The sun and moon parted in the heavens, meeting time and again; men and gods walked the earth, treading the paths of the Yellow Springs. At the borders of All Heavens Worlds, vast waves shook the world, and sword intent stirred the firmament.
From night until dawn, the great battle had already lasted several hundred exchanges. The ferocious clash shook even the flow of time.
Since time immemorial, the strongest man at the Summit of All Heavens—the Underworld King—was so powerful that no words could describe him.
Yet now, the legendary swordsman who had come from the mortal world was actually fighting the Demon God to a standstill.
With a single heart devoted to proving the sword, abandoning everything, the path of a king was lonely and merciless.
With a thunderous boom, palm force and sword fingers collided. Raging waves swept across the Nine Heavens around them, and true essence shook the vault of heaven.
The Demon God's body had already bled several times. Since endless ages ago, his true form had never been injured so severely.
Yet though his body was wounded, the god's fighting spirit became ever more astonishing, blazing like a black sun and making heaven and earth tremble.
Facing the foremost man of the Summit of All Heavens, the king who had turned his entire being into a sword likewise raised his fighting spirit to its limit. Sword light surged around him, dazzling beyond compare.
Strong—so strong that words failed. Since the primordial war of gods, such a battle had appeared for the first time. It was a battle that could create worlds, one that would shatter even the Great Dao.
"Magnificent!"
A shocking sword wound had been carved across the Underworld King's chest by the Sword of Defeat and Demise. The radiance in his divine