First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 856: How Could I Be So Fortunate?

Aside from Ran Tianfeng, Tao Qianqiu was accompanied by seven Divine Peak Sword Court experts.

Two were Emperors, while the other five were Spirit Dao cultivators.

But when Su Yi’s slash reached the treasure ship, the five Spirit Dao cultivators didn’t even have time to dodge before the raging sword qi swept over them. Their bodies exploded, and their souls dispersed.

Although Tao Qianqiu and the other Emperors dodged, they cut sorry figures, and all of them looked unsightly.

“Is it even possible for a Spiritual Revolution cultivator to wield such power!?”

“Dammit!!”

Infuriated roars and startled cries resounded from within the cloud of dust.

Tao Qianqiu and his surviving companions’ faces were ashen, and all of them blazed with murderous intent.

Earlier, they’d completely disregarded Su Yi. Who’d have thought that this Spiritual Revolution Realm kid would catch them off guard with a single slash?

Even more unbelievably, that early-stage Profound Illumination Realm elder in red failed to block this strike. He survived, but it took his right arm off!

Now, Tao Qianqiu and company were fully aware that something was amiss.

“This…” Off in the distance, Cui Chang’an couldn’t help but gasp.

Last night, he’d witnessed Su Yi wielding Moonlit Shadow to slay enemies on all sides.

But at the time, Su Yi was using the cultivation base of his past life.

This was different. He was relying purely on his new incarnation's cultivation base, yet he’d cleaved through the treasure ship and severed an early-stage Profound Illumination Emperor’s arm with ease!

Of course Cui Chang’an was surprised!

“Your Excellency, I said it earlier: don’t underestimate that fellow Daoist’s?abilities,” said Ran Tianfeng somberly, a hint of bitterness in his voice. “He defeated me when we first met. At the time, he was still in the Spiritual Incarnation Realm.”

Everyone’s heart shook.

Had Ran Tianfeng said this before the fighting had broken out, there’s no way they would have believed it.

But now, they had no choice but to believe it!

“Why didn’t you say so earlier!?” Tao Qianqiu’s face was ashen with fury.

“....” Ran Tianfeng chose not to respond to that.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Streak after streak of sword qi descended upon them, each seemingly refined out of divine gold. They were glittering and resplendent as the light of dawn, yet illusory and ethereal.

When these streaks of sword qi intercrossed, blanketed heaven and earth, and descended, that unstoppable, terrifying sword intent tore startling rifts in the sky.

Its light illuminated the nine heavens, and the landscape dimmed in comparison!

This sword qi was brimming with Apex of Genesis Dao Intent. How could its power possibly be ordinary?

Tao Qianqiu and the others sensed how terrifying it was, and they dared not divert their attention. All of them attacked without hesitation.

Boom!

Tao Qianqiu activated a Dao Sword, stirring up monstrous, electric sword light. A windstorm of destruction shattered the very air itself, dispersing the clouds on all sides.

He was at the peak of the early-stage Profound Illumination Realm, and he wielded a complete Profound Dao Law. He was just one step away from the mid-stage Profound Illumination Realm.

When he attacked, he displayed extremely powerful attainments in the Dao of the Sword.

Boom!

Sword Force rumbled like thunder, shattering and destroying the descending golden sword qi.

Tao Qianqiu felt his blood and qi churn, and he staggered. Despite himself, his expression changed. How… How did this kid become so heaven-defyingly strong?

Meanwhile, the relentless onslaught of sword qi left Ran Tianfeng and the two Divine Peak Sword Court Emperors in a sorry state. They were already using their full power, but they paled in comparison to their opponent!

Tao Qianqiu and the other Emperors felt as if their minds were failing them.

Who would dare believe that a Spiritual Revolution Realm young man could overpower four Emperors all on his own!?

Just what kind of monster was he?

Before they could react, Su Yi attacked once more.

He fought bare-handed, using his fingers as a sword, as transcendent as a banished immortal. However, his momentum was forceful and tyrannical, and he drew upon the full extent of his cultivation base.

Back in the Spiritual Incarnation Realm, he’d overpowered Meng Po Palace’s Iceflame Spirit Emperor and Ran Tianfeng, a body refiner Emperor.

Now that he’d entered the Spiritual Revolution Realm and fused his Mysterious Truths into the unprecedented Mysterious Truths of the Apex of Genesis, his combat prowess far surpassed his past self!

Boom!

The entire stretch of heaven and earth shook, as if overturning the landscape and reducing everything in it to ash.

Watching from a distance, Su Yi seemed invincibly forceful even against four Emperors, like a god of the sword descending upon the world.

Tao Qianqiu and his companions’ hearts felt incomparably heavy, but all of them were Emperors, and all of them had experienced their share of wind and rain.

When they went all out, all of them displayed their abundant combat experience. They activated Imperial treasures, or displayed mighty Daoist magics. They fought with great tacit understanding, and heaven and earth seemed dimmer by comparison, as if the sun and moon had lost their light.

But what terrified them was that, even another Emperor most likely couldn’t have overcome the four of them fighting together. Yet now, even when they went all out, they couldn’t suppress Su Yi’s attacks!

This Spiritual Revolution Realm young man was just too strong!

It wasn’t just that he had heaven-defying foundations; even his mastery of the Dao of the Sword was unbelievably powerful!

Tao Qianqiu and his allies finally understood why a Spiritual Revolution Realm cultivator like Su Yi dared intercept them on his own. They also understood why Cui Chang’an had decided not to intervene, and why he was merely ensuring that they didn’t escape!

Meanwhile, the more Su Yi fought, the better he felt.

The way he saw it, there was nothing lonelier than being unable to find worthy opponents.

But it was different now.

Four early-stage Profound Illumination Emperors was enough to give him a joyful battle. He could fight to his heart’s content!

Rumble! Boom!

Su Yi’s aura rumbled around him, and his robes billowed. He seemed as unrestrained as an immortal, and every gesture sent profound and inscrutable sword qi whooshing toward his opponents. It pelted them like raindrops in a downpour, or the boundless river of stars breaking through a dam.

Even Cui Chang’an, who was watching the battle from a distance, was repeatedly overcome with astonishment.

Strictly speaking, this was his first time seeing Su Yi’s power post-reincarnation with his own eyes.

However, even with his knowledge and experience, he couldn’t even imagine how terrifyingly firm Su Yi’s foundations in the Spirit Dao must be to overcome the boundary between Daos and fight Emperors.

Even four against one, he wasn’t at a disadvantage!

As an Emperor himself, Cui Chang’an was obviously aware of how powerful Emperors were. The gap between them and other cultivators was an insurmountable natural barrier. Those on the other side could only gaze upon them from afar.

Cui Chang’an had never once heard of a Spirit Dao cultivator capable of crossing that barrier to fight Emperors, no matter the era!

Yet now, this seemingly impossible miracle was happening right in front of him!

No wonder that, despite the invincible cultivation base of his past life, Uncle Su decisively chose to reincarnate. It turns out he’d already discovered a path even stronger than the one he’d walked before!

Cui Chang’an’s heart shook. I truly can’t imagine it. When he steps into the Profound Dao once more, just how terrifying will his cultivation be?

Suddenly, a terrified shout resounded in the distance.

Cui Chang’an looked over and watched as intercrossing streaks of sword qi cleaved through the red-robed elder, the one who’d lost an arm earlier. His body split into pieces, and blood poured down like a waterfall.

“An Emperor fell in battle…” muttered Cui Chang’an. action

Last night, Su Yi slew enemies of four factions in Ziluo City. However, the battle currently taking place before his eyes was unquestionably even more astonishing.

In the first battle, he relied on his past life’s cultivation base. His overwhelming victory was well within expectations.

In the second battle, he was relying on his current life’s Spiritual Revolution Realm cultivation to single-handedly overpower four Emperors, and he’d already killed one of them. This was unquestionably shocking. If word got out, it would shake the world. Such an accomplishment would have been dazzling in any era!

Ten flicks of the finger later.

“Ah——!” A miserable shriek shook the heavens as the other Divine Peak Sword Court Emperor fell in battle. Sword qi cleaved him down the midline, splitting him directly in two. Even his primordial spirit shattered, and he died gruesomely on the spot.

Tao Qianqiu and Ran Tianfeng, meanwhile, were already injured.

Tao Qianqiu’s hair was disheveled, and he cut a sorry figure. His face was pale, and he had numerous injuries.

Ran Tianfeng’s injuries were comparatively heavy. He was covered in bleeding wounds; practically none of him was in good shape.

If it weren’t for the extraordinarily powerful physique of a body refiner Emperor, he would have long since given out already.

In stark contrast, Su Yi’s blue robes were pristine, without the slightest bloodstain, and he wasn’t injured in the slightest. On the contrary, his will to fight seemed even more overpowering than before!

Seeing them side by side, it was easy to determine who’d come out ahead.

Cui Chang’an’s jaw hung slack. There weren’t words to describe how he felt right now.

He feared he couldn’t have imagined anything so unbelievable even in his dreams!

Hm?

Suddenly, Cui Chang’an’s gaze focused. Tao Qianqiu had just blurred into a streak of blood-colored light, and he was attempting to flee.

“If I let you escape, how will I face Uncle Su?” Cui Chang’an snorted coldly.

Then, he disappeared into thin air, as if teleporting.

Meanwhile, as Su Yi approached, the heavily injured Ran Tianfeng said hoarsely, “Fellow Daoist, before I die, might you clear something up for me?”

It seemed this body refiner of the Netherworld Sky Sect had already realized that he wasn’t getting out of this alive, and his expression was incomparably complicated.

“Ask,” Su Yi said flatly.

“Fellow Daoist, I want to know… who exactly are you?”

Ran Tianfeng stared intently at Su Yi. It seemed that he couldn’t rest in peace unless he found out the answer.

Su Yi’s eyebrows rose. “Is that important?”

And here he’d thought Ran Tianfeng would ask something along the lines of “Why did you intercept us?”

Who’d have thought all Ran Tianfeng wanted to know was his identity?

“I’ve cultivated for four thousand, three hundred years, and I’ve wandered throughout the Netherworld, but I’ve never even heard of anyone as unbelievable as you, Fellow Daoist,” said Ran Tianfeng. He’d already completely given up the struggle, but his eyes shone with passionate intensity. Even his voice sped up. “Meeting you is like witnessing an unprecedented miracle of the Grand Dao. So long as I learn your identity, I can… rest in peace…”

“My name is Su Yi.”

“Su Yi?” Ran Tianfeng’s eyes filled with bewilderment. The name was entirely unfamiliar.

“But a long time ago, they called me the Swordmaster of Abstruse Force,” said Su Yi, his voice flat but with a faint, nigh indiscernible trace of ruefulness.

Ran Tianfeng reacted as if he’d been struck by lightning. His eyes slowly widened. Perhaps due to excessive shock, or perhaps because this was more stimulating than he could take, his entire body trembled uncontrollably.

His expression went from astonished to dumbstruck to disbelieving, but in the end… everything gave way to indescribable relief.

“How could I, Ran Tianfeng… be so fortunate…?” he muttered to himself.

Before his voice had finished echoing through the air, a streak of sword qi penetrated his brow, and his body disintegrated into ash.