First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1186 - Custodian

Luo Zihong turned tail and fled, not daring to hesitate.

He’d remained by the edge of the battlefield this entire time, and as he fled, he drew upon every last card at his disposal.

But mere moments later...

Bang!!

Luo Zihong slammed into a spatial wall, which shattered loudly on impact.

Only then did Luo Zihong realize that Su Yi had been telling the truth; there really was a spatial formation covering the surrounding area to prevent them from fleeing.

“Open!” Luo Zihong raised his bow and slammed it directly into the wall.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

One spatial barrier after another shattered before him. His momentum was unstoppable.

But Meng Changyun couldn’t bear to watch. His face filled with pity and sympathy as he recalled what had just happened to him.

Just as he expected, mere moments later, Luo Zihong’s “unstoppable” advance ended, and he found himself by the shore of the lake of lava once more.

“What the...” Luo Zihong was so startled that his eyes almost popped out of his head. “Inverting Yin and Yang and overturning space!”

He understood, but alas, he’d understood just a little too late.

When he appeared, a streak of sword qi was already flying right toward him.

Crunch!

His white bone bow snapped.

The unstoppable sword qi continued ahead, its power undiminished as it cut Luo Zihong down on the spot.

Just like that, all four World Kings had fallen!

“If you’d fought just a little longer, you wouldn’t have died so quickly,” Su Yi said softly. He shook his head.

His qi surged, and Dao Light rose around him. This battle had successfully stimulated his latent potential, and his cultivation base was showing signs of reaching the peak of the Profound Unity Realm.

“Congratulations on your victory and successfully destroying your enemies!” Meng Changyun rushed over to clasp his fist in congratulations. His face was full of astonishment and awe. It was no mere act, either.

“It would have been more interesting earlier if you’d fought with them,” said Su Yi.

Meng Changyun stiffened, as if he’d been caught in the act. While hiding earlier, he really had considered doing just that, but he had quickly suppressed the impulse, not daring to give it any further consideration.

“Your Excellency Su, this humble old—”

“Shut up and go gather up the spoils,” Su Yi cut him off.

Meanwhile, he put away the Tiny Heart of the Cosmos, returned to the lakeside, and sat down to cultivate quietly.

That battle hadn’t been overly intense, but following that pressure and tempering, his cultivation base showed signs of transformation.

The most important thing he had to do now was seize the opportunity to push this transformation even further.

Meng Changyun deftly scoured the battlefield for spoilers. Those who didn’t know better would have mistaken the World King for Su Yi’s loyal attendant...

Hm?

Meng Changyun suddenly saw a Psychic Gold Tablet light up. Mo Rongshan had written the group a message.

“How’d the battle go, everyone? Did you succeed?”

Meng Changyun sighed deeply. Is this what they mean when they say that fortune favors the foolish?

He glanced at the cultivating Su Yi, but he ultimately decided to do nothing. There was no way he’d be so kind as to warn Mo Rongshan out of the goodness of his heart. Similarly, there was no way he’d explain what had just happened.

If he did nothing at all, he wouldn’t make any mistakes!

“Why isn’t anyone saying anything?”

“Don’t tell me.... You want to seize the secrets of reincarnation for yourself?”

“Brother Luo???”

...A series of messages from Mo Rongshan popped up at irregular intervals.

Meng Changyun muttered to himself, Dammit, even now, you’re still hung up on the secrets of reincarnation? I’d actually just love to lure you over here and let you bear witness to His Excellency the Temple Master’s magnificence!

...

Meanwhile, in an overcast, barren landscape.

Mo Rongshan stood in an ancient temple. The temple was long dilapidated and overgrown with weeds.

“Something must have happened!” Mo Rongshan’s expression filled with uncertainty.

He suspected that Luo Zihong and company had already met with disaster. Otherwise, the only possible explanation was that they’d already succeeded, and that they were divvying up the secrets of reincarnation—and leaving him out of it! N0v3lTr0ve served as the original host for this chapter's release on No'v3l--B1n.

Just which is it?

Mo Rongshan wasn’t certain.

In the end, he gnashed his teeth, turned, and arrived before the temple.

“Senior, I’m willing to exchange a shocking secret for your recognition!” Mo Ronghsan inclined his head in solemn, pious greeting.

“A secret? Hah? You really think I’d be interested in something like that?” A cold, indifferent voice emanated from within the temple.

“This secret involves reincarnation!” said Mo Rongshan.

A loud, violent rumbling suddenly emanated from within the temple, as if a seal were breaking.

A terrifying, imposing aura poured out.

Heaven and earth dimmed, and the clouds on all sides were tinged a strange blood red. Wisps of killing intent so dense, they seemed almost material silently filled the air.

Moments later, a figure emerged from the temple doors.

He was a man with youthful features. His clothes and hat were white as snow, and there was a blood-red lotus mark at the center of his forehead.

His gaze was deep and indifferent, and it carried a dense air of the vicissitudes of countless years.

The moment he passed through the doorway, heaven and earth rumbled and boomed, surging with the power of the region’s Laws.

Mo Rongshan gasped, his heart quivering.

The man in white emanated a suffocating pressure with every casual gesture. Mo Rongshan felt as if he were witnessing the descent of a true god!

“I have no intention of leaving. I just plan to take a stroll nearby. There’s no need to hinder me.” The man in white looked up at the sky and waved his sleeves.

The turbulent, rumbling landscape silently sank back into silence, and the rising power of the Laws dissipated.

With a wave of his sleeves, he transformed heaven and earth!

Mo Rongshan was a World King, but even his mind went blank. Is this the power of a Custodian? The waters of the Dark and Gold Star Realm are far too deep!

When they first arrived, the outsider World Kings saw the Dark and Gold Star Realm as a ruin, and they viewed its cultivators with disdain. In their eyes, the locals were nothing but savages.

Now, Mo Rongshan finally understood that the Dark and Gold Star Realm’s foundations were far, far more terrifying than they’d imagined!

After all, this was only the outer ring of the Graveyard of Fallen Immortals.

And the man before him was but one of its ten Custodians, but his majestic aura was already unfathomably mighty!

“Reincarnation? Tell me more.” The man in white gazed at Mo Rongshan.

How could Mo Rongshan dare to be negligent? He promptly laid everything he knew about Su Yi out in the open.

When the man in white heard the full story, his eyes shone with a strange light, as if sparks had ignited in the depths of his gaze.

“The opportunity I’ve been waiting for since antiquity... has it really arrived...?” The man in white murmured to himself. Shockingly, a dazed look appeared on his face.

Mo Rongshan’s heart quivered. An opportunity? Don’t tell me the Custodian has been waiting for someone who’d mastered the secrets of reincarnation, and that his arrival will somehow change something?

“Where is that person now?” asked the Custodian.

“The Thousand Currents Wasteland,” Mo Rongshan said hurriedly.

“Oh,” said the man in white. He snapped his fingers and said slowly, “If you dared deceive me, I’ll make you live a life worse than death! I... hate nothing more than liars!”

Mo Rongshan stiffened, but before he could say anything, the man in white grabbed him by the shoulder and stepped forward.

Boom!

The air trembled. One step, and space shattered beneath his feet. A moment later, both the man in white and Mo Rongshan disappeared into thin air.

......

The banks of the lake of lava.

Su Yi sat there in quiet meditation.

Meng Changyun had already finished gathering the spoils. After taking inventory, there were thirty-two Dark and Gold Tokens!

And that’s before factoring in the rest: World King-level medicines, treasures, divine materials, secret arts, and all manner of precious items. Piled up, they formed a small mountain.

If I took even just the cultivation resources to Spirit Treasure Tower, I could get over ten thousand strips of star realm spirit vein! Meng Changyun gulped, his eyes red with greed.

Spirit Treasure Tower was the universally recognized top trading company of the stars. Their background was powerful and mysterious, and even the stars’ top powerhouses liked doing business there.

Why did they like it so much? Simple! Spirit Treasure Tower had a huge selection of treasures!

Anyone who obtained an abundance of cultivation resources peak factions needed could trade them at Spirit Treasure Tower!

Star realm spirit veins arose in the Dao sources of star realms. They were also known as Grand Dao world crystals.

They were a necessary resource for a World King’s cultivation!

A treasure like that was far beyond ordinary medicines and divine materials.

Killing and plundering are really easy ways to get rich. There’s no reward in fixing bridges and repairing roads. You really can’t get rich through honest work alone, Meng Changyun sighed to himself.

There really was an abundance of good fortune in the outer ring of the Graveyard of Fallen Immortals, but this place was dangerous, too. In any event, how could that possibly be as quick as killing others and looting their corpses?

But when Meng Changyun recalled that he’d already obediently offered all his treasures to Su Yi, he lost all interest in pursuing this line of thought.

At the end of the day, he was a victim too!

Boom!

Suddenly, off in the distance, heaven and earth trembled, and space rumbled.

Meng Changyun stiffened and whipped his head around to look.

Su Yi silently opened his eyes too.

Off in the distant skies, two figures appeared out of nowhere. These were none other than the Custodian in white and Mo Rongshan!

“Old Monster Mo?” Meng Changyun recognized Mo Rongshan at a glance. He couldn’t help but feel surprised. He sure got here awfully quickly!

But Su Yi looked at the man in white instead. This person is strong!

His qi linked with heaven and earth, showing signs of connection with the region’s Laws. His aura seemed as mighty as the Grand Dao of the heavens.

“Meng Changyun, you’re actually still alive? What about the others?” When Mo Rongshan saw Meng Changyun, he couldn’t help but be surprised.

The man in white furrowed his brow and casually slapped the air.

Whap!

Mo Rongshan took a slap to the face that sent him flying back. When he finally hit the ground, he was already far away, and he cut a sorry figure.

“You've got no judgment,” the man in white said flatly.

Mo Rongshan’s expression shifted, but he remained as silent as a cicada in winter, not daring to argue.

“This...” Meng Changyun was startled, and his hair stood on end.

The man in white seemed like a god, his every gesture full of unparalleled majesty.

That had been no more than a casual slap, as if he were swatting a fly, yet he’d sent a World King like Mo Rongshan flying!

Heaven and earth were stifled and deathly silent.

The Custodian’s gaze was distant and calm, with a dense aura of the vicissitudes of countless years.

When he scanned Meng Changyun, the old man’s courage failed him, and his knees practically turned to jelly.

He was a World King too, but when he faced the man in white, he felt as trivial and insignificant as an ant.

Fortunately, a moment later, the Custodian’s gaze shifted and landed on Su Yi by the shore of the lake of lava.

For a moment, Su Yi sensed intense pressure bearing down on him too. It was as if the heavens were suppressing him; the intimidating effect touched even his heart and soul.

Su Yi’s eyebrows rose. This guy... sure is aggressive!