Sword Cry Reaching Ninth Heaven

When the Soaring Cloud Sword Sect's triennial "Azure Edge Grand Competition" opened on the main peak plaza, Chu Mo stood among a thousand Outer Sect Disciples. He looked at the nine bronze lamps hanging from the platform, each engraved with words such as "Iron Severing, Jade Breaking, River Burning"—the competition's nine levels of trials. With every level passed, the lamp wick would ignite with the fire of sword intent.

"Outer Sect Disciple Chu Mo, challenge the first level!"

Following the presiding elder's call, Chu Mo stepped onto the trial platform carved with sword patterns. The first lamp lit up, and a hundred iron swords condensed from spiritual energy appeared in the air, hurtling toward him like a torrential downpour.

"Break." Chu Mo lightly swept his broken sword. Wherever Chaos Sword Qi passed, the iron swords shattered one after another. Even stranger, his sword body absorbed the iron swords' "unyielding ferocity" sword intent, and fine metallic patterns emerged across the broken blade.

"Second level, Jade Breaking!"

The second lamp lit up, and thirty jade pillars suddenly rose from the ground, each wrapped in the Wind Blade Law. Chu Mo neither dodged nor evaded, directly cleaving at the jade pillars with his broken sword. Chaos Sword Qi cut through them like a hot knife through snow. As the pillars crumbled, the Wind Blade Law was devoured by his sword body and transformed into azure patterns along his sleeve cuffs.

By the time Chu Mo stepped onto the fifth level, disciples had already crowded around the trial platform. He had absorbed all the sword-intent laws from the first four levels. His broken sword now faintly possessed the luster of a spirit artifact, while the Chaos Runes on its blade resonated with the Law of Flame from the fifth-level "River Burning" lamp, forming a pale golden Flame Sword Domain around him.

"What a Chaos Sword Body—it can truly fuse ten thousand swords into one." From the stands, the Soaring Cloud Sword Sect's sect master, Lingyunzi, stroked his long beard, astonishment flashing through his eyes. He had noticed that every time Chu Mo passed a level, the broken sword underwent a subtle evolution. This trait was precisely the sign of the legendary Sword Domain Symbiosis.

When the sixth-level "Mountain Splitting" lamp lit up, a thirty-meter stone giant appeared in the center of the trial platform. Its rocky skin was covered in the Earth Element Law. Every punch it threw sent shockwaves crashing down hard enough to blast deep pits into the ground.

"Primordial Sword Art, fourth form—Mountain Swallowing!"

Chu Mo shouted lowly, and the broken sword suddenly erupted with boundless azure light. The stone giant's Earth Element Law surged into the sword body like a long river. The stone skin over its body rapidly peeled away, exposing the core of condensed spiritual energy within. The broken sword followed with a slash. As the core exploded, the sixth-level wick blazed fiercely and directly lit the seventh-level "Heaven Burning" lamp.

"He actually triggered sword intent across levels!" Cries of shock rose among the Outer Sect Disciples. Even the strongest Inner Disciples of the past could only break through one level at a time, yet Chu Mo relied on the devouring nature of the Chaos Sword Body to make the sixth level's Earth Element Law resonate with the seventh level's Law of Flame within his sword body.

When the Heaven Burning sword rain of the seventh level descended, Chu Mo suddenly felt his Sea of Consciousness tremble. Memory fragments sealed within the broken sword surfaced—an image of Chu Muxue battling seven divine sovereigns deep within the Sword Tomb. Her sword, too, burned with Seven-Colored Sword Intent.

"So that's how it is..." Chu Mo murmured. His broken sword suddenly swept out, and Chaos Sword Qi condensed into a Seven-Colored Sword Wheel in midair. As the Heaven Burning sword rain was ground to pieces by the wheel, the seventh-level wick exploded with a boom, even lighting the eighth-level "Star Shattering" lamp.

In the stands, Xiao Yichen's expression darkened further. He quietly crushed the Blood Jade in his sleeve, and three blood-colored figures emerged from the shadows behind the stage—Core Formation Realm assassins sent by the Blood Demon Sect. Their target: Yun Che.

At that moment, Yun Che was cheering for Chu Mo from the Outer Sect Disciple seats, completely unaware of the three killing intents closing in. When the nearest assassin was only thirty feet away from her, the jade pendant at her waist suddenly shone brightly. The phantom of the Heaven Suppressing Seal appeared and scattered the Blood Demon Qi.

"Yun Che, watch out!" Chu Mo sensed the anomaly from the trial platform and fiercely slashed at the Star Shattering sword intent of the eighth level. The eighth level, which should have taken the time it took to drink half a cup of tea, was instantly broken through by his forceful devouring. His entire body became a streak of light as he shot toward Yun Che.

"Chaos Sword Body!" The Blood Demon Sect assassins realized they had been exposed and simultaneously unleashed their killing moves. Three Blood Lotus Daggers interwove into a net in the air, while Blood Demon Qi transformed into a blood cloud that blotted out the sky and covered the area where Yun Che stood.

"Heaven Suppressing Seal, open!" Yun Che formed hand seals with both hands, and golden seal patterns tore a rift through the blood cloud. Chu Mo's broken sword arrived almost at the same instant. Chaos Sword Qi and the light of the Heaven Suppressing Seal echoed one another, condensing into a translucent giant sword in midair. "Slash!"

The giant sword fell, and the blood cloud shattered in response. The three assassins' corpses collapsed to the ground, not a drop of blood flowing from their wounds—their Blood Demon power had been completely drained by the Chaos Sword Body, while even their Primordial Spirits were purified by the Heaven Suppressing Seal.

The entire arena fell silent. Everyone stared at the young man and woman standing amid the blood mist. Golden blood dripped from Chu Mo's broken sword—it was actually the manifestation of Chaos Power—while Yun Che's skirt had been stained dark red by Blood Demon Qi, yet she still tightly gripped his wrist.

"Ninth level, Sword Cry Reaching Ninth Heaven!" The presiding elder's voice trembled. In his decades of service, he had never seen anyone distract himself to save another during a challenge and casually break through two more levels in the process.

The instant the ninth lamp lit up, the entire Soaring Cloud Sword Sect's mountain-protecting grand formation trembled. Nine strands of sword intent with different attributes descended from the heavens, condensing into a tangible sword-domain cage above Chu Mo's head.

"Brother Chu Mo, I'll help you!" Yun Che suddenly bit her fingertip and dripped her blood onto Chu Mo's broken sword. The Heaven Suppressing Bloodline and the Chaos Sword Body erupted into fierce resonance. The broken sword gave a clear cry like a dragon's roar, and the shattered jade on its blade finally fused completely with Yun Che's pendant, transforming into a complete Primordial Chaos Sword Seal.

"Primordial Sword Art, World Annihilation Scroll—Nine Tribulations Returning to Silence!"

Chu Mo's voice seemed to come from the depths of chaos. Before the sword seal, the nine sword-intent cages were utterly unable to withstand a single blow. They were devoured and fused one after another. When the ninth-level wick ignited, ten thousand swords cried in unison from the direction of the Soaring Cloud Sword Sect's Sword Tomb. Countless ancient swords, long buried beneath the earth, broke free and bowed toward Chu Mo.

"This is... the Sword Tomb Acknowledging Master!" Lingyunzi abruptly rose to his feet, tears glimmering in his eyes. At last, he understood why Chu Muxue had risked her life thirty years ago to send the child back to the Ye family—the Chaos Sword Body had always been the Sword Tomb's true master.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Xiao Yichen quietly retreated backstage, only to be stopped by a figure. It was his master, Chen Xuanxiao, the Soaring Cloud Sword Sect's Second Elder. Chen Xuanxiao looked at him coldly. "Did you think the Blood Demon Sect's scheme could escape my notice?"

"Master, I..." Xiao Yichen had barely begun to defend himself when Chen Xuanxiao suddenly struck. A stream of Sword Qi pierced straight through his dantian. "The appearance of the Chaos Sword Body is the Sword Sect's opportunity, but it is also your tribulation. Remember this: some secrets are not yours to touch."

On the main peak plaza, Chu Mo accepted the Inner Sect Chief Token handed over by the sect master, but his gaze fell upon the distant Sword Tomb. He could feel that after fusing with Yun Che's Heaven Suppressing Bloodline, the memories within the broken sword concerning the Primordial Sword Domain had become clearer—there lay not only the Source of the Myriad Realms, but also the final strand of sword intent his mother had left behind.

"The next stop is the Grand Void Mystic Realm." Chu Mo spoke softly and turned toward Yun Che. Fine sweat covered the girl's forehead, but her smile remained radiant, as though the life-and-death battle with the Blood Demon Sect assassins moments ago had been nothing more than child's play.

The night wind brushed past them when Yun Che suddenly pointed at Chu Mo's broken sword and cried out, "Brother Chu Mo, your sword..."

At some unknown moment, the broken sword had returned to its complete form. Its pitch-black blade reflected the stars filling the sky, while the Primordial Chaos Sword Seal at its hilt flickered with seven-colored light. When Chu Mo gripped the hilt, the spiritual energy of the entire Sword Sect formed a vortex and surged into his body.

"Chaos Sword Body Second Layer, Sword Domain Resonance." The Scripture Pavilion Elder muttered, "It seems the true Grandmist Sword Master is finally about to set foot on the Path of Ten Thousand Realms."

In the distance, another secret letter from the Blood Demon Sect took flight. Three gilded characters were stamped upon its envelope: Sword Master Appears. Far to the north, Xiao Zhantian, the Immortal Emperor of the Mysterious Yellow Divine Dynasty, suddenly opened his eyes. Looking southward, a cold smile curled across his lips. "Chaos Sword Body... Heaven Suppressing Bloodline... Primordial Sword Domain. In the end, they are still destined to appear in this world."

The Azure Edge Grand Competition came to an end. Chu Mo stood atop the Sword Sect's highest point, watching the sea of clouds churn beneath his feet. The broken sword trembled softly in his palm, as though recounting the call of the myriad realms. He knew that the road ahead would no longer be confined to the tiny Southern Region—the Chaos Sword Domain of the Grand Void Mystic Realm, the Mysterious Yellow Divine Dynasty's conspiracy in the Immortal Realm, and the demon god sleeping deep within chaos...

But at this moment, all he needed to do was hold the hand of the person beside him. Yun Che's warmth passed through his fingertips. As they touched, the Heaven Suppressing Seal and the Primordial Chaos Sword Seal shimmered faintly, like the twin poles of yin and yang at the dawn of creation, finally finding where they belonged.

Sword cries reached the ninth heaven, and the myriad realms stirred with waves. The legend of the Chaos Sword Master had begun in this small Sword Sect, unfurling its most magnificent chapter across the Azure Blue Realm and the endless myriad realms.