can only support the Taiji Diagram to evolve for about fifty kilometers, and there's a time limit. Otherwise, this move alone could almost annihilate cultivators below Grand Unity," Li Yi could absorb the power of life from slaughter and did not lack magical power, but his willpower was constantly being consumed.

Just like a normal person's physical and mental strength, physical strength can be replenished through diet, but mental strength cannot. Once mental strength is consumed beyond its limit, it will collapse and lead to death.

Li Yi watched as countless Fierce Beasts turned to dust within the Taiji Diagram, still quite satisfied with this test.

Unbeknownst to Li Yi, he had already been targeted by the Grand Unity Golden Immortals of the Fierce Beast Domain and the Demon Domain. Although the battlefield was densely packed with cultivators, the phenomenon Li Yi created was too obvious. Every area he passed through was left blank, with countless Fierce Beasts and Demon Domain cultivators annihilated.

Compared to killing cultivators one by one, this was far too outrageous to go unnoticed.

Li Yi, who was focused on killing enemies, suddenly felt a jolt in his heart. "Not good." Without time to think, Li Yi immediately merged with his sword and fled his original position.

As expected, a blood-red demonic saber slashed horizontally.

"If I hadn't dodged quickly, I would have been cut in half by now," Li Yi thought, a surge of anger rising within him.

"Hmph, you are quick to dodge," a burly man radiating killing intent appeared before Li Yi.

"Grand Unity Golden Immortal?" Li Yi looked at the man before him in confusion. Why would a Grand Unity Golden Immortal specifically trouble a mere Golden Immortal like him? After a moment of thought, he realized his excessive display of power had attracted the attention of a Grand Unity Golden Immortal.

"No matter, since this Grand Unity Golden Immortal definitely won't let me go, I can only fight with all I have." Li Yi, after countless battles, quickly sorted out his thoughts.

"Die!" Li Yi roared, unleashing his sword light and urging the Taiji Diagram to envelop the man.

"Hmph!" A deep, cold glint flashed in the man's eyes. A mere Golden Immortal dared to attack first. Even so, he looked at the encroaching Taiji Diagram with a rather solemn expression. After all, he had long noticed that this Taiji Diagram was very strange, seemingly having a mesmerizing effect.

Facing countless black sword energies, the man did not falter. Although these sword energies were extremely powerful and would be troublesome for an ordinary Grand Unity Golden Immortal, the man simply waved his hand, and a blood-red barrier blocked the sword energies.

"Eh!" The man let out a surprised sound. He discovered that his vitality was continuously draining away, and even the vitality within the blood-red barrier was slowly disappearing, becoming weaker.

"The Taiji Diagram, it's the Taiji Diagram devouring vitality," the man thought of the strange deaths of the Fierce Beasts before him and quickly reacted, his face turning grave.

"I can't continue like this, or I'll be drained dry into a mummy," the man fearfully realized that his vitality was draining faster and faster, even his soul was gradually weakening, while the sword energies outside the blood-red barrier grew denser.

"Kill!" The man's eyes widened, and a blood-red demonic saber flew out of his body, transforming into a ten-zhang size and slashing towards the Taiji Diagram with a roar.

"Bang..."

The entire Taiji Diagram trembled, cracks appearing. "Pfft," Li Yi spat out a mouthful of blood. Looking at the nearly cracked Taiji Diagram, a deep killing intent flashed in his eyes.

"Merge for me!" Li Yi poured the power of life and the power of slaughter ceaselessly into the Taiji Diagram, his willpower also being thrown in madly. The cracks gradually disappeared.

The Taiji Diagram flashed with a hazy, faint light. The man suddenly felt as if he had entered a silent world. This world exuded an aura of eternity, as if it were the final destination for all living beings.

Gradually, a look of confusion appeared in the man's eyes. The flow of blood slowed down, even his thoughts began to stagnate. His life force continuously disappeared, his physical body began to decay, and he was step by step walking towards the abyss.

"Roar!!!!!!"

A saber's cry erupted in the man's mind like a sky-shattering wave. The demonic saber felt itself decaying and let out a mournful cry.

After all, he was a Grand Unity Golden Immortal, having been baptized by the River of Destiny, his soul incredibly solid. Upon hearing the saber's cry, he immediately woke up, breaking out in a cold sweat.

"Intent, it possesses such a terrifying intent!" The man fearfully realized that his vitality had been drained by a full third. If it had been any later, he might have perished.

The man dared not delay. He took out hundreds of Houtian Spiritual Treasures, a cold glint in his eyes. "Explode!"

"Not good," Li Yi observed the man's actions through his consciousness and was about to retreat, but it was too late.

"Rumble!!!"

The Taiji Diagram was completely shattered. "Pfft!" The backlash was too great. Li Yi coughed up several mouthfuls of blood, his spirit momentarily weakened. Cracks appeared throughout his internal organs, a more severe injury than when the Golden Eagle King had pursued him. The damage to his spiritual will alone would take at least several thousand years to recover.

Though Li Yi suffered from the backlash, the burly man wasn't faring much better. He had first lost one-third of his vitality, and then suffered further damage when he self-destructed his Magic Treasure. At most, he now had only half of his combat power remaining.

"Argh!!!! I will tear you to shreds and burn your soul in the Nine Nether Flames for eternity!" The burly man's eyes shot out two beams of eerie light as he glared venomously at Li Yi.

"Hmph," Li Yi couldn't be bothered to respond. This was a life-or-death situation from the start. "Hmph, I'll show you what Nirvana Sword Dao truly is."

Li Yi held his sword in one hand, the power of Life and the Power of Slaughter wildly intertwining on the Green Lotus Ancient Sword. "Slash!"

A gray arc of light, gradually growing to over ten zhang in length, appeared in the air. It exuded a profound aura of annihilation and silently shot towards the burly man.

"Kill!" The blood-red demonic blade emitted a ten-thousand-zhang red light and flew towards Li Yi.

What happened next made the burly man's soul scatter in terror. The red light from the demonic blade was forcefully ground away, and the gray arc of light reached the burly man unimpeded.

"I will return for you!" the burly man roared unwillingly, casting a venomous glance at Li Yi.

"Bang!!!!"

The burly man actually self-destructed his physical body. A blood-red soul body flew out from the mushroom cloud.

"Cough, cough!!!" Li Yi watched the blood-red soul body but was too weak to pursue. "I can't continue. I need to leave quickly. If another Grand Unity Golden Immortal shows up, I'll be finished."

Li Yi transformed into a stream of light and swiftly flew to a Black Giant Coffin. He quickly formed a hand seal and vanished into the coffin.