Sever yin and yang, cleave all things!
The Supreme Swordsmanship that embodied the pinnacle of Lin Yue's slaughter robbed heaven and earth of their color!
In an instant, a cold gleam flashed through He Wushuang's previously placid eyes, and a chill swept through his entire body. He had never felt anything like it before. At that moment, he seemed to sense the boundary between life and death!
In his panic, he grabbed at the air and formed a Void Shield. But it was useless. The shield shattered, and the sword light continued unabated. This Life-Severing Sword cut down everything in its path.
One sword severed life; neither yin nor yang remained.
"Ah...!" An enraged roar rang out!
That single slash sent He Wushuang flying. A trail of blood radiating divine light streaked through the void like a falling comet and blasted a deep crater into the ground.
It was his blood, precious as a treasure of the Great Dao. After a living being underwent the ultimate sublimation, their blood brimmed with the divine radiance of the utmost realm.
Rumor spoke of unrivaled experts whose falling blood could pierce the void. Even after their deaths, the power radiating from their precious blood could kill peerless mighty beings.
"Ah... Master!"
In the distance, the Blood Phoenix Lion stared dumbfounded, covering his jaw with his forepaws and not daring to make another sound. Disbelief filled his face as he watched He Wushuang fly through the air. Since following his master into battle, this was the first time he had seen someone of the same realm send He Wushuang flying!
The name Lin Yue began circling through his heart like an inner demon!
He Wushuang emerged from the crater, his face grim. Though the wound on his chest was healing, his once-spotless azure robe was now spattered with blood.
"Lin Yue, is it? Very good. You are the first to stain my precious body with blood. Next, I will capture you. Don't worry, I won't kill you. I admire you greatly. You will be refined into a battle slave and follow me in conquering the myriad realms!"
"Heh! If you can do it, come and try!"
"Die, ant!"
With that, He Wushuang charged forward using Mystic Footwork. Refusing to yield, Lin Yue rushed to meet him.
On the battlefield, a golden streak of divine light and a black streak of divine light crisscrossed. The Blood Phoenix Lion could not make out their figures at all. They were so fast that his eyes could not capture their images, and concentrating too hard made his eyes ache.
This time, He Wushuang unleashed the Foreign Realm's unrivaled treasure arts. He had no choice; his opponent was simply too powerful. For the first time since setting out on his campaigns, someone his own age had wounded him with a sword. It drove him almost mad, and every strike drew on his utmost strength, intent on destroying his opponent! Yet almost all his divine abilities and treasure arts were cut down by the Life-Severing Sword.
As for Lin Yue, he had all but forged a path into the extreme Dao since the Blood Moving Realm. How could he be weak?
First came their peerless swordsmanship, then a clash of their ultimate physical divine strength. They exhausted every means, fighting until heaven and earth crumbled. Every collision between their attacks triggered phenomena throughout the world.
Both were heaven-blessed talents who had pushed beyond the utmost realm. Divine abilities familiar to outsiders displayed utterly different effects in their hands. Every technique evolved to its ultimate limit, manifesting astonishing phenomena that left onlookers speechless.
"Heaven and Earth in the Palm!"
He Wushuang reached out with a great hand. Divine marks turned into chains that covered the entire space, seeking to envelop Lin Yue. This was a terrifying spatial divine ability that suppressed heaven and earth with supreme divine power!
"Hmph! A mere petty trick! Sword Disrupts Yin and Yang!"
No matter your divine abilities, treasure arts, or heaven-defying ancient methods, none could escape yin and yang!
Refusing to yield, Lin Yue slashed with yin and yang energies coiling around his sword, shattering his opponent's unrivaled divine ability! The divine marks in He Wushuang's palm broke into fragments and dissipated.
They continued trading blows, neither able to gain victory for the moment!
Before long, blood rain fell from the sky. Their battle remained undecided, yet blood rain had already descended. After repeatedly enduring the full force of their divine power, heaven and earth could no longer bear the burden and wept!
Heavenly Weeping!
They had thought it was only a rumor. They never expected it to be real, much less to witness it themselves!
In the distance, the young man and woman watched tensely, fists clenched and bodies trembling. They had never imagined the battle would reach this point. Even heaven was weeping! And this young man from the Nine Heavens possessed such a powerful body that he held his own against his opponent, even faintly suppressing He Wushuang!
"The Nine Heavens still has hope!"
The young man and woman exchanged excited looks!
"All Laws Become Void!"
On the battlefield, golden light surged from He Wushuang's entire body, his hair dancing wildly. His composure vanished as he unleashed a heaven-shaking roar and an unrivaled divine ability. This was a supreme ancient art of the Foreign Realm that He Wushuang had mastered, his most important trump card. For the first time, it displayed its peerless ferocity on the battlefield of the Nine Heavens!
Gray mist descended from the void, cutting off everything. Black shadows stood in ranks behind He Wushuang, suppressing the entire space.
The Great Dao was severed; only gods and demons remained!
No matter how vast your divine abilities, all would become void! This was the Foreign Realm's most ancient secret art, a legend even within the Foreign Realm itself!
Gray mist swept forth and surrounded Lin Yue, as though seeking to swallow him whole!
At that moment, darkness descended. The black shadows behind He Wushuang moved, bearing an uncanny power that did not belong to this world as they stirred the Great Dao of heaven and earth!
"Hahahahaha..."
Watching the surrounded Lin Yue, He Wushuang laughed without restraint, as though victory were already beckoning!
"You are strong, Lin Yue. What a pity. Die! Everything will turn to ashes! No matter how unrivaled your divine abilities, no matter how extraordinary your talent, you will still fall, just like your Nine Heavens. Sink into oblivion! Become the most glorious stepping stone on my path to the pinnacle of kings!"
Heaven and earth were devastated, space cracked apart, and every tangible thing began evaporating into nothingness.
"Enough noise! Colorless Yin-Yang Sword Realm! Open!"
Lin Yue likewise unleashed his supreme divine essence to cast an unparalleled divine ability.
Yin and yang were the Dao of heaven and earth!
At that moment, the world's formless Great Dao became tangible swords that manifested all around him, coursing wildly through an ancient formation.
On one side stood a supreme Sword Realm formed from the Great Dao, capable of disrupting yin and yang, cleaving heaven, and seizing earth. On the other stood a supreme ancient art that severed every Great Dao!
"Come! Let us see whether your World Emperor Art is stronger, or the method nurtured by my realm is superior!"
"Then I will send you through reincarnation!"
Both unleashed their unrivaled divine abilities, seeking to annihilate the other.
With that single collision, the earth split and the sky shattered. The shadows of gods and demons collapsed, while the yin-yang sword light broke into fragments and returned to heaven and earth!
The dust slowly cleared. Both panted, their robes torn and their bodies stained with blood. But neither had died!
Lin Yue had known this would happen. He understood how powerful the man before him was; that was simply a fact. Killing He Wushuang as he was now would be extremely difficult, but it was still worth a try!
He Wushuang, however, clearly could not accept it. He had unleashed nearly all his divine abilities, even deploying his supreme ancient art, and fought until heaven and earth collapsed, yet still failed to kill his opponent.
"It isn't over yet!"
Clearly, He Wushuang intended to attack again!
Lin Yue said, "Hmph! You're right. I wouldn't be satisfied if it ended like this! How could a contest for realm fortune end in a draw? Either you die, or I do!"
"Immortal-Slaying Grand Art! Rise!"
Ancient divine marks emerged, bearing uncanny power. Lightning burst forth, gray mist veiled the sky, demonic voices echoed, and terrifying phenomena sprang up! Countless distorted faces flickered within the black mist, wailing mournfully!
"Ah...! How can such a vicious art exist?"
"Why won't my primordial spirit obey me?"
"Someone save me...!"
Countless tragic cries echoed through heaven and earth. These were the souls of those who had once died beneath this supreme ancient art. Now, the scenes of their final slaughter manifested, throwing minds into turmoil!
"What divine ability is this? Why can't I sense our realm's Great Dao?" An undying aura surged around the young Heavenly Horned Ant, blocking the pressure his opponent radiated!
"Too terrifying! I never imagined he still had such a technique! Though it isn't physical strength, it is certainly an ancient art with heaven-reaching power!"
"Primordial Spirit Ejection! All laws become void! Immortal-Devouring Grand Art, emerge...!"
He Wushuang alone could wield two ancient arts of the Foreign Realm simultaneously-and perhaps more. Divine lightning crossed within his eyes, and a supreme sword formation seemed to lurk within it as it closed in. A thunderous strike slashed toward Lin Yue.
"Die!"
By then, darkness had swallowed Lin Yue, cutting him off from the Great Dao of heaven and earth. An invisible great hand seemed to be drawing out his primordial spirit. His primordial spirit trembled, on the verge of leaving his body.
Chapter 11: Defeating He Wushuang
"You aren't the only one with trump cards, little He. Today, I'll show you what it means for there to always be someone stronger! We cultivators of the Nine Heavens are no weaker than you."
As Lin Yue spoke, golden light burst from his entire body, as though a deity had awakened. Rays of divine light pierced the black mist enveloping him, scattering the dust and sweeping away the darkness!
The Martial Dao Divine Infant that had sat cross-legged within Lin Yue's dantian rose to its feet, radiating golden light! It steadied the primordial spirit that was about to fly from his body. Then his inner divine treasury activated. The Twelve Great Circulatory Divine Meridians representing the human body revived, while three hundred and sixty-five divine universes and seven hundred and twenty cave-heaven divine embryos awakened, nurturing supreme divine power within him!
The radiance of the stars throughout the heavens was drawn into this realm instead. The divine universes within Lin Yue were influencing the outside world, shaking heaven and earth through his own mighty power.
Since the Great Dao of heaven and earth had been cut off and could not be used, he would borrow nothing from external things and remain unbound by heaven and earth!
Even if your divine abilities sealed the heavens, his own divine universes were limitless!
At that moment, Lin Yue shone from head to toe. His black hair became crystalline and floated behind him. All around his body, he was Unaffected by All Laws.
Within his spiritual platform, two indistinct figures, one black and one white, stood behind Lin Yue. Their Dharma Forms propped open the sky, leaving all things nowhere to hide!
"Azure Yang, Profound Calamity! Nether Yin Pure Land! The yin and yang of the Great Dao, obey my command!"
"Great Yin-Yang Chengli Sword Qi!"
As his opponent attacked, Lin Yue unleashed the divine ability nurtured within his Yin-Yang Dao Body!
Within that single sword strike, extreme yang cleaved the divine body, while extreme yin shattered the primordial spirit!
Their thunderous strikes exceeded the limits of divine power in the Self-Slaying realm.
Heaven and earth fell silent, and the myriad Daos grew still. Unable to imprint their divine arts, the Great Dao chose silence. Yet all things were turning to ashes!
The phenomena slowly receded. When the void grew calm again, He Wushuang fell to his knees, his body split with wounds. Lin Yue supported himself on his sword with one hand, covered in blood and utterly weakened! Cracks had appeared in both their primordial spirits-Dao wounds that were difficult to heal on their own.
Both had simultaneously unleashed secret arts that slew the primordial spirit. Each one's body and primordial spirit bore the imprints of the other's divine abilities. If those imprints could not be removed, they would slowly be ground away.
This was the most brutal battle Lin Yue had fought since beginning his path. Though he remained standing, he was hardly any better off. His divine body was torn open, and his primordial spirit wounded. Yet, in the end, Lin Yue had won!
He Wushuang, the Foreign Realm's peerless prodigy of his generation, had finally been defeated. The fortune of the Nine Heavens Realm cheered, and immortal music rang out, reaching the highest heavens above and the Nine Netherworlds below!
"How... is this possible? I am He Wushuang, unrivaled beneath heaven. I should have swept through every opponent and reached the pinnacle of kings! How could I lose here? I refuse to accept it...!"
Now it was He Wushuang's turn to look bewildered. He had fought with his utmost strength, holding nothing back and unleashing every ancient art, only to be handed defeat by someone his own age. He could not believe it!
"Hmph! What's so strange about your defeat? Who dares claim to be invincible? Who dares claim they will never lose? The younger generation of our Nine Heavens is certainly no weaker than yours! Go in peace. I will remember today's battle!"
The young man and woman hurried over!
Unlike the young man and woman on the other side, the Blood Phoenix Lion trembled on all four limbs, almost collapsing!
How could this happen? It must be an illusion. Could this young man be an Immortal King reborn? He defeated Master one-on-one! Absolutely... absolutely impossible. It's an illusion!
The name Lin Yue began circling in the Blood Phoenix Lion's heart like a demonic obsession, refusing to fade!
"Dao brother, eliminate him to prevent future trouble!"
The young man spoke without belittling Lin Yue for his youth. Instead, he addressed him as Dao brother. Lin Yue had won, and his cultivation of the Great Dao surpassed his own, so he willingly called him brother.
The woman was equally excited. Victory in the Battle of Realm Fortune meant there was still a chance to turn things around!
"Right!"
Having spoken, Lin Yue forcibly suppressed his Dao wounds with the divine infant within him! He intended to eliminate all future trouble. Another opportunity to kill someone destined to reach the pinnacle as an unparalleled king would probably never come again! Thus, Lin Yue moved without hesitation.
Just as Lin Yue was about to attack again, another unexpected change struck!
A storm swept through the entire Ancient World!
It seemed a terrifying being had descended! No, only its will had descended, yet the entire Ancient World could barely endure its divine consciousness, as though it would be crushed beneath it.
Above the sky, a pair of divine eyes formed from endless storms gazed down upon them, without joy or sorrow. All things were alike in those eyes. All three, Lin Yue included, felt their bodies split open and their primordial spirits wail!
"This... this is bad! Such power! Is it a king?"
Their Battle of Realm Fortune had actually drawn a king's attention, and that king intended to intervene!
The young man struggled to speak!
Of course, the Foreign Realm's army had descended determined to sweep through the Nine Heavens. Even the Immortal Domain's deployment of troops had failed to halt their advance. Yet they had unexpectedly lost the Battle of Realm Fortune, proving that the Nine Heavens still possessed a sliver of hope. How could they tolerate such a thing?
Though far away, the other party had sensed it. What sort of being was an Immortal King? One who ruled the rise and fall of epochs and looked down upon the living beings of myriad realms. An incarnation of his will descended here to erase a variable like Lin Yue!
A dark ray of divine light descended from the eyes above the sky, crossing time and space to slay them and grind them into oblivion.
"Utterly shameless! You call yourself a king, yet you attack a cultivator in the Void Dao Realm! Have you no shame?"
A heavenly voice rang through the Ancient World, neither distinctly male nor female. Not only was it pleasing to the ear, it instantly cut off the opposing power and protected them!
A king of the Nine Heavens had acted to protect the three. A few drops of golden-green divine liquid also fell from above the sky into their bodies, and almost instantly, their Dao wounds showed signs of healing.
Then countless green branches descended from beyond the heavens, crossing space and piercing the divine light. The light exploded, its surging waves bursting apart!
"You again! How many can you stop? I am not the only king in my realm!"
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