The Longevity Devil Lord appeared to have been slain by Shen Mo and the others, but in truth, Shen Mo and the seven of them had merely been part of his immortal ascension tribulation.
Before facing his tribulation, this great demon at the peak of the Formless Realm had been so peerlessly arrogant, his fiendish might soaring to the heavens. Yet he still failed to survive the immortal ascension tribulation, leaving behind only a wisp of his remnant soul!
It could be said that the "immortal ascension tribulation" perfectly matched Shen Mo's conception for the fourth original sword move: mysterious and unfathomable, yet unmatched in slaughter;
More importantly, the predecessors of the River-Facing Sect who had cultivated the Samsara Sword Canon throughout the ages had been limited by their own cultivation and horizons. None had ever witnessed another person undergoing an immortal ascension tribulation, so the sword canon contained no similar sword move.
The moment Shen Mo returned to the Azure Cloud Blessed Land, he eagerly entered seclusion to cultivate, all to perfect this move...
In the next instant, his figure vanished from the cultivation chamber. With a single thought, he used the Blessed Land's ability to travel unhindered and arrived in the Heart-Tempering Domain, where there were fewer disciples!
"Samsara Myriad Phenomena: Immortal Ascension Tribulation!" Shen Mo shouted softly.
Cold light burst from the Taiyi Sword, and a fierce Sword Qi swept forth. The spiritual energy of heaven and earth and the power of tribulation howled into motion, empowering the sword's might;
A palpitating aura of tribulation spread outward. Within the radiance of the Sword Qi, numerous phenomena could vaguely be seen emerging: heavenly lightning tribulations from the Ninth Heaven, the Three Calamities and Six Tribulations, foreign killing tribulations, and other manifestations of doom!
Boom!
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