Xuanyuan Wudi stood on the distant horizon and slowly raised his sword. A sword's cry rang throughout Mount Kunlun, and mountains near and far answered as one.
Clouds churned, countless peaks shook, and the windblown snow filling the sky turned into countless indistinct sword shadows.
A vast sword intent shrouded the land for hundreds of miles around, as though all of Mount Kunlun had become a divine sword lying across the mortal world.
Xuanyuan Wudi struck first, bringing his sword down.
The blade crossed a thousand miles of space and appeared directly above the Moon Lord's head.
A sword scar dozens of miles long pierced the sky.
The clouds high above parted cleanly. Mountains split along its path, and several lofty peaks slid smoothly off at their waists. Their enormous masses crashed into the valleys, throwing up waves of snow that filled the sky.
The Moon Lord looked up at the approaching blade. His Guixu rules surged up, enveloping the surrounding world.
The sword scar stretching across the sky began to fade rapidly. Layers of sword light dissipated, and great swaths of the sword shadows filling the sky returned to nothingness.
Even the Sea of Clouds and windblown snow stirred by the Image Realm Way of the Sword developed enormous patches of emptiness.
But Xuanyuan Wudi's sword kept descending, and the mountains of Mount Kunlun continued to shake.
Endless sword intent rose from among the mountains and rivers, pouring into the blade spanning the sky.
The Guixu rules constantly broke down the sword's force, while Mount Kunlun's myriad manifestations constantly replenished it. The two powers collided head-on thousands of meters in the air.
Boom!
The world shook violently.
Then a terrifying shock wave swept across the mountains.
Every cloud for dozens of miles around was blasted apart. Several nearby snowy