Chapter 595: Immortal's Downfall, the Eighth Divine Tide, and the Fall of Swordslayer

Chapter 595: Immortal’s Downfall, the Eighth Divine Tide, and the Fall of Swordslayer

Boom!

The Ruyi Golden Cudgel smashed down, striking the head of Swordslayer with a force that shattered the heavens!

Space exploded, like a blooming flower, splintering into countless jagged patterns, torn apart by the overwhelming power!

Swordslayer was utterly stunned.

He frantically spread his arms, mustering all his strength to block and resist the attack as he sensed the mortal danger.

However, the Sword of Divine Slaying had been taken by the Ksitigarbha King, who simultaneously summoned four heavenly avatars. These avatars punched in unison, each wielding a different primordial power.

Though not at the Immortal level, these four distinct primordial powers, when combined, posed a significant threat to Swordslayer. They surged into his body, causing immense damage.

Unable to steady himself, he stumbled and was struck on the head by Sky Sundering's cudgel.

"Ah—!"

Swordslayer roared, but his scream was quickly cut short.

His head exploded, splattering flesh and blood everywhere.

A headless figure staggered through the void, struggling to maintain balance.

This blow shattered the dignity Swordslayer had been desperately trying to maintain!

Blood splattered everywhere, and Li Che, without hesitation, clenched his fingers, gathering the scattered flesh and blood of Swordslayer, slowly consolidating them.

Swordslayer's physical body, headless but still animated by his immortal essence, resisted any approach.

Swordslayer was far from dead.

As an Immortal, he wasn’t so easily killed.

Though his head had been shattered, and flesh and blood scattered, he could still heal given time.

However, that damned Ksitigarbha King...

had collected the scattered remains of his flesh and blood!

Was this man some kind of collector?

He had gathered divine weapons, and now he wasn’t letting even the shattered remains of his body go!

Though headless, Swordslayer’s immortal will continued to vibrate, red gales howling and red primordial wills oscillating.

He roared, and from his hand, a sword of light emerged, glowing brilliantly, interwoven with sword qi that formed chains of law, resonating with a thunderous boom!

Feeling the imminent threat of death, Swordslayer decided to shatter the space passage.

If the space passage collapsed, Ksitigarbha King and Sky Sundering would have to divert their attention, unable to focus entirely on him.

This was his only path to survival!

But it was still a difficult task!

Without the Sword of Divine Slaying, his greatest weapon and means of slaughter, his overall strength had drastically diminished. Combined with the shattered head, his body was severely compromised.

Thus, Swordslayer had to find another way to ensure his survival!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

His body and divine essence began to boil, as if burning, with countless sword qi erupting from him, swirling around in a chaotic dance.

He unleashed a relentless barrage of sword qi, like crimson lightning, as his immortal will and primordial power erupted, forming chains of condensed law!

Slash!

Above the Xuan Xiao Heavenly City, space was sliced into fragments. The terrifying power was too much for the void to bear, and it began to shatter!

Boom!

Sword qi spread out in all directions, centered on Swordslayer’s form, creating a sword qi field a thousand miles in diameter, burning with primordial power!

Li Che, wearing a white jade mask, his eyes gleaming, couldn’t help but be impressed.

Truly worthy of an Immortal, to think of such a strategy in such dire straits!

Sky Sundering’s cudgel shook, his eyes blazing like twin suns.

"Truly cunning!"

"Hmph!"

Sky Sundering’s armor glowed, countless mechanisms emitting a scorching light.

Gripping the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, he leaped, his feet touching the ground, causing space to explode. The cudgel’s shadow swept out, creating a half-circular white shockwave, sweeping across like a crescent moon!

Boom!

The sword qi waterfall before him, like a meteor striking the earth, was shattered by the impact!

The terrifying blow rent the heavens and split the earth, and Swordslayer’s immortal will screamed as his body was thrown back, bleeding profusely.

Despite the relentless sword qi, he continued to unleash more, but without the Sword of Divine Slaying, the gap between him and Sky Sundering was too great!

A powerful being who could battle a Heavenly Immortal was far beyond his current capabilities!

"You... if you don’t leave now, I will sever the space passage!"

"When that happens, you won’t be able to escape!"

Swordslayer’s headless body floated, his immortal will howling.

"Though I cannot defeat you, I can still delay you for a moment!"

"When that happens, Sky Sundering, you will have to pay with your life!"

Swordslayer howled!

Sky Sundering paused, his blazing eyes turning to Li Che, as if seeking his decision—whether to persist in killing this Immortal or to retreat.

If the space passage truly collapsed, it would be difficult to repair in a short time.

Without a passage, they would be trapped in Xuan Xiao Heaven, facing the combined forces of the three divine factions and eleven Earth Immortals, making their situation extremely dangerous!

Escaping would be very difficult!

Sky Sundering’s will controlled his armor, surrounded by the scorching golden flames of the heavenly pulse fire, a gift from the alchemy of Laojun Immortal.

This fire was terrifying, emitting a fearsome aura that seemed to warp the void itself.

Sky Sundering looked at Li Che, as if asking for a decision.

This scene startled Swordslayer, who hadn’t expected that Ksitigarbha King, the weaker of the two, would be the one in control.

What was this Ksitigarbha King’s true background?

Li Che, wearing the white jade mask, his eyes cold, his mind racing, felt the Dao Fruit in his chest pulse.

His eyes narrowed, his black hair dancing like black lightning.

He made his decision, speaking a single word.

"Kill!"

Kill!

Today, they would kill this Immortal!

As the words fell, Sky Sundering’s armor resonated, and a massive power erupted. The Ruyi Golden Cudgel swept out in an instant.

Swordslayer was incredulous!

What grudge could they have?

He regretted coming alone to intercept Sky Sundering and Ksitigarbha King.

But he hadn’t anticipated their madness, willing to risk their lives to kill him!

Swordslayer’s expression turned grim, and he became even more desperate.

"Then let’s die together!"

Boom!

He howled, terrifying sword qi erupting with a brilliant light, and a shadow of an absolute divine weapon appeared behind him.

This was the primordial essence of the divine weapon he had cultivated, the embodiment of his entire essence, now fully manifested, a last-ditch effort to take them all down with him!

Boom!

The void was torn apart like soft cake, easily shredded!

Under the overwhelming sword intent, space could not withstand the force, shattering like fragile glass.

The space passage in this region collapsed, unable to sustain itself!

Escape was now a luxury!

But Sky Sundering, clad in his armor, the Ruyi Golden Cudgel in hand, moved with supreme speed and power, like a bolt of lightning, shattering everything in its path!

Swordslayer, using all his sword qi to sever the space passage, lost his ability to resist. Under Sky Sundering’s cudgel, his body exploded.

Having burned his Earth Immortal essence to unleash his ultimate strike, he had no power left to defend against Sky Sundering’s blow.

With this final strike, he was utterly shattered, disintegrated into nothingness!

Fragments of flesh and blood scattered through the heavens.

Li Che collected a few pieces of flesh, then immediately took action.

In his chest, the Temporal Golden Wheel Dao Fruit began to vibrate wildly, two golden wheels spinning behind him, intersecting!

Li Che spread his arms, pointing them at the shattered void.

He pushed the Temporal Golden Wheel Dao Fruit to its limits!

The Temporal Golden Wheel, the Book of Ages!

A book appeared in Li Che’s hand, and as he flipped through it, time seemed to reverse!

The void, once torn apart by Swordslayer’s sword, began to slowly heal.

"What?!"

Swordslayer, his body shattered by Sky Sundering’s cudgel, was filled with shock and disbelief.

Could this be possible?

What was Ksitigarbha King’s true background?

Could he be another reincarnation of a Heavenly Immortal?

Boom!

Seeing this, Sky Sundering’s spirit was greatly invigorated, his movements becoming even more powerful.

The vast and magnificent heavenly pulse fire wrapped around the Ruyi Golden Cudgel, striking down with immense force.

Instantly, Swordslayer’s remaining primordial will let out a painful howl, and finally...

collapsed!

Buzz!

In the realm governed by the Dark Heavenly Court, a violent tremor shook the heavens. The sky turned a blood-red, like a vast ocean of blood churning.

Blood rained down.

In the ancient villages and cities under the court’s jurisdiction, cultivators looked up in disbelief.

"Blood raining from the sky, the collapse of the rules, the cessation of the river of the Great Dao—this is the sign of an Immortal’s fall!"

A Nirvana realm expert rose into the air, his eyes burning with shock.

The eighth divine tide finally saw the celestial phenomenon of an Immortal’s fall!

In the void, Tongtian Shendi, seated in meditation, his robes billowing, the seven-colored divine wheel behind him spinning.

His eyes slowly opened, as if sword qi cut through the void for three thousand miles.

After a long moment, he sighed.

"Sky Sundering!"

"To kill my disciple... this enmity will not be forgiven!"

His cold voice echoed, countless sword qi like hanging bells, ringing out.

...

...

The primordial will of Immortal Swordslayer was utterly extinguished.

Li Che didn’t rush to bind an Immortal to the Deity. Not only was the success uncertain, but the current situation also made it unsuitable for binding a Deity.

However, before leaving, Li Che activated the Golden Temporal Wheel with a resounding sound!

It locked onto a certain spot in the Void.

There, a crack appeared, faintly shimmering with divine light and floating treasures, as if an entire world lay hidden there.

Li Che’s eyes narrowed. That was the primordial realm of the fallen Immortal Swordslayer!

It was also the place where numerous treasures and resources were hidden.

With the fall of Immortal Swordslayer, the primordial essence of that realm had dried up, but the realm itself still existed.

Li Che used the Dao Fruit of the Golden Temporal Wheel to lock onto the location of this primordial realm and memorize the anchor point.

Then, he took a step, and in an instant, he vanished, reappearing inside the Sky Sundering Armor.

His fingers clenched, and the Skyraven Statues emerged, activating the teleportation array. The array roared to life, shattering the Void and swiftly moving away!

Li Che couldn’t afford to waste any more time.

He had used the power of the Book of Ages from the Golden Temporal Wheel Dao Fruit to restore the space and shift time.

However, he hadn’t truly altered time and space; he had merely employed a clever trick to shift and change the temporal and spatial coordinates!

After Li Che and the Sky Sundering Armor disappeared through the shift.

The entire teleportation passage of Xuan Xiao Heaven once again collapsed, returning to the state it was in when Immortal Swordslayer had severed it!

The fractured space was terrifying, with massive vacuum cracks like raging dragons, winding and roaring!

Hum—

The space trembled, and the teleportation waves arrived.

A vast army descended, their armor clinking, demonic auras surging, and Buddhist light shining!

The united forces of the three divine camps arrived.

The three Earth Immortals, Godslayer, Godcutter, and Godtrapper, their bodies shook, eyes opening, and terrifying sword intent slicing through the Void!

“Impossible!”

“Immortal Swordslayer... has fallen!”

The three Earth Immortals were shaken to their core, unable to believe it!

Among the four Divine Sword Immortals, Immortal Swordslayer was the most powerful, wielding the Sword of Divine Slaying, capable of challenging even a Heavenly Immortal!

Sky Sundering wasn’t even a Heavenly Immortal, but the possibility of a battle between Immortal Swordslayer and Sky Sundering still existed.

How could Immortal Swordslayer fall so quickly?

The scattered primordial essence, the Immortal will lingering in the Void, and the blood-red light phenomena all clearly indicated that Immortal Swordslayer had fallen!

An Immortal had died!

Fu Shaoxi and Shi Shaojia, the two young emperors, arrived with the army. They exchanged glances, their hearts trembling.

“The slaughter of the Hell Lotus... the blade of the Hell Lotus... has begun. Is this the reckoning of the Cosmic Will?”

Shi Shaojia clasped his hands together, the cicada patterns on his palms glowing like fire, his expression heavy.

Is this a reckoning?

No one knew.

But one thing was certain: the reckoning marked the beginning of the slaughter!

Perhaps, the Age of Blood was about to dawn!

...

...

The Void was shattered.

The teleportation platform Li Che had created began to activate.

After crossing the city gate of Xuan Xiao Heaven, the passage returned to calm, and the Immortals’ battles couldn’t affect the entire passage.

The Skyraven Statues on the teleportation platform continuously changed their divine light, carrying the Sky Sundering Armor and Li Che inside the cockpit, swiftly traversing the distance.

Hum—

The space passage was stable, and the teleportation speed was incredibly fast.

Soon, a towering city gate appeared in the distance.

An Immortal’s will awoke from the city gate and swiftly swept over.

However, the will of Sky Sundering shook, and the Ruyi Golden Cudgel instantly swept out, the terrifying fire of the world’s veins burning, and the killing intent stretching through the Void, capable of shattering stars!

That Earth Immortal immediately withdrew his will, unwilling to clash with Sky Sundering.

No one dared to block them.

Even if an Immortal was stationed at the city gate.

However...

The news of Immortal Swordslayer’s fall, due to the celestial phenomena, had spread instantly, and almost everyone in the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths knew.

An Immortal had fallen, marking the beginning of the fall of Immortals during the Eighth Divine Tide!

The matter was too significant and too serious!

Therefore, when Li Che and the Sky Sundering Armor escaped through the teleportation, the other Immortals didn’t dare to block them.

After all, who would dare to block them?

The fall of Immortal Swordslayer was a lesson for everyone.

The teleportation platform continued to vibrate, pulling out streaks of seven-colored light, like a fleeting glimpse of a white horse passing through a crevice.

Inside the teleportation array.

Li Che stood in the cockpit of the Sky Sundering Armor, conversing with the condensed will of Sky Sundering.

“Where should we go now?”

Sky Sundering’s will couldn’t help but ask.

“Directly to Yulian Land? The difficulty is considerable. In Yulian Land, there will certainly be a Heavenly Immortal overseeing... It won’t be easy to deceive a Heavenly Immortal and return to Yulian Land.”

Sky Sundering said.

“But Yulian Land is a place we must go.”

Li Che said firmly, his will strong.

“Returning to Yulian Land requires careful planning. At least, relying on Sky Sundering alone isn’t enough.”

“So, we need to find more allies. I plan to seek out the Third Crown Prince. If the Third Crown Prince can recover to his peak, he should be able to clash with a Heavenly Immortal for a while.”

Li Che understood that the rebels in the Hell Lotus camp, though not Heavenly Immortals, each possessed the ability to clash with a Heavenly Immortal.

Hum—

The space trembled, and the teleportation platform emitted a brilliant light.

A large chunk of the Void seemed to collapse, and Li Che’s figure instantly withdrew from the Void.

“This is... the Origin Thunder Heaven, the lair of the Demonic Beasts!”

Li Che and Sky Sundering stepped out of the space teleportation passage.

On his shoulder, little fox Su Da spoke up.

“Origin Thunder Heaven...”

Li Che’s eyes gleamed with excitement. “I’ve heard that Origin Thunder Heaven possesses a ‘Destructive Primordial Thunder.’ If I can obtain it, it might help enhance my Thundermagnetic Dao Body.”

Crack—Crack—

Thunder crackled across the sky, fierce and terrifying, like the branches of a tree.

This was a characteristic of Origin Thunder Heaven.

However, Li Che was not concerned.

“The Third Crown Prince was forced to the Endless Sea by the Ancestral Dragon Clan’s Immortal Dragon Emperor.”

“Origin Thunder Heaven is the path to the Endless Sea, which is very close to Yulian Land.”

Li Che pondered, planning his route.

He had stepped out of the teleportation passage because, according to the Thundermove Chess Piece, he was getting closer to the Third Crown Prince.

Although Li Che wanted to use Thundermove Shifting to reach the Third Crown Prince directly.

The Endless Sea was outside the realm of the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, belonging to a different world.

Thundermove Shifting couldn’t directly reach it.

So, he had to settle for the second-best option, stepping out of the teleportation passage and entering Origin Thunder Heaven.

Additionally, another reason Li Che couldn’t use Thundermove Shifting...

Was that the Third Crown Prince was completely blocked by the Dragon Kin of the Ancestral Dragon line using the Ten-thousand Dragons Array.

After ascending to Origin Thunder Heaven, through the projection from the Thundermove Chess Piece, Li Che caught a glimpse of the Ten-thousand Dragons Array, which was the reason his Seventh Transformation Thunder couldn’t move him there.

Li Che felt somewhat strange.

With the power of the Ancestral Dragon line and the presence of the Immortal Dragon Emperor, how could the Third Crown Prince, with the power of a Temple God, resist?

Li Che felt it was different from the situation with Immortal Laojun trying to refine Sky Sundering.

Immortal Laojun was genuinely trying to refine Sky Sundering to death.

The situation with the Third Crown Prince seemed peculiar.

Hum—

Breaking out of Xuan Xiao Heaven, Li Che felt much more relaxed.

Of course, it was only a momentary relaxation.

His body tensed again, as he now faced the biggest challenge: delivering Xi Xi to Yulian Land.

To have Xi Xi receive the inheritance of the Hell Lotus Heiresses.

This was no small feat.

After all, the paths to Yulian Land from the three divine camps and the ancient village were completely blocked, making Yulian Land a true dead end.

In Origin Thunder Heaven, Li Che found a place.

It was a deep pool, with countless silver lightning arcs dancing on the surface.

Each arc sent a tingling sensation through the body.

“This lightning pool is a natural barrier.”

Li Che said.

He didn’t even need Sky Sundering’s protection, directly storing the Sky Sundering Armor in Mo City Purgatory.

The Mo City Purgatory, restored using the energy of the Stainless Heart Dao Fruit, unfortunately, couldn’t regain the Dao Fruit of Mo City.

Zzz—

Countless lightning arcs seemed to come alive, swirling around Li Che.

This was the stimulation of the Thundercore Dao Fruit, the lightning continuously entering his body, being absorbed by the Dao Fruit, and contributing to its maturity.

Li Che seemed to merge completely with the lightning.

This made his disguise flawless, impossible to detect or probe.

Even if a powerful being swept over the lightning pool, they likely wouldn’t sense Li Che floating in the pool.

Li Che’s body completely submerged in the lightning pool.

He sat cross-legged, his jet-black hair dancing like water plants.

His eyes suddenly opened.

In an instant...

The Heavenly Chessboard spread out in the pool, completely occupying the entire lightning pool.

Li Che slowly lowered his legs, his feet landing on the chessboard surface, standing at the Heavenly Position.

He gazed straight ahead.

In front of him, on a star position, countless chains of rules clinked, piercing the air, forcefully suppressing a divine sword.

It was the Sword of Divine Slaying, one of the four supreme Heavenly Immortal weapons given to the disciples by the Dark Heavenly Court, Tongtian Shendi!

Li Che needed to release the Heavenly Chessboard.

The prerequisite was to completely refine the suppressed Sword of Divine Slaying.

He had to try...

To make the Sword of Divine Slaying bear the surname Li!

(End of Chapter)

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