Two Realms: I Will Become the Immortal Emperor

Chapter 396: Chapter 367: One Sword

The Wangxian Monarch awoke.

The thunderclouds over Wangxian Ridge seemed to recede at that very moment, as if in fear of this Great Demon who possessed the bloodline of an Ancient Fierce Beast. The Sword-Patterned Silver Flood Dragon and the Green-Winged Flood Dragon both coiled their bodies, scales bristling all over as they trembled uncontrollably.

Under the gaze of this ’ancestor,’ they seemed to have encountered a natural predator.

Horror filled the eyes of everyone within the ridge.

It was as if they had been struck by a Body Fixing Technique. In the presence of such a Fierce Beast, even Golden Core True Masters were forced to suppress all expression of emotion.

Only the Little Chick flapped its wings, looking ready to charge out at any moment.

”You want to destroy my Ye Race? Do you think you have what it takes?”

After a wild laugh, Ye Yuanji’s eyes filled with madness.

”Take a guess... who will make it out alive tonight?”

The Ancient Eight Gates Array wasn’t just a Mountain Protection Array!

It was also an Array that sealed the Wangxian Monarch and blocked its senses. When the Ye Clan first settled here, they naturally discovered the Wangxian Monarch in the mountains. This demon, after all, had an ancient bloodline and was a treasure trove in and of itself.

Its body, its blood, its scales, its bones—how could any of them be ordinary things?

The Ye Clan didn’t give it up. Instead, they built the Ancient Eight Gates Array using the Wangxian Monarch’s Sealing as its foundation.

Otherwise, how could a clan like the Ye, with only five hundred years of history and a Golden Core for just over a century, possess such a Grand Array? If they could just wait until the Wangxian Monarch passed on, its corpse alone could probably create several more Golden Core cultivators.

Such a secret was only passed down to the patriarch of each generation.

It was passed down from generation to generation, with the strict rule that the Wangxian Monarch must never be awakened unless it was an absolute last resort.

The silence did not last long.

After all, the Wangxian Monarch had been asleep for far too long. Even with its powerful bloodline, it couldn’t withstand centuries of starvation. After swallowing True Master Xuanmiao, not only did it not feel the slightest bit full, but the sensation of hunger spread through its entire body.

Every fiber of its being screamed:

”Hunger!”

WHOOSH!

A light wind began to stir.

In the next instant, a hurricane erupted on Wangxian Ridge!

WHOOOOSH—

The Wangxian Monarch’s colossal body coiled around a mountain peak. Its muscles tightened, its chest and belly swelled high, and its massive, blood-red maw suddenly snapped open and inhaled.

”HUUUUH—”

No one could imagine just how powerful the Wangxian Monarch truly was.

But the moment it opened its mouth, everyone understood. The force was several times more terrifying than True Master Lingxu activating his White Jade Bottle with all his might, or even Chen Che wielding his Yellow Gourd. Before the Qi Refining Cultivators could even react, their bodies were lifted into the air.

Mountains, forests, and palaces were all stripped away with a series of CRACKS and RIPS. Everything converged in mid-air, twisted through the sky, and was sucked directly into the Wangxian Monarch’s mouth. It didn’t care in the slightest who it was eating!

Nor what it was eating!

The sight made the scalps of everyone from the Meng Clan, the Lu Clan, and Jinyun Valley tingle with terror. This was the Wangxian Monarch, possessor of an Ancient Fierce Beast’s bloodline. It was just as the historical records described—it fed on all living things!

Judging by the fact that it still showed no signs of being full after devouring True Master Xuanmiao, it was doubtful that everyone present would even be enough to sate its hunger!

”N-No... The Wangxian Monarch, it’s eating people!”

”The ancestor has gone mad!”

”Quick, run...!”

Seeing the awakened Wangxian Monarch devour several thousand Qi Refining Cultivators in a single breath, the already mentally shattered members of the Ye Race could no longer bear it.

Originally, they had hoped their ancestor would save them. Who could have thought that their ancestor would try to take everyone down with them in a mutual blaze of destruction!

Amidst a wave of terrified screams, the Ye Clan members snapped to their senses and began to flee frantically toward the mountain’s exit.

”Don’t let them escape!”

Meng Qianxun cried out in alarm.

’If word of tonight’s events gets out...’

However, before he could act, the Wangxian Monarch glanced over with its giant pupils. Its coiled body trembled, it let out a roar to the sky, and then it violently whipped its colossal tail. The air itself seemed to shudder, and an invisible barrier, like an overturned golden alms bowl the size of the sea, instantly enveloped the entire Wangxian Ridge.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The fleeing cultivators slammed one after another into the Barrier, getting knocked dizzy and stunned on the spot before plummeting from the sky.

With a RUMBLE of shattering rock, the Wangxian Monarch’s massive body launched itself from the mountain, coiling in mid-air as if standing upon the thunderclouds. A rhythmic ripple undulated through its body, traveling from its abdomen to its chest, and then its huge mouth snapped open once more.

Clearly, the Wangxian Monarch was not yet full.

This time, it aimed its devouring maw toward the gathering of Foundation Establishment Cultivators. To it, these Major Cultivators were obviously far more delicious than the Qi Refining Cultivators!

Instantly, a Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivator was caught in the suction.

”Get away from me!”

Feeling the pull of the suction, Ye Wenxuan roared as his True Essence erupted from his body.

But his body still lifted into the air, flying uncontrollably toward the Wangxian Monarch’s mouth.

As if in disbelief, Ye Wenxuan began to roar madly. He stamped his feet on the ground, pushing his Cultivation to its absolute limit. His surging True Essence linked with the earth like the roots of a great tree, as if he intended to become one with the ground itself.

But to the shock of all who watched, this Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivator, who had been nurtured with the resources of an entire clan, was unable to escape. No matter how he howled, activated Secret Techniques, or even burned his own Essence Blood, he was swallowed whole by the Wangxian Monarch.

”Ancestor, you’re insane.”

The clan’s second nurtured Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivator, Ye Si’er, was on the verge of collapse as he looked at the wails and screams all around him. He no longer cared about rank or respect, grabbing Ye Yuanji by the collar and roaring frantically,

”Why did you awaken the Wangxian Monarch? Make it stop, hurry! Otherwise, my Ye Race will be wiped out tonight...”

”Fool! You think the Ye Clan could have survived tonight if I hadn’t awakened it?!”

Ye Yuanji shoved Ye Si’er, sending him stumbling. He himself staggered back several steps, his face seeming to age in an instant.

”But, having the Meng Clan, the Lu Clan, and Jinyun Valley buried with us is enough.”

’The battle is lost. If the land is gone, the people perish.’

’Where is there any hope of survival?’

’Besides mutual destruction, what other path was there to take?’

”You monster!”

Ye Si’er turned his head and looked back.

The Wangxian Monarch’s massive mouth was like a bottomless abyss. A Foundation Establishment Great Perfection Cultivator like Ye Wenxuan hadn’t even been enough to get stuck in its teeth. In the blink of an eye, it had swallowed several hundred more people. He was so filled with anger and fear that his hands trembled.

Ye Si’er viciously bit the tip of his tongue and pointed. With a BANG, the Sword Box on his back flew open. As he spat out a mouthful of Essence Blood, the Flying Swords were instantly stained crimson. They immediately converged into one solid mass and shot forward.

The Sword Group struck the Wangxian Monarch’s body. The beast shuddered, and its devouring abruptly stopped.

The spirits of the Ye Clan members lifted.

This was the second time the Wangxian Monarch had stopped eating since it awoke.

But Ye Si’er’s face was a miserable smile. He had condensed his entire life’s Cultivation into that mouthful of Essence Blood, yet it hadn’t even broken one of the Wangxian Monarch’s scales. Just as he was about to muster his True Essence again, he saw the Wangxian Monarch look over coldly, and then it opened its mouth and spat.

”BANG!”

Before everyone’s horrified eyes, a blast of air shot out, instantly punching through his chest and out his back.

The blast of air, its momentum undiminished, slammed into the ground and gouged out a bottomless hole!

Then, with a thud, Ye Si’er collapsed to the ground, silent and still.

The entire area fell deathly silent!

The previous cries of the Ye Race vanished on the spot.

”Che’er, we should retreat...”

At this point, Meng Qianxun’s face was pale. He said in a strained voice, ”Ye Yuanji has lost his mind. He wants to take us all down with him!”

The members of the Meng Family, Jinyun Valley, and the Lu Family all gathered closer.

Having seen the Wangxian Monarch obliterate Cheng Xiao with one sweep of its tail and swallow True Master Xuanmiao in a single gulp, they didn’t dare to counterattack rashly.

”Retreat? Where can we retreat to?”

Glancing up at the sky out of the corner of his eye, Chen Che slowly looked away and shook his head.

”A Demon Beast that has slept for too long will lose its reason... The entire Wangxian Ridge has been sealed by it. It’s been asleep for too long. It won’t release the Sealing until it’s eaten its fill. Or, until it’s eaten every living thing here!”

”What?!”

Hearing this, everyone’s pupils contracted.

As they looked ahead, they saw that the Ye Race had already completely broken down. They were fleeing, screaming, kneeling and begging for mercy, or fighting to the death. The Wangxian Monarch was simply too terrifying, so much so that it defied their imagination.

Clearly, the second option was the more likely fate awaiting them.

”Then we... we should...”

Just as Meng Changtu was about to speak again, an indescribable palpitation seized his heart. He looked up and saw that the Wangxian Monarch was now staring straight at them, its huge, serpentine pupils filled with greed.

”Haha!”

Seeing this, Ye Yuanji was overjoyed and shouted aloud,

”Valley Master Chen, it looks like you’ll be taking a step ahead of me!”

Before his voice had even faded, the Wangxian Monarch made its move. It reared its body up high, its abdomen suddenly swelled, and an immense Demon Qi erupted violently from its form before instantly circulating to its lower jaw.

To the Wangxian Monarch, the several Golden Core cultivators gathered here were clearly far more tempting.

”This is bad.”

Meng Qianxun, Meng Changtu, Xiao Chan, and the others all turned pale.

They had already witnessed the Wangxian Monarch’s power. If it targeted them, what hope of survival was there?

”So be it! So be it!”

”We’ll make it a final, desperate stand!”

They exchanged a look, their faces resolute. Their True Essence flared as they prepared to strike.

Just then, Chen Che unexpectedly advanced instead of retreating. He took a single step forward, shielding everyone behind him.

”You’ve got courage, I’ll give you that. To think you’d dare to face the Wangxian Monarch alone!”

A trace of astonishment appeared in Ye Yuanji’s eyes, quickly replaced by a cold sneer.

”A pity. The Wangxian Monarch’s power is beyond anything you can imagine. I’ve already seen all your trump cards. Even if your strength were doubled, you’d still just be throwing your life away!”

But Chen Che’s expression remained unperturbed. He slowly raised his head, looking at the Demon Python that was six or seven hundred zhang long. It coiled in mid-air like a Divine Dragon whose head and tail could not be seen at the same time. The entire Wangxian Ridge was at the mercy of its maw.

He slowly extended his right hand and pointed a finger.

The Sword Pill appeared and slowly began to bloom. Unlike before, when it had only half-opened, this time, it bloomed completely. At the center of the Sword Pill, like the stamen of a flower, was the faint shape of a longsword condensed from True Essence.

The longsword spun slowly, emitting a faint Spiritual Light and an aura of vast, ancient desolation.

”HISSSSSSS!”

The Wangxian Monarch, whose giant pupils had been fixed solely on Chen Che, suddenly sensed that something was wrong. It instantly snapped out of its mindless hunger.

Startled, its scales all shot up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on. In that instant, it switched from inhaling to exhaling. A vast tide of Demon Qi spewed from its mouth, rushing toward Chen Che like a torrential flood!

At almost the exact same moment, Chen Che closed his hand into a fist. His long hair flew about, though there was no wind, and his eyes erupted with a soul-shaking divine light. Countless Flying Swords poured forth from the Sword Pill, coalescing into a single giant sword. At that instant, heaven and earth seemed to stand still.

It was as if this one sword was all that existed between heaven and earth!

He raised the sword!

And swung!

Almost no words could describe the sharpness of this strike.

Like a howling gale!

Like a flash of lightning!

Like a roaring thunderclap!

Carrying the power to obliterate everything in its path, it clove through the tide of Demon Qi and hacked down at the Wangxian Monarch coiling in mid-air!

”SCHRRRRIP!”

The entire Wangxian Ridge was forcefully split in two by this single sword strike. Mountains and rivers—all were cleaved in half! The sword mark was as thin as a strand of hair yet bottomlessly deep, stretching from beneath Chen Che’s feet all the way to the horizon!

In mid-air, the Wangxian Monarch’s body shuddered violently and stopped writhing.

Then, its eyelids drooped. Its massive body broke in two and crashed to the ground, utterly silent.

And at the same time, the thunderclouds that had been gathering for so long trembled, and a heavy rain began to fall.