Deity Realm

"Thunder Sword Qi!" Song Ning, sect master of the Thunder Que Sword Sect, roared furiously as he shot into the air. He frantically circulated the True Essence within him, sending Sword Qi blasting forth while drawing upon the lightning in the void, forming layer upon layer of Thunder Sword Qi around his body.

"Thunder Sword Qi! This is the Thunder Que Sword Sect's supreme sword art! A supreme divine technique that draws upon the lightning of heaven and earth and fuses it with one's own Sword Qi! It can attack and defend!"

"Sect Master Song has already cultivated it to the tenth level! He has fully grasped the true essence of Thunder Sword Qi!"

Tai Hongtao of the Wuji Dynasty said.

At that moment, amid everyone's expectations, Song Ning, the Thunder Que Sword Sect's sect master, his entire body flickering with lightning and shrouded in Sword Qi, charged toward the Sword Demon's layers upon layers of Sword Qi.

Upon reaching the Sword Demon's Sword Qi, Song Ning suddenly slashed out.

A ten-thousand-zhang Sword Qi tore across the sky.

From afar, it resembled a heavenly bridge spanning the high heavens.

Yet the instant the ten-thousand-zhang Sword Qi struck the Sword Demon's Sword Qi, the latter's radiance suddenly surged. All light between heaven and earth dimmed, and Song Ning's ten-thousand-zhang Sword Qi crumbled apart in an instant like chickens and dogs made of clay.

Song Ning himself seemed to have been struck by some enormous object and was sent flying straight down from the sky into the ground.

Boom!

The earth shook, and the thunderous crash reached everyone's ears.

Dust and sand billowed as a massive crater appeared.

Everyone was stunned.

As the Thunder Que Sword Sect's sect master, Song Ning's strength was beyond question. Yet even after using the sect's supreme sword art, Thunder Sword Qi, he was still utterly unable to withstand a single blow before the Sword Demon's Sword Qi!

Sword Demon Xi Lai threw back his head and laughed wildly. "An ant trying to shake a mountain! You overestimate yourself!"

"Having been struck by my, Sword Demon Xi Lai's, Death Soul Sword Qi, your soul and Primordial Spirit will surely scatter within a day. Even a Heavenly God cannot save you!"

Hearing Sword Demon Xi Lai's wild laughter, everyone's hearts sank.

At that moment, an expert from one of the families fled in panic. Just as he was about to escape the Thunder Que Sword Sect's territory, he suddenly crashed into an invisible Sword Wall.

In an instant, the Sword Qi from the invisible Sword Wall sliced him into countless fragments.

Everyone was horrified.

"The Thunder Que Sword Sect has already been sealed by my Supreme Sword Array. No one will be able to leave today!" Sword Demon Xi Lai's cold voice rang out.

Princess Tai Yan, Xiao Changfeng, Zheng Yue, and the many ancestral elders and family heads all changed expression.

Sword Demon Xi Lai meant that not only would he destroy the Thunder Que Sword Sect today, but everyone present would die as well!

The experts from every faction of the Wuji Dynasty were all shocked and enraged upon hearing this.

Just then, Yang Cheng's majestic voice suddenly rang out. "Nine Heavens Thunder!"

Immediately afterward, streams of astonishing Sword Qi shot up from within the Ancestral Land, piercing straight into the nine heavens.

These Sword Qis contained purple lightning.

They were, astonishingly, the Nirvana Purple Thunder among heavenly lightning.

Even Emperor-level experts would be reduced to dust in an instant when facing this Nirvana Purple Thunder.

Watching the countless purple lightning Sword Qis blast into the heavens, Sword Demon Xi Lai did not reveal himself. With a wave of one hand, countless demonic Sword Qis descended in rolling torrents like a raging river, carrying the might to destroy heaven and earth.

"Demon Annihilation Sword!"

The demonic sword qi collided with Nine Heavens Thunder.

The void erupted like bolts of heavenly lightning exploding one after another.

Countless giant clouds of smoke mushroomed upward.

The sky, which had been blazing with sunlight moments ago, was completely obscured by demonic qi and thick smoke. Heaven and earth instantly plunged into darkness.

The Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Qi dispersed.

Within the Ancestral Land, Yang Cheng gave a muffled grunt, blood spilling from the corner of his mouth.

"Master!" Chen Hong cried out in alarm, while the faces of the Thunder Que Sword Sect's ancestral elders changed drastically.

It was clear that Yang Cheng had been injured by that exchange.

Sword Demon Xi Lai chuckled. "Boy Yang Cheng, your Nine Heavens Thunder has decent power, but it only possesses half the might it had when your father wielded it back then."

"Today, the Thunder Que Sword Sect will surely perish!"

Princess Tai Yan and the others, who had still held hope in Yang Cheng, all wore ashen expressions.

Even Yang Cheng could not withstand the Sword Demon's might!

Did that not mean they would all die here today?!

At that moment, astonishing Sword Qi gathered high in the air. Clearly, the Sword Demon was about to unleash an exterminating strike upon the Thunder Que Sword Sect's Ancestral Land.

"The Ancestral Hall is protected by Divine Light. Hurry inside the Ancestral Hall and do not come out!" Feeling the terrifying Sword Qi gathering overhead, Yang Cheng urgently said to Lu Yiping. After speaking, he shouted to Chen Hong and the Thunder Que Sword Sect's ancestral elders, "Activate the Soaring Heaven Sword Array with all your strength!"

The Soaring Heaven Sword Array was the strongest sword array in the Ancestral Land.

It had been personally arranged by Sword God Yang Dong back then.

At once, Chen Hong and the Thunder Que Sword Sect's ancestral elders each took their positions. In unison, they formed hand seals and activated the Soaring Heaven Sword Array within the Ancestral Land.

Yang Cheng entered the array's core and no longer concealed his aura. His aura surged like vast ocean waves, rolling and sweeping through the nine heavens.

At that moment, the Sword Demon's gathered Sword Qi transformed into a Sword Mountain and came crashing down.

Meanwhile, under Yang Cheng, Chen Hong, and the others' full activation, the Soaring Heaven Sword Array's sword light shot skyward. Sword Qi like an ocean blanketed heaven and earth.

The Sword Demon's Sword Mountain collided with the Soaring Heaven sword light.

A dense succession of deafening explosions rang out.

The two sides remained locked in a stalemate, neither able to gain the upper hand.

But then, suddenly, a Golden Light emerged from within the Sword Demon's Sword Mountain.

The Soaring Heaven sword light was blasted apart in an instant, as easily as dry weeds and rotten wood.

The Sword Demon's Sword Mountain crashed directly into the Ancestral Land.

Yang Cheng, Chen Hong, and the others were struck as though by a massive blow, all sent flying as they spat out great mouthfuls of blood.

With a single step, Sword Demon Xi Lai passed through the Ancestral Land's layers of restrictions and arrived before the Ancestral Hall.

"Divine Qi—you have already passed the Divine Tribulation!" Yang Cheng stared at Sword Demon Xi Lai in disbelief.

Chen Hong and the Thunder Que Sword Sect's ancestral elders were horrified. He had passed the Divine Tribulation? That meant Sword Demon Xi Lai was already a Deity Realm expert!