Innate Immortal Seed

Chapter 375: Chapter 373: Tier 5 Flying Sword vs. Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure

CLANG!

The Supreme Profound White-Haired Sword once again transformed into ten thousand rays of Sword Light, but the Black Dragon swallowed them in a single gulp. The sword was forced to reveal its true form and was sent flying. ℯℯ𝘭.

Tang Fei’s life force was extinguished in an instant. His physical body shriveled like dry parchment.

His Nascent Soul escaped, its two small hands forming a seal. The Realm collapsed completely, and the Power of Void gathered around it.

The Nascent Soul flickered in and out of existence, about to teleport away.

The Black Dragon roared, and pure killing intent erupted from its maw. The Nascent Soul, which had already entered the void, turned deathly pale and was thrown back out.

POP!

Like a rubber ball bursting, immense Spiritual Power scattered in all directions, all of it flowing into the Black Dragon’s body.

After the whirlwind subsided, a Life-Killing Demon Sword, now several inches longer, hung in the air, glinting with a sinister black light.

A single glance was enough to be drawn into the abyssal darkness of the blade, to become irrevocably immersed within it.

It was pure slaughter, the ultimate death, a manifestation of the Great Dao True Intent.

A bolt of purple Celestial Thunder descended, striking the Life-Killing Demon Sword before anyone could react. It had appeared without any warning.

The Life-Killing Demon Sword shot up. For a fleeting moment, it seemed as though a Thunder Dragon had been slain. At the same time, the Flying Sword’s Spirit Light dimmed, and it drooped listlessly.

It wobbled in the air for a moment, then shot straight toward Kong Bai, landing directly in his palm.

”Brother Xiangg...”

Kong Bai caressed the brand-new Life-Killing Demon Sword. The Sword Spirit actually conveyed a clear sense of attachment, directly transmitting the method for refining it to him.

’I know this must be because of Xiangg Ji’s influence. Why else would it have come to me on its own?’

”Senior Brother!”

Yann Yuanzai’s face was etched with profound grief, his sorrow overwhelming.

Before coming, Tang Fei had already told him his intentions. He was prepared to die in this sword duel.

But when he broke through on the verge of battle, reaching the Sword Light Division Realm, Yann Yuanzai truly thought he saw a chance to turn defeat into victory.

Who could have imagined that Xiangg Ji would walk such an extreme path, willing to pay the price of his own Divine Soul’s Annihilation to achieve his final goal of Sword Refinement?

In his heart, anything could be sacrificed for the Life-Killing Demon Sword in its perfect state.

He used the lives of two supreme Sword Cultivators to push the Life-Killing Demon Sword to Tier Five and successfully pass the Spiritual Treasure’s Thunder Tribulation.

’The power of that thunderbolt was several times stronger than the final one in a Nascent Soul Celestial Tribulation. Yet the Life-Killing Demon Sword extinguished the Spiritual nature within the thunder in the blink of an eye, causing the Celestial Thunder to degenerate into an ordinary Divine Thunder that dissipated after a single strike... Otherwise, even if it had blocked the first bolt, more would have come in a matter of seconds—a second, a third, an endless stream of Celestial Thunder.’

As someone who possessed the Thunder God True Body and was a master of Thunder Skills, Ge Cang saw through the mystery of the Celestial Thunder at a glance.

’So when a Spiritual Treasure ascends to become a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, it also attracts a Celestial Tribulation... Only by passing it does it become a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure. If it fails, I’m afraid it would just become a pile of scrap metal, unable to even maintain Tier Four.’

Bai Zichen had personally witnessed a Tier Four Flying Sword ascend to a Tier Five Flying Sword, and he now had an estimation of the difficulty of this feat.

Tang Fei was able to cultivate to the Fourth Realm of Sword Dao. Xiangg Ji was able to refine the Life-Killing Demon Sword himself, using his own Sword Dao and endless slaughter to push the blade to the peak of Tier Four Flying Swords.

The Sword Dao Talent of both men could be called astonishing and brilliant.

Even with so many external conditions met and by taking a shortcut, it still required both of their Essence Blood and Primordial Spirits to cross the final threshold.

’No wonder so few Tier Five Flying Swords have been clearly documented since Ancient Times.’

’Of those, half were treasures bestowed by the Upper Realm or were the personal swords of Banished Immortals back when the Ascension Platform still existed.’

’Nearly the other half were the Lifebound Flying Swords of Divinity Transformation Great Powers, which leveled up alongside their masters during their breakthrough to the Divinity Transformation Realm. This happened when they were infused with Grotto Heaven Power, drawing in a tide of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi and receiving feedback from the Power of the Great Dao.’

’Less than five percent of Tier Five Flying Swords were directly forged by Sword Refiners in the Cultivation Realm or ascended from Tier Four Flying Swords.’

This Tier Five Life-Killing Demon Sword could already be recorded in the annals of history, its fame echoing through the ages.

The names of Xiangg Ji and Tang Fei would be passed down through generations along with this Tier Five Flying Sword.

’As long as the Life-Killing Sword is not destroyed, I shall exist forever.’

For Xiangg Ji, who had become a part of the Life-Killing Demon Sword, this was indeed true. It was just a pity for True Monarch Tang Fei.

”That was Sword Light Division! If Xiangg Ji hadn’t sacrificed himself to give the Life-Killing Demon Sword the power of a Tier Five Flying Sword, Senior Tang Fei would have had a high chance of cultivating to the Late-Stage Nascent Soul Realm within his remaining lifespan, matching the strength of our founding ancestor, True Monarch Tianhe.”

Before coming here, no one could have predicted that this sword duel would have so many twists and turns.

A common enemy of the Cultivation Realm, a heritage from the Demon Realm, the appearance of a True Demon Holy Body—and the City Lord of Zengguang Immortal City, Du Heng, was actually the mastermind stirring up trouble in the Northern Domain for the past century.

Xiangg Ji’s purpose for the duel was indeed to use Tang Fei as a whetstone, attempting to absorb his Essence and Divine Soul to create an opportunity to reach for a Tier Five Flying Sword.

Unexpectedly, Xiangg Ji was so resolute that when Tang Fei broke through mid-battle, he decisively sacrificed himself in exchange for the birth of a Tier Five Flying Sword.

It was said that disciples of the Life-Killing Sword Sect easily succumbed to slaughter and walked the Demon Path.

On the surface, Xiangg Ji had controlled his killing intent, but in reality, from the day he began to refine the Life-Killing Demon Sword himself, his fate had become deeply bound to the blade.

For him, this outcome was exactly what he had sought.

”Without the stimulus of the great terror between life and death, Senior Brother would never have comprehended Sword Light Division... To advance to the next realm of the Sword Dao before death is an acceptable outcome for a Sword Cultivator.”

Yann Yuanzai adjusted his mentality, burying his sorrow deep in his heart.

”The Demon Body of that True Demon Holy Body is raising its arm! Du Heng is about to attack again!”

Master Cheng Tuo couldn’t fathom how the situation had changed so drastically in just a few moments.

’Two Mid-Stage Nascent Soul Sword Cultivators perished together. So what if a Tier Five Flying Sword was forged? Could it possibly block Du Heng in Kong Bai’s hands?’

Any cultivator who knew about the great demon-sealing war of Ancient Times understood very well how powerful the True Demon Holy Body was.

Back then, the Ascension Platform still existed, Primordial Qi was abundant, and communication between the Human World and the Upper Realm wasn’t frequent. However, sincere worship would often be answered by an ancestor from the Upper Realm once every few centuries.

Every few thousand years, there would be rumors of reincarnated Immortals or Banished Immortals descending, and many of these were true.

Divinity Transformation Great Powers were far less rare than they are today. They didn’t have to live in seclusion, constantly worrying that using their full strength would deplete their Primordial Qi.

After an Ancient Demon descended upon this world, it slaughtered countless living beings, committing boundless carnage.

This ultimately provoked public outrage, and all races and all Sects felt the threat of annihilation.

Led by a Banished Immortal and with the participation of dozens of Divinity Transformation Great Powers, they cornered the Ancient Demon in Burial Immortal Valley.

The Ancient Demon, its power suppressed to the Divinity Transformation Perfection Realm by the Power of Law in this world, wielded the Demon Dragon Awl in its complete state and manifested its True Demon Holy Body.

It fought against many, and the great war lasted for several years, carving a canyon out of a plain.

If not for an Array that contained the power and restricted it to one area...

...the area of effect would have been at least ten thousand times larger. It’s highly likely the Northern Domain would have sunk, the landmass would have shattered, and the entire region would have become a scorched wasteland.

The True Demon Holy Body displayed thirty-six Divine Techniques and the Seventy-Two Transformations. Even in such an unfavorable situation, it managed to kill five Divinity Transformation Great Powers.

Several others were severely injured in the demon-sealing war and passed away one after another less than a hundred years later.

’Even if Du Heng’s refined Outer Body Incarnation has far less mastery over the True Demon Holy Body than the Ancient Demon, the power it can unleash is definitely far beyond that of a Mid-Stage Nascent Soul.’

’Adding Du Heng’s true body and the Demon Dragon Awl to the equation, there’s no way the few of us left can survive.’

At best, only Kong Bai might be able to survive and escape under the protection of the Tier Five Flying Sword.

”A spectacular sword duel, and it even contributed a Tier Five Flying Sword... In that case, I shall gladly accept it. For it to fall into the hands of a junior like you is truly a waste!”

Du Heng adjusted the crown on his head with one hand and waved the other, thrusting the Demon Dragon Awl out flatly.

At the same time, the Demon Body behind him mirrored the action, forming a phantom of the Demon Dragon Awl in its hand.

Several inscrutable Demon Patterns flashed. The phantom Demon Dragon Awl descended from the sky, locked onto Kong Bai, and instantly crossed space to appear before him.

CLANG!

The Life-Killing Demon Sword leaped up on its own. Its black light slashed at the phantom Demon Dragon Awl. The collision of the two Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasures directly created ripples of tiny cracks in space.

The Tier Four Grand Array arranged on Meili Snow Peak had already sustained some damage. Now, it could no longer hold, and the wind and snow dissipated.

Du Heng’s full attention was on the Demon Dragon Awl; otherwise, even a temporarily placed Array wouldn’t have been shattered by the aftershock of a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure.

In terms of grade, both the Demon Dragon Awl and the Life-Killing Demon Sword were Top-Grade Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasures, making them equals.

However, the Demon Dragon Awl had only awakened to the level of a Low-Grade Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure, which was inferior to the newly ascended Life-Killing Demon Sword.

But the difference in strength between the wielders of the two treasures was too great. With the help of his Demon Body incarnation and the power of the Demon Crystal, Du Heng could control the Demon Dragon Awl to a certain extent.

Meanwhile, Kong Bai couldn’t control the Life-Killing Demon Sword at all. He was purely relying on the Tier Five Flying Sword’s own Spiritual nature to fight, which could only unleash the sword’s most basic, inherent power.

From that single blow, Kong Bai was sent flying far into the distance, spewing blood that stained a large patch of white snow red.

”Fellow Daoists, this demon is too strong! We can’t fight him head-on... Let’s split up and run! We have to get the word out!”

Before Master Cheng Tuo’s voice had even faded, he was already standing on a Shell Leaf, having flown the distance of two Snow Peaks.

The Flower-Picking Arhat chanted a Buddhist mantra. Lotuses bloomed beneath his feet as he strode through the air.

With each step he took, the lotus beneath his foot was already ten li away. His speed was no slower than Master Cheng Tuo’s Shell Leaf Magical Treasure.

In contrast, Bai Zichen and the other two did not flee. The Moon Xuan Sword and the Xing Yao Sword collided, and both Flying Swords chirped with joy. Moonlight Starlight enveloped the Snow Peak.

”It turns out my Xing Yao Sword and your Moon Xuan Sword are a matched pair. When used together, they don’t quite reach the level of a Tier Five Flying Sword, but they far surpass Tier Four. They can be considered Quasi-Fifth Tier Flying Swords!”

The Tianhe Sword Sect was not far from Burial Immortal Valley, so their awareness of the True Demon Holy Body was certainly the highest among the Nascent Soul Major Sects.

Yann Yuanzai had immediately told the other two not to even think about running.

And just as expected, they heard the Demon Body let out a cold snort. It used the Celestial and Earthly Transformation Divine Power, growing to a height of a thousand zhang.

Its two demonic hands shot forward. The two Nascent Soul True Monarchs, who were already dozens of li away, were unable to escape. They were caught, one in each hand.

Before the True Demon Holy Body, ordinary Early-Stage Nascent Soul Cultivators were utterly defenseless.