Three Sects Encircle

Within the purple clouds of the Desolate Sword Domain, three colossal warships that blotted out the sky burst through the clouds. The gilded warship of the Mysterious Yellow Divine Dynasty took the lead, its hull carved with star runes; on the left, the bone vessel of the Myriad Demon Palace was crowded with Demon Cultivators, with nine blood-red flagpoles standing at its prow; on the right, the Blood Demon Sect's demonic warship was shrouded in blood mist, from which piercing screams drifted from time to time.

"Sword Master, the allied army has divided into three routes. The Mysterious Yellow Divine Dynasty will assault the main gate, the Myriad Demon Palace will outflank us from the left wing, and the Blood Demon Sect will target the rear spirit vein!" Sword Thirteen stood atop the walls of the Sword Palace, his iron sword pointing at the horizon, a trace of tremor in his aged voice.

Chu Mo gazed at the dark clouds on the horizon, the broken sword trembling faintly in his palm. He could feel the auras of the three great powers bearing down like mountains—the Mysterious Yellow Law of Immortal Emperor Xiao Zhantian, the demon domain law of the Myriad Demon Palace Master, and the blood demon law of the Blood Demon Sect Master. Every one of them had reached the peak of the Tribulation Passing Realm, nearly touching the threshold of the Immortal Venerable Realm.

"Yun Che, take your people and guard the spirit vein. Sword Thirteen, activate the Desolate Nine Sword Array and trap the Blood Demon Sect." Chu Mo swiftly arranged his tactics. "Remember, don't fight head-on. Stall them until I deal with Xiao Zhantian!"

"Brother Chu Mo, be careful..." Yun Che hesitated, then finally nodded. The Heaven Suppressing Seal condensed in her palm as she rushed toward the rear mountain's spirit vein with twenty sword guards.

The Mysterious Yellow Divine Dynasty's warship fired first. More than a hundred beams of starlight blasted toward the Sword Palace gates. Chu Mo swept his broken sword across, and Chaos Sword Qi transformed into a shield, forcibly taking the attack. The cracked sword runes across the ground suddenly lit up. The earth-vein power of the Desolate Sword Domain was activated, rebounding the starlight beams and exploding in bursts of flame upon the warship.

"Interesting." Xiao Zhantian stood at the prow, the Mysterious Yellow Imperial Seal in his hand glimmering faintly. "But with such petty tricks, you think you can stop this emperor?" With a wave of his hand, thirty-six ancient bronze bells appeared above the warship. As their chimes rang out, space itself began to solidify.

At the same time, the Demon Cultivators of the Myriad Demon Palace reverted to their true forms. Demon wolves, venomous spiders, and Bone Dragons filled the sky as they pounced upon the Sword Palace's left wing. The leading Leopard Demon elder threw back his head and roared. Nine blood-red flagpoles pierced the ground, forming the Nine Demon Devouring Heaven Array, while dense demon domain law dyed the sky blue-green.

"Sword Palace disciples, form the sword array!" At Sword Thirteen's command, every sword rune in the Desolate Sword Domain lit up. Ninety-nine sword guards soared into the air, their iron swords linking together into a single expanse and becoming nine enormous ancient sword phantoms that met the army of Demon Cultivators head-on.

Chu Mo seized the moment. His broken sword suddenly erupted in seven-colored radiance—after absorbing wood-element, spatial, and other laws from the Spirit Realm, his Chaos Sword Body could now briefly fuse multiple laws. He became a streak of light and charged toward Xiao Zhantian. When his broken sword slashed out, it carried three powers at once: the vitality of wood, the incineration of fire, and the severing force of space.

"Paltry tricks!" Xiao Zhantian raised the Mysterious Yellow Imperial Seal, golden light enveloping his entire body. "Mysterious Yellow Law, suppress!"

The two forces collided, and an enormous yin-yang fish pattern appeared in the sky. Chu Mo felt his power being absorbed by the imperial seal, when he suddenly recalled the records in the Primordial Chaos Sword Canon Remnant: the Mysterious Yellow Imperial Seal could suppress all laws; only Chaos Power could break it.

"Primordial Sword Art, Eighth Form—Chaotic Reversal!"

With a low shout from Chu Mo, the Primordial Chaos Sword Seal on his broken sword suddenly reversed. Chaos Sword Qi rolled back like a receding tide. Not only did it break free from the imperial seal's suppression, it also drew the Mysterious Yellow Law into the sword domain. Xiao Zhantian's expression changed drastically. Cracks had actually appeared in his Mysterious Yellow Law amid the Chaos Sword Qi.

"How is that possible..." Xiao Zhantian retreated half a step, terror flashing through his eyes. He suddenly realized that the youth before him was no longer the useless wretch from the Azure Blue Realm whom anyone could slaughter at will, but a true Chaos Sword Master capable of threatening his position.

Just then, Yun Che's startled cry rang out from the rear mountain. Chu Mo's heart tightened. Chaos Sword Qi erupted instantly, knocking Xiao Zhantian back thirty yards, before he turned and flew toward the rear mountain. There, the Blood Demon Sect Master stood above the spirit vein, the Blood Lotus Lamp in his hand absorbing the vein's power. The ground was strewn with the corpses of sword guards.

"Chu Mo, your little lover is quite impressive. What a pity..." The Blood Demon Sect Master licked his lips. "The blood of the Heaven Suppressing Bloodline is the finest material for a blood sacrifice!"

Yun Che's Heaven Suppressing Seal had already shattered. Blood trickled from the corner of her mouth, yet she still stood before the spirit vein. Boundless killing intent flashed through Chu Mo's eyes. Every Chaos Rune on his broken sword lit up, and the sword phantom of his mother, Chu Muxue, suddenly emerged within the sword domain.

"Mother, lend me your sword intent!"

Chu Mo shouted softly, and the sword phantom merged with his body. The instant his broken sword slashed out, all the sword runes throughout the Desolate Sword Domain lit up. A sword beam containing both Chaos and Heaven Suppressing power tore through the heavens and slashed directly at the Blood Demon Sect Master.

"No!" The Blood Demon Sect Master tried to evade in terror, only to find his movements completely frozen. The sword beam flashed past, cleaving both his body and the Blood Lotus Lamp in two. Blood Demon Qi vanished like smoke in Chaos Sword Qi.

"Brother Chu Mo!" Yun Che staggered into Chu Mo's embrace. The power of her Heaven Suppressing Bloodline was rapidly recovering. The moment they touched, the Heaven Suppressing Seal and the Chaos Sword Seal resonated once more, and a phantom of the Primordial Sword Domain unexpectedly appeared in the sky.

"Not good! The Primordial Sword Domain is about to emerge!" the Myriad Demon Palace Master cried out, hurriedly ordering a retreat. But it was already too late. The resonant power between Chu Mo and Yun Che became like a vortex, dragging in both the Myriad Demon Palace's bone vessel and the Blood Demon Sect's demonic warship.

Xiao Zhantian watched his collapsing warship, madness flashing through his eyes. He drew out a jade slip carved with death runes—the Chaos Sword Domain Fragment Map he had obtained when he had besieged Chu Muxue years ago. The instant the jade slip shattered, his body transformed into a streak of light and forcibly merged into the phantom of the Primordial Sword Domain.

"Sword Master, be careful! He wants to seize the Primordial Chaos Source!" Sword Thirteen shouted anxiously.

Gritting his teeth, Chu Mo charged into the Primordial Sword Domain phantom with Yun Che. The space within was a sea of chaos. Xiao Zhantian was madly absorbing the Source of Chaos. His body had already begun to collapse, yet he still refused to give up.

"Xiao Zhantian, do you think you can succeed like this?" Chu Mo slashed out with his broken sword, and Chaos Sword Qi shredded the source power surrounding Xiao Zhantian. "How can the Primordial Chaos Source be touched by a petty rat like you?"

Xiao Zhantian suddenly burst into laughter, his voice thick with unwillingness. "Chu Mo, do you think you've won? The Mysterious Yellow Divine Dynasty's army is already on its way, and there are also mighty experts from the Immortal Realm... You will never escape the fate of being surrounded and exterminated!"

Before his words had faded, his body completely disintegrated. Only the Mysterious Yellow Imperial Seal fell at Chu Mo's feet. Yun Che picked it up and suddenly discovered a line of small characters carved on its reverse: Heaven suppresses chaos, twins return to their place; Primordial Sword Domain, all laws return as one.

The phantom of the Primordial Sword Domain gradually faded, and the three returned to the Desolate Sword Domain. The three allied armies had already collapsed beyond saving. The Mysterious Yellow Divine Dynasty's warship had crashed into the desert, the Myriad Demon Palace's Demon Cultivators had suffered grievous casualties, and the Blood Demon Sect's demonic warship had become a field of ruins.

"Sword Master, the spirit vein has been preserved!" Sword Thirteen arrived with the remaining sword guards, his eyes filled with reverence.

Chu Mo looked toward the distant sky, knowing clearly that this was only the beginning. The Mysterious Yellow Divine Dynasty would not let the matter rest, the mighty experts of the Immortal Realm would soon intervene, and the true secrets of the Primordial Sword Domain had only revealed the tip of the iceberg.

"The Sword Palace has just been established; we must establish our might across all realms." Chu Mo clenched his broken sword, his voice resolute. "Pass down my order: erect a stone stele before the Sword Palace gates, and carve these words upon it—The Chaos Sword Palace stands here. Those who offend us, though far away, shall be slain!"

Yun Che watched his back, a smile touching her lips. She knew that the youth once bullied in the Ye family had now truly grown into a Sword Master capable of protecting those beside him. And their story, like the Desolate Sword Domain before them, would rise amid chaos, bloom amid warfare, and ultimately become a legend sung across all realms.

The purple clouds in the sky gradually dispersed, and sunlight spilled over the broken-sword-shaped towers of the Sword Palace, refracting seven-colored radiance. Chu Mo looked at Yun Che and suddenly remembered that blood-moon night in the Azure Blue Realm, when she had stood beside the martial arena, her eyes filled with worry and trust.

"Yun Che, when everything is over, let's go to the Sword Tomb and place Mother's memorial tablet beside your mother's." Chu Mo spoke softly. "Let them see that we have not failed their hopes."

Yun Che nodded, tears shimmering in her eyes. She knew that no matter how many hardships and perils lay ahead, as long as Chu Mo was there, and as long as the Heaven Suppressing Seal and broken sword remained in their hands, they would surely cleave open chaos and ascend to the peak above all realms.

The wind of the Desolate Sword Domain swept past the Sword Palace, carrying sword chimes and vows into the distance. The legend of the Chaos Sword Master had written a bold, vivid stroke amid the flames of three sects' encirclement, while an even grander chapter awaited this young man and woman, burdened with the mission of heaven and earth, to unfold.