Showing Weakness

Xi Tianyang had not exaggerated. Before Shen Yi reached perfection, he had already stood at the absolute pinnacle of the world, invincible beneath heaven.

Even with Shen Yi's appearance now shattering his ambition of ruling the Nine Provinces alone, the two of them were still evenly matched.

In their understanding and command of space and heaven and earth, both Shen Yi and Xi Tianyang had reached the limits of this world.

There was no further path forward.

Only ascension through Shattering the Void Realm remained.

Shen Yi's voice was calm, carrying a trace of unquestionable resolve. "So I do not intend to kill you. I intend to help you!"

"I will help you shatter the void and ascend!"

The moment those words fell,

Xi Tianyang's eyes narrowed at once.

Buzz!

A crimson sword gleam suddenly leaped out of the void, descending from above and stabbing straight toward Xi Tianyang's brow.

Clang!

Xi Tianyang raised two fingers and precisely caught the fierce blade between them. It could not advance an inch; such an attack could do nothing to him.

He still could not see what Shen Yi was trying to accomplish.

Yet the changes did not stop.

In an instant, countless strands of Pure Yang Sword Qi split from the sword gleam—one becoming two, two becoming three, three becoming all things.

The endless Sword Qi did not strike at Xi Tianyang. Instead, it blanketed the sky, enclosing the area within a hundred zhang like a prison.

Shen Yi flashed close. Gripping Zhanque in both hands, he raised his blade and slashed down with all his might, unleashing a dazzling azure blade radiance that swept forth with a howl.

Though the blade radiance struck later, it arrived in an instant, suddenly scattering into blade qi that filled the heavens like exploding blue