Nuclear Bomb Sword Immortal

In the eyes of onlookers, Wang Qi was smiling creepily. Xiang Qi couldn't help but nudge Li Ziye with her elbow, "Senior Brother Li, has this kid gone mad?"

Li Ziye looked at Wang Qi, who was still laughing uncontrollably, and gave a wry smile, "I'm not a disciple of Yangshen Pavilion, so I can't say for sure if there's something wrong with his mind."

"This kid always used to say strange things," Zhen Chanzi chimed into their conversation. "He always thought meditation and qi cultivation were the most boring things. If it weren't for the ultimate goal of eternal life, he'd never do it. But if he encountered something interesting, he'd definitely investigate it thoroughly and have a blast. He probably finds the current laws and regulations much more interesting than those of ancient times."

Zhen Chanzi wasn't someone who disliked speaking, but he worried that if he revealed the secret of his existence, other cultivators would hunt down Wang Qi to seize the jade ring. If the jade ring fell into the hands of a good person, it would be fine, but if it were taken by a villain, he, Zhen Chanzi, would truly be doomed for eternity. However, the two in front of him already knew of his existence, so he stopped being coy.

Xiang Qi showed a look of distaste, "Has his brain really been ruined by cultivation?"

"Ah ha ha ha... that so-called immortal path the old man told me... it's complete garbage... It looks lively with everyone coming and going, but in reality, cultivators act in the same monotonous way... Hahaha..." Wang Qi was overjoyed. "It's basically like a bunch of shrimp, crabs, fish, and frogs fighting for food in a pond that's destined to dry up. Whoever wants to spend their days seeking 'chance encounters' can have it."

Zhen Chanzi said angrily, "It seems I have to blame myself for telling you too much before. Besides, how do you know that cultivators today don't seek chance encounters?"

Wang Qi pointed to the ball of light in the sky – the battlefield of those Mahayana cultivators from Wuwei. "I don't understand what the Immortal Alliance is, but judging by the name, it's likely a coalition of many sects. And to be willing to use four Mahayana..."

"Tch, Mahayana, you say." Xiang Qi suddenly interjected, "The Heavenly Lords of the Free and Unfettered realm are nothing compared to the ancient Mahayana."

Wang Qi was greatly surprised, "Free and Unfettered? The realm classifications are different from ancient times today – that's not the point. The point is, being willing to use four Free and Unfettered cultivators to surround and kill one proves that the Immortal Alliance either has no powerful external enemies, or that current Free and Unfettered cultivators are no longer valuable. However, Free and Unfettered should correspond to the Mahayana in the old system, and should be the highest realm of cultivation today, right?"

Li Ziye smiled and nodded, affirming, "That is indeed the case. Little brother does have some insight."

Wang Qi continued, "Since they've united because there are no external enemies, it can only mean that for today's cultivation methods, the benefits of cooperation outweigh conflict. Since those few Free and Unfettered cultivators mentioned Old Man Hai, cough, Unforgiving Taoist is hiding here because he violated the Immortal Alliance's rules, it indicates that the Immortal Alliance has at least a powerful and strict system on the surface. This shows that cooperation among cultivators today should be long-term, not a temporary arrangement for personal gain."

Li Ziye nodded in agreement, "Correct."

"Since today's cultivation methods don't heavily emphasize resources, then with my ability to navigate social situations, isn't it possible for me to cultivate to immortality steadily?"

Zhen Chanzi sneered, "You navigate social situations? Stop ruining good phrases! If you were good at navigating social situations, how could the hundreds of people in Dabai Village regard you as a laughingstock?"

Xiang Qi sneered, "You think today's cultivators are fools, wanting to support a parasite?"

Li Ziye also shook his head, "Today's cultivation methods aren't something you can cultivate just by being good at scheming – what? Be careful!"

Li Ziye's expression suddenly changed drastically. He slammed his right hand on the sword box on his back, "Heavenly Sword! Draw!"

A sword light silently flew out from the sword box and hovered above Li Ziye's head. Then, it shone brilliantly!

And then, the ball of light that had trapped Unforgiving Taoist shattered like a soap bubble.

Several semi-transparent streams of light flew out from the brilliance of the shattered light ball, one of which came directly towards Wang Qi!

"Go!"

Li Ziye guided it with hand seals. The Heavenly Sword emitted a blinding light like the sun, and then collided with the stream of light!

Zhen Chanzi had been watching the battle of these Free and Unfettered cultivators.

Since he had lived in the same village as Unforgiving Taoist for five years without discovering him, Unforgiving Taoist's methods must have been superior to his. His repeated releases of spiritual sense over the years, and even teaching Wang Qi cultivation, must have been observed by him.

And when he left the village and released his spiritual sense over a wide area, he discovered the four Free and Unfettered cultivators who arrived later. Therefore, those four must have also discovered him.

Thus, he simply stopped hiding and boldly divided a portion of his consciousness to directly observe this battle of Free and Unfettered cultivators.

The reactions of the five Free and Unfettered cultivators were as Zhen Chanzi had predicted. They temporarily had no time to deal with an ancient Mahayana cultivator who was at most half-crippled and unable to interfere with the battle.

Just now, he noticed Unforgiving Taoist releasing several semi-transparent rectangular thin sheets from the magical artifact he couldn't see through, which flew towards the ball of light. He knew something might go wrong and quickly warned Li Ziye, who had the highest cultivation among them.

As expected, a trace of residual power from Unforgiving Taoist's spell finally leaked out, turning into several streams of light, one of which landed near Wang Qi.

"Go!"

The light of the Heavenly Sword was already blinding, almost burning Wang Qi's eyes. But this powerful sword strike collided with the stream of light, and it was completely silent.

Then, the light on Li Ziye's Heavenly Sword began to spread, slowly diffusing across the entire sky. Then, a crack appeared inexplicably in the sky and slowly spread. Finally, to Wang Qi's astonished gaze, the sky, which had been dyed golden, shattered with a bang, revealing... the original color of the sky.

"What... what happened? Why did a barrier suddenly appear?"

Wang Qi finally understood. It wasn't the sky that had shattered, but a semi-transparent film that had suddenly appeared above his head. It was that film that had shattered, not the sky.

Xiang Qi also looked at Li Ziye, clearly curious about this level of spiritual power.

"Great Matrix Diagram of Heaven, Unforgiving Taoist's natal magical artifact." Li Ziye seemed to be still in shock. "Many years ago, a senior from my Myriad Dharma Sect, in order to unify complex cultivation methods into one system, created a method of calculation called 'Gui Ju Shu,' which could reduce all laws to matrices. In the past, Unforgiving Taoist used Gui Ju Shu to decipher a layer of the Heavenly Dao. This layer of Heavenly Dao, combined with a third-order matrix, could absorb and refine all laws, refining magical power into that matrix. It was terrifying! – I don't know what the outcome of the battle was just now."

Wang Qi felt a lump in his throat – Damn, this setting is a bit bizarre. Did Heisenberg in this world even come up with matrix mechanics?

"Unforgiving Taoist broke free using the Great Matrix Diagram of Heaven and escaped. Those four also chased after him. However, his movement technique is truly bizarre; the other four couldn't surround him again."

Li Ziye nodded, "Indeed, Unforgiving Taoist is known for having the most bizarre movement technique under heaven and earth. Even immortals couldn't hit him."

Zhen Chanzi's tone was somewhat dejected, "You clearly only have Golden Core level magical power, yet you could unleash an attack of the Spirit Transmutation level... Perhaps I am truly old..."

"Golden Core!" Wang Qi exclaimed. He had originally thought this gentle and unassuming man was at most a Foundation Establishment cultivator like Xiang Qi, but he didn't expect him to be Golden Core!

According to Zhen Chanzi, Golden Core cultivators were already a different level of beings. If they descended to the mortal world, even emperors would have to bow respectfully! Wang Qi, judging by his own standards, felt that after achieving Golden Core, it would be unreasonable not to go to the mortal world and thoroughly enjoy the pleasure of stepping on others. He never expected the first Golden Core cultivator he met to be so amiable.

Li Ziye rubbed the cold sweat on his head, "Old sir, you flatter me. If I were to gamble on spiritual power and techniques, it wouldn't be difficult to defeat an ancient Nascent Soul Cultivator, but I absolutely don't have the explosive power of an ancient Dividing the Spirit. That strike just now relied entirely on the Heavenly Sword in my hand to have such power."

Wang Qi gasped. Zhen Chanzi had said that a Golden Core cultivator defeating a Nascent Soul cultivator was wishful thinking. He never expected that in Li Ziye's words, defeating a Nascent Soul was not difficult. To what incredible extent had the cultivation methods of the immortal path developed?

"Those Mahayana cultivators just now... the Free and Unfettered cultivators also mentioned the Heavenly Sword. Is the Heavenly Sword a type of standard magical artifact?" Zhen Chanzi asked. In his impression, standard magical artifacts were usually not very good items.

Li Ziye shook his head, "The Heavenly Sword is indeed a flying sword, but it's somewhat special. If you two don't find it bothersome, I'll start from the beginning, alright?"

Zhen Chanzi said, "We have nothing else to do anyway."

Wang Qi was also very interested in this strange world and naturally wouldn't object.

"When the Modern Dharma Sect and Ancient Dharma Forces were at war, some ancient dharma cultivators defected. For those with shallow cultivation and weak Dao hearts, we did our best to help them switch to modern dharma. However, some deeply entrenched cultivators had their methods solidified. We couldn't kill them, but we couldn't let them grow either, so we sealed them in the mortal world as rulers. Their descendants then became non-modern dharma cultivators, tacitly approved by the modern dharma immortal path."

"Seven hundred years ago, there was a dynasty called Dade. The Emperor De of that generation, Xi, was an ambitious man. He not only simplified the royal family's cultivation techniques and promoted them among soldiers but also incorporated high-level cultivators under his command with his eloquence and political skill. Other countries followed suit, and for a time, the immortal path lost control over the mortal realm."

Zhen Chanzi said, "The history of immortal cultivation spans eighty thousand years. The imperial families of the Divine Continent were once the strongest sects, and there were many eras where nobles and high officials were cultivators. Such things are normal."

"But in the end, Emperor De launched a war that swept across the land. For some reason, he managed to persuade Unforgiving Taoist Haisenbao of Piaomiao Palace, Xuyan Shenzun Ao Hai'en of Burning Gold Valley, and others to join his side."

Zhen Chanzi sighed, "This person is indeed not simple; he was a wise ruler of his generation."

Xiang Qi shook her head, "Later, he revealed his identity as a Devilish Dao heretic cultivator. It turned out he had obtained ancient Devilish Dao secret manuals from somewhere and was willing to disrupt the world, using the resentful energy of the chaotic times to enhance his cultivation."

Li Ziye continued, "Emperor De knew he couldn't contend with any Free and Unfettered of the modern dharma alone. If his Devilish Cultivator identity were exposed, Unforgiving Taoist would be the first to deal with him. This Emperor De was quite capable; he even incited Unforgiving Taoist and others to forge a World-destroying Devilish Artifact for him! Among the modern dharma sects, Guanghua Hall and Piaomiao Palace are like two branches from the same root, diverging but returning to the same source. Although their foundational methods differ, they can be mutually understood at higher levels. Thus, the two sects had much exchange. The foundation of that World-destroying Devilish Artifact was a playful creation by Guanghua Hall's Free and Unfettered, Taiyi Tianzun Ai Citam!"

"Taiyi Tianzun, in his early years, out of boredom, pushed a minor spell derived from his cultivation technique to its extreme. At that time, the Celestial Venerable felt this method was too fierce and could only remain theoretical. Unexpectedly, Nuclear Chain Dharma King Fermi eventually deciphered this move. However, the Dharma King believed that using this method would result in self-retaliation, a mutual destruction. The sword control techniques of Liuyun Sect provided the possibility of activating this spell, and Feng Bu'en's unique Sword Art, 'Grasping Stars and Pulling Moons,' further amplified this magnificent spell. Taiyi Tianzun then urgently wrote to Meidi Luo. For the sake of all living beings, Meidi gathered the remaining cultivators from Piaomiao Palace, Burning Gold Valley, Myriad Dharma Sect, and Liuyun Sect to establish Sky Sword Palace and confront Emperor De."

"Sky Sword Palace, with the help of Meidi, pooled all the resources in the world. After several years, they succeeded before Emperor De, forging a powerful weapon capable of unleashing Taiyi Tianzun's world-ending technique. The Heavenly Sword, upon its creation, reached the highest heavens and the deepest underworld, shaking the world like thunder. Within the four borders, all submitted and obeyed its command. Afterward, Emperor De's identity was exposed, and Unforgiving Taoist and others were disgraced. The great war ended."

"Unexpectedly, Meidi Luo suddenly went mad and died. The treacherous minister Du usurped the throne, intending to monopolize the Heavenly Sword. Sky Sword Palace saw through his plot and invited cultivators from all over the world to discuss the Heavenly Sword. Du sent troops to suppress them. Later, a single cultivator annihilated the American Five Divisions single-handedly. At that time, he was known as Xiao Qian Palace Master, the one who caused the Five Divisions' demise."

Zhen Chanzi sighed, "That was truly stirring... Kid, isn't this the part you're most interested in? Why have you been so quiet since just now?"

Wang Qi stared intently at the Heavenly Sword above Li Ziye's head. Hearing Zhen Chanzi's call, he snapped back to reality, "Senior Li... your Heavenly Sword... is it called 'Fatty,' 'Skinny,' or 'Little Boy'?"

"Huh?"

Even with Li Ziye's Golden Core cultivator reaction speed, he couldn't handle such a question and was stunned on the spot. But if Li Ziye felt struck by lightning, Wang Qi felt like he had been struck by the legendary heavenly tribulation for three days and three nights.

This was the immortal hero version of the Manhattan Project! Do you guys even understand what you're holding, you nuclear-powered sword immortals!