Firmament Sword

But Su Wu was certain he had never seen this young man before!

Absolutely never!

’Who is he? Why is he looking at me like that... What’s his goal?’ A sudden unease welled up in the Su Family Ancestor Su Wu’s heart.

Then it occurred to him that under the watchful eyes of so many, even if this young man was here to cause trouble, he wouldn’t dare do anything to him.

Besides... fighting was forbidden in Baihua City!

With this thought, the Su Family Ancestor calmed down, feeling his reaction had been a bit too extreme. Just seeing a handsome young man made him think of that person he hated with a burning passion.

Xu Luo watched indifferently as the Su Family Ancestor flourished his brush, brandishing ink. He then extended his Divine Sense and discovered that among the surrounding crowd, the strongest was a gaudily dressed woman with heavy makeup. Her power was at the Saint Realm.

The others... were all below this realm.

’It makes sense,’ he thought. ’How many people who have reached a certain realm would lower themselves to squeeze into a crowd just to watch some commotion?’

Then, Xu Luo circulated his Yin Yang Power and once again spread his Divine Sense across the surrounding area.

He needed to confirm if anyone was watching from the shadows, and he also had to ensure he could leave Baihua City smoothly after he made his move.

If the Su Family Ancestor hadn’t started painting his portrait, Xu Luo might not have alerted him just yet. He could have waited for him to leave the city and be alone. It wouldn’t have been too late to act then.

But seeing the seventy or eighty portraits of him already stacked under the paperweight on the desk, he knew that if he didn’t stop him immediately, his image would surely spread.

Although with his current Divine Techniques, he could assume another person’s appearance and conceal his own aura, it wasn’t a long-term solution.

Before someone whose realm of power was far superior to his, Xu Luo would have nowhere to hide!

The Transformation Skill would be completely useless!

Who could guarantee that not a single one of these numerous portraits... would fall into the hands of someone much stronger than him?

Like the Infinite Saint Emperor!

’That giant toad... it hates my guts. What if it finds out the person who stole from its treasury is the same person in this portrait... How would it react?’

Who could say for sure about something like that?

In his heart, Xu Luo already despised this Su Family Ancestor.

After sweeping the area with his Divine Sense and finding no one observing in secret, Xu Luo was finally at ease.

He no longer hesitated and circulated his Yin Yang Power.

HUMMM!

The abundant vitality and blood in his body were so full they almost radiated a divine glow!

A series of humming sounds echoed from within his body.

The vast power within the countless meridians all over his body, like rivers flowing in reverse, instantly converged in his Dantian!

Then, Xu Luo opened his mouth. The power in his Dantian surged madly toward his throat in an instant, transforming into a single sonic character that he roared out.

”OM!”

This terrifying power directly manifested as that one syllable, exploding in the air like a thunderclap from a clear sky.

Nearly everyone in the surrounding crowd was knocked unconscious by the shockwave on the spot, slumping softly to the ground.

The gaudily dressed woman with heavy makeup had a dazed look on her face. Her body swayed a few times, and with a THUD... she too collapsed, unconscious.

As for the Su Family Ancestor, this High-tier Saint who had once failed to break through to the Great Saint realm and whose vitality had long since withered, he bore the brunt of it. Xu Luo’s roar... had been aimed primarily at him!

Su Wu’s eyes rolled back in his head, and he fainted on the spot.

With a wave of his hand, Xu Luo pulled Su Wu directly into the world of the Bronze Divine Hall, along with the desk borrowed from the tavern and... the thick stack of Xu Luo’s portraits on it!

Then, Xu Luo used the Shaking Light Step and calmly departed.

That single roar had rendered the area within a radius of several thousand meters completely silent. Besides him, there wasn’t a single other person left standing.

Xu Luo’s figure calmly and quickly vanished from the long street. He blended back into a crowd, and then... disappeared within it.

A long time later, the gaudy, heavily made-up woman slowly opened her eyes. A flash of confusion appeared in them, but after a moment, clarity returned. She frowned, and then a smile of excitement spread across her face as she muttered, ”What a powerful sound attack. This person must be directly related to Beidou’s Eighth Star! I have to find him!”

Saying this, the woman glanced at the people still unconscious all around her and turned to leave.

Much later, what had happened here was discovered by more people. Everyone began to wake up, but when asked what had happened, almost all of them... couldn’t remember what they had been doing at all!

Only a few with considerable strength frowned, trying hard to remember, saying that they seemed to have been watching someone paint...

In short, the incident became an unsolved case. Even after many years, no one knew what had actually happened that day. It became a complete mystery.

Many more years later, a certain woman who had grown to become a Great Demon of her generation revealed the truth. She said, ”That was the beginning of the Star Shining Divine Domain!”

Xu Luo traveled unimpeded out of Baihua City, speeding toward Celestial Brilliance. After galloping for several hundred miles, he stopped by a stream at the foot of a mountain. He brought the still-unconscious Su Family Ancestor out of the Bronze Divine Hall World, tossed him by the stream, and kicked him awake.

The moment the Su Family Ancestor opened his eyes, they were filled with confusion. He muttered, ”Where is this... I... What happened to me?”

Then, he saw Xu Luo. His eyes widened, and he cried out, ”It’s you?”

”You know me?” Xu Luo, still in his youthful form, calmly looked at the Su Family Ancestor.

”I... I was just... painting over there, and I saw you staring at me.” As the Su Family Ancestor spoke, his expression turned to fury. ”I have no quarrel with you! Why did you bring me here? What are your intentions?”

He continued, ”Don’t you know that I am a disciple of the Xi Hezhou Su Family?”

”A disciple of the Su Family...” Xu Luo almost laughed out loud. He looked at the Su Family Ancestor and said, ”You’re so old the dirt is practically up to your mouth, and you’re still calling yourself a disciple? I say... have some decency, will you?”

”I am a member of the Xi Hezhou Su Family! If you lay a hand on me... you’d better think it over carefully!” Su Wu’s old face was dark and uncertain, his eyes flickering as he looked at Xu Luo. ”I have... no quarrel with you...”

”Enough. You had no quarrel with Beidou’s Eighth Star either, did you? Why is it that you can do as you please, but others can’t?” Xu Luo sneered.

”Who told you I have no quarrel with him? Mentioning that man... I wish I could eat his flesh, drink his blood, and sleep on his skin! The hatred between us... is as deep as the sea!” Su Wu said, looking at Xu Luo with a grief-stricken face. ”Young man, you must have been deceived. Tell me, has Beidou’s Eighth Star already reached the Divine Domain?”

”Let me tell you, that Xu Luo... he is an expert at bewitching people’s hearts. Everything he told you... it’s all lies! If you want to know why I hate him so much, just listen to my story!”

As the Su Family Ancestor spoke, he tried to get up from the ground. One of his arms was still in the creek, and the icy water had made it go numb.

Xu Luo lifted his foot and kicked him right back down. With an indifferent expression, he said, ”Why so much hate? How about I do the talking, and you just listen.”

”There was a shameless old man. As the ancestor of a clan, it was bad enough he didn’t protect his descendants. But because he failed to break through to the Great Saint Realm, his vitality withered. He wanted to live forever, but he couldn’t enter the Divine Domain before the rules of heaven and earth changed, so... he could only turn on his own children and grandchildren.”

”And... it had to be those of his direct bloodline, otherwise the blood offering wouldn’t be pure enough to replenish your withered vitality!”

”Every few years, a talented junior of the Su Family would disappear from the ancestral lands. At first, many in the Su Family would envy these juniors, thinking they had received the ancestor’s blessing and a great opportunity...”

A contemptuous smile appeared on Xu Luo’s face as he said lightly, ”But it was later discovered that these people... never returned!”

”Later on, this shameless old thing learned from somewhere that another branch of the Su Family possessed a Heart of the Fire Dragon, left behind by an ancient ancestor! So he got another idea.”

”He sent people to slaughter that entire branch of the Su Family, sparing no one, young or old. Rivers of blood flowed through the Central Plains Su Family... leaving only a little girl who wasn’t at the family home.”

”That little girl, by a stroke of luck, merged with the Heart of the Fire Dragon. And so, that shameless old beast used various means to lure the girl to the Ancient Race Continent, planning to wait for her to fully merge with the Heart of the Fire Dragon before refining her!”

”That girl became the Su Family Celestial Maiden, but she had a very good friend named Xu Luo. Legend has it... he is the reincarnation of Beidou’s Eighth Star.”

”So, that shameless old beast set his sights on Beidou’s Eighth Star!”

”He thought that even though his vitality was withered, he was still a High Tier Saint Realm cultivator. Dealing with a young man who had only been active for a few years would be child’s play, wouldn’t it?”

”The result... was that he was beaten so badly by that young man he couldn’t tell north from south. Left with no choice, he tore through the void and fled into the Divine Domain.”

”After reaching the Divine Domain, this old beast was gravely injured and barely escaped with his life. But he only grew more vicious. Instead of cultivating peacefully to replenish the vitality worn away by time, he began to viciously slander the young man’s name. His goal was to ensure that when the young man entered the Divine Domain in the future, he would be immediately besieged by everyone!”

”And that... was the very oath this old beast swore when he fled the Lower Realm!”

As Xu Luo spoke, he stared coldly at the Su Family Ancestor. ”Was my summary detailed enough? Is there anything you’d like to add?”

The Su Family Ancestor, Su Wu, was completely stunned. He stared at Xu Luo with wide, incredulous eyes, his expression like he had seen a ghost.

The corners of his mouth twitched violently for a long moment, but he couldn’t utter a single word.

”Nothing to say?” Xu Luo glared at the Su Family Ancestor, grinding his teeth. ”Well, I... am not finished yet!”

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