Chapter 220: Chapter 121: Ascending to the Mountain Sea Realm (Part 2)

"You..."

Chen Xuan’s mouth fell open, his eyes filled with disbelief.

A sword strike of such divine skill.

Forget him; even the Three Sovereigns of Daqian had likely never seen its equal in their entire lives.

A single slash summoned a gale that swept a thousand miles, creating thousands of peach trees brimming with Vitality! ’Is this Swordsmanship? This must be an Immortal Skill.’

At that moment, the entire Imperial City was in an uproar.

Countless figures came rushing over, their robes fluttering in the wind. Whether Grandmasters or First Grade experts, they all gazed toward this location from afar.

"Who could possess such mastery?"

"Could it be... the Sword Immortal who annihilated Demon Mountain with one strike!"

The Three Sovereigns of Daqian had also arrived.

A Marquis, a Sword Monarch, and a Daoist Lord.

They dared not get any closer.

For the second strike was coming.

BOOM!

Gusts of sinister wind swirled.

The second sword strike lashed out. A terrifying intent of slaughter and Annihilation surged to the heavens. It wasn’t aimed outside the Imperial City, but straight at the sky overhead, leaving a scar nearly identical to the one that already marked the heavens beyond the city.

"This person’s Sword Dao is truly like that of an Immortal..."

"This... the scar in the sky and the Heaven-Reaching Sword River on the ground—he left them both."

The Three Sovereigns of Daqian exchanged glances.

When they first arrived, they had been eager to challenge this Sword Immortal who had annihilated Demon Mountain, wanting to test their skills and see just how great the disparity was.

But now, all their fighting spirit vanished in an instant.

This man was like an Immortal!

They had swept across the Daqian World, their talent peerless, yet they knew they would never even catch a glimpse of this man’s back in their lifetime.

"The Dao Charm of these two strikes now resides within this Peach Wood Sword."

"One strike for life, one for death."

"It is enough for you to dominate the world."

"Study it well."

"And remember to sweep my Tomb!"

Then, Su Chen left.

As he departed, no one in the world dared to stop him, and no one could have.

「Outside the Imperial City.」

Above a river, five thatched huts floated, hidden in mid-air.

"What in the world is that Demon Dragon doing?"

The five Daoists opened their eyes in unison, their brows furrowed in confusion over what the Wind Snow Sword Immortal was up to.

At this point, the five of them were already walking the path of Mortal Cultivation.

"It doesn’t matter."

"Since we’ve already decided to defect and become Extreme Realm Demons, the Five Sects and that Demon Dragon have nothing to do with us anymore..."

They closed their eyes and resumed their cultivation.

...

...

The entire, vast Imperial City was now searching for any trace of Su Chen.

Countless dignitaries, young masters from powerful clans, and even First Generation Grandmasters were searching for the Sword Immortal, Su Chen, hoping to take him as their master.

「Imperial Palace.」

By the Heaven-Reaching Sword River, a youth in a White Dragon Robe was still fishing with a long pole. In the water, a fish as translucent as if carved from azure ice crystal—an Emperor among swords—swam nearby.

"It’s been five years."

"Have you caught anything yet?"

A voice asked.

Jue didn’t turn around, simply speaking.

"You shouldn’t have come back."

"If you plan to use the Abyssal Gate to leave this world of Severed Communication, it’s not a good idea."

"Too many High Tier Cultivators have fallen on the Celestial War Battlefield—Immortal Cultivators, Demon Cultivators, and Extreme Cultivators alike. It has given birth to far too many terrifying Evil Demons. Otherwise, the Extreme Cultivators wouldn’t be hiding here, just barely surviving..."

A hand reached out and plucked a single strand of Jue’s hair.

The Heavenly Secret was veiled.

If the truth could not be spoken, he would see it for himself.

At that moment, the strand of hair ignited, and Soul Fusion Remembrance activated.

Regardless, before he left, Su Chen wanted to solve this mystery: whose child was Jue?

And where did this fog truly come from?

And so, Su Chen saw everything.

...

"Commandery Princess, why won’t you take the Blood Sunflower that can save your life? If you don’t, you will die..."

A beautiful woman lay on a sickbed, her breathing as faint as a silk thread.

A serving girl wept beside her.

The Blood Sunflower was boiled in water and poured into the woman’s mouth.

The woman recovered.

Soon,

she gave birth to a son.

On that day, a man wearing a Black Dragon Emperor Robe arrived.

"Whose child is this? Su Han’s son?"

"His nephew?"

...

’Blood Sunflower.’

’Where in the world is the legendary Blood Sunflower?’

On a rugged mountain path, a young Imperial Physician searched aimlessly, his spirit crushed.

One day, he met a veiled woman who showed him the way.

"A thousand miles from here, you will find the gate to the Green Fall and Yellow Springs."

"There."

"That is the only place to find the Flower of Hell."

The Imperial Physician believed her.

He traveled a thousand miles, searching for the gate to the Yellow Springs in a range of Deathly Silent mountains. There, he encountered a young swordsman on the run from his pursuers.

"Hahaha!"

"Pretty amazing, huh?"

"I’m not just bragging, you know. This Sword Technique was passed down to me by the Wind Snow Sword Immortal himself. You could say I’m his successor, in a way..."

"Watch my Sword Overlapping Waves!"

The youth swung his sword with a triumphant slash.

CRACK!

The cliffside fractured, and they plunged into the lake at the bottom of the ravine.

There,

they entered another world, one that resembled the legendary Green Fall and Yellow Springs.

"So the gate to the Yellow Springs isn’t a Gate at all, but a lake..."

Overjoyed, the Imperial Physician searched everywhere.

Finally,

on a giant skull, he found a scarlet flower, blooming toward a nonexistent sun.

"Stay right there."

"I’ll go get it for you!"

BOOM!

As that Flower of Hell was plucked, an endless fog surged into the Human World, pouring out from the Green Fall and Yellow Springs, and from the Bottomless Abyss.

The youth fell unconscious in the realm of Green Fall and Yellow Springs.

’I’m sorry.’

’I can’t save you. If I don’t go now, I’ll die too.’

’I can’t die here.’

’Someone is waiting for me!’

The Imperial Physician gritted his teeth, took the Blood Sunflower, and abandoned the youth, fleeing the realm.

...

...

And at the very, very end.

"There is no path ahead. Divinity Transformation is the end."

"My lifespan, too, is at its end..."

A colossal figure, standing tall as a pillar supporting the heavens, like a mountain, like a God-Demon, collapsed with a thunderous crash. It transformed into the world itself, a World in the Palm spanning hundreds of thousands of miles.

At that instant,

Su Chen saw the figure’s face clearly.

He was Jue!

...

...

A thousand memories and ten thousand thoughts flashed past in a single instant.

In the present, Jue was turning his head to look at Su Chen, seeming to wonder why he had taken a strand of his hair.

"What’s wrong?"

Jue asked.

Five years had passed. He had grown into a handsome young man with an otherworldly temperament, like a Direct Immortal. He strongly resembled Su Han, and because of that, also bore a slight resemblance to Su Chen.

Princess Yunyang had carried a stillborn child.

Su Chen had always known that.

He just never expected,

that the stillborn child would ultimately reverse death, fusing with the Spirit of a Divinity Transformation Immortal to become the Jue of today.

Mortals have a soul!

Immortals have a Spirit!

The twin thoughts of good and evil were the Divinity Transformation Great Cultivator, and yet they were not.

But the Spirit—which is to say, Jue—is the very soul of that fallen Divinity Transformation Great Cultivator!

At that moment,

Su Chen finally understood.

He finally understood why he had been unable to hear a single word, even when the Empress spoke to him directly. Everything she had said concerned a Top Level being of the Mountain Sea Realm reversing death itself—a truth he was not yet permitted to hear.

In the vast Mountain Sea Realm, a Nascent Soul cultivator was already considered an Immortal Demon Giant!

Divinity Transformation!

That was the true peak of the Immortal Path!

To allow a Divinity Transformation cultivator to be reborn against the natural order—what an insane, earth-shattering scheme.

"In the past, what was that Divinity Transformation Immortal’s name?"

Su Chen asked, seeking confirmation.

"Jue."

Jue responded.

Everything was clear now.

Jue was, in a way, Su Han’s descendant—his only relative in this Palm of the Human World.

No wonder.

Before Void left, he had entrusted the foundation of the Daqian Dynasty to Jue, making him the second-generation Emperor of the New Dynasty.

And no wonder the Empress was willing to fight to the death to keep Jue under her control.

"Do you want to be Jue?"

Su Chen asked.

"No."

"I am my own person. I don’t want to become my past life, even if he was a Divinity Transformation Immortal."

Jue stated.

He opened his mouth, but the word "Uncle" never came out.

"Good!"

"When the time comes, I’ll help you."

"Just be yourself. That’s all that matters."

At that moment, the Heaven-Reaching Sword River churned. The Wind Snow Swordfish swam over and bit onto Jue’s fishing rod, transforming into a stream of pure Sword Intent that flowed into his mind.

And at that same moment,

under the watchful gaze of the Empress, Su Chen stepped into the Abyss.

By the time the Empress arrived, there was no trace of Su Chen left beneath the Heaven-Ascension Tower or within the Abyss.

"He has left the Mountain Sea Realm!"

The Empress was ecstatic.

However,

the Bronze Gate had not been pushed open.

In front of the Bronze Gate, only the monster-like Xiao remained. He rubbed his head, feeling as if he had just had a moment of madness.

’What did I just see?’

’In the Abyss...’

’Since when has there been a Void Demon Whale in there!?’

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