All Heavenly destiny reduced to ashes
Chapter 626 - 1: Killing Sword Technique

Chapter 626: Chapter 1: Killing Sword Technique

The sun of the Tianyuan Realm always seemed almost nonexistent, its faint grayish light spots flashing stubbornly through gaps in the thick clouds, their dying brilliance like a sigh brushing across all things between heaven and earth.

In the dim shadows lingering from the night, a steel town that breathed hot air stood like a sun upon the ground, releasing dazzling light and heat. The surging spirit Qi rose and tumbled around the fissures of the ravines, heading in all directions.

The red warning glow intertwined with the blue light guiding the airships, mixing into a magnificent light purple. This light flowed like river water above the city, reflecting a crisscrossed purple glow on the clouds overhead.

And just on the eastern side of this steel city perched on the edge of a ravine, atop a large warehouse store, a tall and lean young man was staring intently at the artificial purple twilight.

"When can I truly witness a real twilight?"

The youth was somewhat delicate and gentle, with short hair neatly tidied. Despite his height, a closer look revealed not frailty but a hidden robustness.

Just like his current character, the past kindness and weakness have been swept away by determination, with courage and perseverance filling his bones, making him strong of body and quick of mind.

The young man now, whether in strength or mental fortitude, would greatly surprise anyone from his past. And this was the true essence of a life-altering transformation.

Huo Qing lifted his head, the morning’s light still dim. He watched the clouds drifting slowly across the sky and thought of his own name. He was born on a rare clear day in the Floating Dust Plains. The overcast sky turned white, the twilight golden and purple, and even the clear Xuan veil behind Cloud Mountain was visible, hence his name.

Now, he was already eighteen, a developed young man in every sense. His gaze fell to the streets of Chonggang Town around the warehouse. He saw beams of light rising from various parts of the city, illuminating the sky, illuminating the Immortal Ancient Ruins in the cracks, causing the twilight at the city’s Cloud Dome to flow as well.

Huo Qing’s gaze followed these changing twilight shafts, and somehow, he felt as though they resembled sword lights.

And behind him, An Jing was practicing swordsmanship.

The young man moved with orderly steps as his long sword danced around him, casting a sword light like water, like a twilight. A bright brilliance lit up the top floor of the warehouse, the dazzling sword light forming a ribbon around the young man’s body like silver and snow, carrying a chilling sword intent.

This sword intent was like a steep and isolated peak, covered in snow and piercing the clouds. No matter how brilliant the sunlight that fell upon it, it reflected only such a cold sword light, without a hint of emotion, only the pure cold of the sword.

But as An Jing changed his moves, heavenly light suddenly flashed, and the snow-covered peak dramatically caught fire. Sunlight remained, transformed into sunset, its scarlet glow like blood. The killing sword intent, though equally ice-cold, surged like a river of flames. It was as if the silent snow peaks quivered and crumbled under the glow of twilight, becoming an avalanche that seemed to be a great fire.

Before the avalanche, before the fierce flames, before the sword, all words were pale, all rebuttals powerless.

That was a natural disaster of water and fire, the most merciless judgment and trial.

[Killing Life]

After performing a set of swordsmanship, An Jing did not sheathe his sword.

’Killing Life’ was neither iron nor steel, neither solid nor substance, but a Lifebound Divine Weapon he created through Divine Skill, concentrating malice Qi, Cast Spirit into existence, turning it in his hand and merging it into his arm.

And this Killing Sword Technique was neither taught by anyone nor even Subdue Evil, but a set of Qi Soldier Swordsmanship he comprehended and created on his own. It perfectly used the Qi Soldiers’ ability to gather and scatter invisibly, capable of changing attacks and defenses at any moment, making it impossible to guard against.

Furthermore, it also allowed for better use of ’Wounding Sword Qi’, transferring all accumulated injuries, Pathogenic Qi, and toxic Qi into ’Killing Sword Qi’, sweeping up like an avalanche, incorporating the enemy’s attacking strength for offense and killing.

"Very good."

Subdue Evil praised, "The ’Killing Sword Qi’ created by your sword technique does tremendous damage to creatures of Flesh and Blood, and the sword Qi is intricate and Entering Minutiae, entwined with Pathogenic Qi within the enemy’s body, it can suppress their Regeneration ability, making it extremely difficult to heal!"

"Storing power for a counterattack, striking back with the enemy’s strength, death energy eroding, hard to heal... Three layers of Divine Abnormality, this sword technique has a great future, even now, it can be considered a True Transmission secret of the [Martial Meridian pinnacle]!"

"Too impressive!"

Beside him, Huo Qing also clapped and praised, "What excellent swordsmanship! I dare say, even Principal Xu in his younger years wouldn’t match your skill. The Martial Test for entering Third Middle School will definitely be a breeze for you."

An Jing didn’t bother with humility, straightening his collar, "I’ve never worried about the Martial Test. If I can’t pass it, then no one in Xuanye City can."

Making such a bold statement, An Jing’s tone suddenly shifted, filling with worry, "The main concern is the academic examination. I’ve never taken a test in Xuanye City before; I really don’t know what it’s like."

Huo Qing sighed, "Neither do I. Their exams are sealed and not circulated; you can’t buy old papers anywhere on the market. The ones I tried before were too simple and not at all at the level required."

Despite that, his confidence in An Jing remained strong, "The ’sect’ behind you possesses ancient inheritance. Even if your learning isn’t systematic and you might lose some points on unexpected questions, your foundation is certainly solid."

"But you’ll absolutely be able to pass tomorrow’s academic examination."

"Thank you for your auspicious words."

However, An Jing felt somewhat uncertain; in his past and present life, he hadn’t really sat for examinations. Though he had read extensively, it was more for the purpose of validating practice.

"Don’t worry."

Huo Qing could see this. The mindset of people who frequently took exams was completely different from those who did not. He laughed, "Principal He is so optimistic about you, even if you have some minor shortcomings, he’s sure to manipulate things behind the scenes to help you through."

"That’s only if Principal He has absolute authority in Third Middle School."

An Jing shook his head slightly, looking toward Xuanye City, where the lights twinkled like the Milky Way, "If only things were that simple."

Several months had passed since An Jing left Da Chen by employing Cang Linzu’s Divine Skill and arrived at the Dust Li wasteland.

During those months, An Jing had spent over three months continuously in the Tianyuan Realm.

It wasn’t that An Jing didn’t want to return to Bright Mirror Sect earlier, but he never received any messages from his grandmaster Chenyinzi; he had no idea about the current state of the sect’s internal purge, how many traitors and spies had been caught, or if they had successfully cleansed the sect’s environment.

Of course, he couldn’t just return carelessly, let alone reveal himself.

Under such circumstances, he would just take his time traveling through the Huai Xu Realm, spending most of his time studying in the Tianyuan Realm.

Overall, though, the situation in the Huai Xu Realm was stable and improving.

With the Frost Calamity over, the climate in Dust Li returned to normal. The muddy plains transformed into lush grasslands within a mere ten days, and the previously desolate woods were all revitalized with life.

In such an environment, many Spirit Beasts and Ferocious Beasts reappeared, providing ample hunting game for An Jing, who could also communicate with Cang Linzu through his Fate Pattern citizenship, keeping informed about the situation in Subdue Evil City.

On the former site of Linjiang City, the construction of Subdue Evil City was progressing rapidly. Xu Tai, who had advanced to Martial Meridian, was doing a great job as the City Lord. Even after Bai Qinghan and Cang Linzu had left, she coordinated the different powers on her own, utilizing the existing resources and capital to quickly establish the first residential areas.

Even if some short-sighted fools wanted to challenge Xu Tai, the newly promoted Martial Meridian, it wasn’t a big issue. Behind this Martial Meridian stood Weng Cuiyu, the new Divine Repository General of the Heavenly Sword Mountain Range.

This Demon King, who had achieved the True Person rank and shed its beast form, strongly supported all actions of Subdue Evil City and Xu Tai.

On the other side, one of the former Mountain Masters of the Broken Blade Mountain Range and now the foremost Mountain Master of the Heavenly Sword Mountain Range, the Six-Tusked White Boar Snow Climbing Tooth, also became an unwavering supporter of Subdue Evil City.

With these two, who were familiar with the local situation and shared deep bonds and even comradeship with An Jing, Subdue Evil City could truly be described as invincible.