Dao Equaling the Heavens
Chapter 161 - 127 Demi Immortal Descends

Chapter 161: Chapter 127 Demi Immortal Descends

Beneath Heavenly Spring Mountain.

Gu Wen sized up the ten Taoist Swords before him, each emanating an extremely terrifying murderous aura and Sword Intent, not even on the same level as those inside Heavenly Spring Mountain.

It was like the difference between a seasoned veteran crawling out from a pile of corpses and a fitness enthusiast—there was no distinction in rank, and Dao Artifacts were not classified by quality. But when it came to practical application, particularly of weapons made for combat, that was an entirely different matter.

These Dao Swords with their sky-high murderous intent were emitting a trace of affectionate sentiment.

Hiss, were they recognizing me as their master?

Gu Wen reached out to touch them when he suddenly felt as if he had been electrocuted, as the overwhelming Sword Intent surged directly towards him.

The mind is pleased, but the body resists?

At this moment, Chi Yu Zi came over, peering around. Before she could even open her mouth, Gu Wen had already rejected her, "These are mine."

Chi Yu Zi was immediately choked up, then puffed up her cheeks and said, "Can you even use so many Taoist Swords? Why not give them to Grandma Chi, I can protect you with my increased strength."

Her cultivation of the Undying Taoist Body required many divine materials to temper her physical body, and the best and most abundant were Taoist Soldiers. Any material that could be made into a Taoist Soldier was of the finest and most extraordinary metals and stones, which were nearly free of impurities after being tempered hundreds of times.

Like Pills, for instance, the common materials for forging were herbs, while finished weapons were analogous to concocted Pills.

For her, Swords that were treasured by generations of Sword Dao Venerables were considered excellent nourishment.

"No way."

Gu Wen decisively refused. More than being protected by someone else, he desired strength in his own right.

However, considering that they were teammates and he might not be able to use all of them, his tone changed as he said,

"Still, I could sell you a few if I truly can’t use them all."

"Deal!"

"These are the treasured swords of generations of masters from Broken Sword Mountain, show some respect."

Xiao Yunyi, standing beside them with his hand on his forehead, recognized the origin of these swords. But hearing these two discussing buying and selling them made him want to kick them all the way down from this place.

Gu Wen turned his head and asked again, "So these belong to me now, right?"

Even though these were your ancestors’ treasured swords, they’ve fallen at my feet now, and they feel close to me. It’s clear we are fated.

"....." Xiao Yunyi was speechless. He really couldn’t figure out why these swords would appear here.

Apart from the True Sword Dao, it was nearly impossible for these battle-hardened Dao Swords to leave the Sword Tomb. And he was not a man greedy for profits. These swords meant more to him symbolically than practically.

Xiao Yunyi didn’t think he needed a sword forged by ancestors when all he needed was the True Sword Dao.

He touched his right arm and then nodded, "If you can take them, they’re yours."

"That’s what I wanted to hear."

A streak of white light appeared in Gu Wen’s hand, unsure why the Taoist Swords resisted him, but he knew using the True Sword Dao on such an item had to be correct. If that failed, then it would be time for the remnants of the Immortal Sword.

As he grasped it, the overwhelming Sword Intent rushed towards him but shrank back the instant it made contact with the Immortal Sword.

Chi Yu Zi also tentatively reached out to grab the sword hilt. The Sword Intent instantly tore her flesh, leaving a wound above the base of her thumb.

"Don’t recognize me without the True Sword Dao? What kind of lousy swords are these?"

Knowing it was hopeless, Chi Yu Zi could only lick the fresh blood on her palm. Blood was the essence of a person, and her body, having become transcendent and saintly, was all the more precious.

Gu Wen paid no attention to Chi Yu Zi, whose saliva was nearly drooling at the side. He tried to merge with the Dao Swords and found that although they behaved themselves when wrapped in the True Sword Dao, he still couldn’t fuse with them.

It was as if they liked the True Sword Dao spiritually, but their bodies still refused to betray the Sword Dao Venerable who had passed away.

He would have to try merging with them slowly later; now was not the time.

Gu Wen looked up at the ongoing battle in the sky, not understanding why Yu Hua was dragging it out for so long but prepared for any sudden change so he could make a quick escape.

He quickly wrapped each Taoist Sword in the True Sword Dao, then tossed them to Chi Yu Zi, whose Sword Box was better suited for storage.

Gu Wen’s Qiankun Bag was too fragile. Once, when he put a spiritual sword in it without controlling it properly, it nearly pierced the bag. But Chi Yu Zi’s Sword Box was different; it was said to have a space of ten yards in every direction inside, which was equivalent to 900 square meters.

This illustrated the profound depth of these top talents, with sects wishing to adorn them with Dao Artifacts all over their bodies.

Ordinary geniuses might possess a Spiritual Treasure, and having one Dao Artifact to protect themselves, like Hee Huan and others, was already the limit.

"Don’t hand them to me as if I can’t accept them."

Perhaps she felt her intentions were exposed, Chi Yu Zi, like an agitated wild cat, immediately retorted, "Who do you think I am!"

Suddenly, the sky fell silent, as Gu Wen’s group and other powers that hadn’t joined in the battle looked up towards the heavens in unison.

The casualties in the high-altitude battlefield weren’t too severe; about a dozen or so from the Mahayana Realm had perished, and many had even managed to escape. For an ambush that involved the strength of an Immortal, these losses were minimal.

Many old folks, whose lives were nearing their end, could accept this, and even some neutrally aligned great powers were itching to act.

The Heavenly Girl didn’t seem as strong as imagined, and since some managed to escape, then they believed they could too. As for those who had been killed at the beginning, it was just a case of being outmatched.

Cultivators never openly admitted to being weaker than others.

Yu Hua could sense the phrase Gu Wen often muttered, "Better to stop one punch than fend off a hundred." The best protection for oneself was to instill fear in others.

At this moment, the sky was eerily quiet. The Taoist Heavenly Girl looked up into the sky, while the surrounding great powers inexplicably stood still.

If someone with profound Divine Thought delved deeply, they would see these people sweating profusely, their eyes losing focus, and their Divine Souls clouded with dust.

Soon after, the atmosphere that enveloped the heavens spread downward. True Monarchs and great powers were the first to sense that something was amiss, followed by the younger generation from the various factions.

Boom!

The firmament cracked like glass, and an ethereal azure hand reached out from beyond the heavens, its palm alone covering a thousand miles, with half of Daqian in its grasp!

A massive rift appeared, and a heaven-obscuring hand extended through it.

It was as though affected by a mirroring effect, the gigantic hand miraculously shrank a millionfold, yet still managed to envelop dozens of miles around Heavenly Spring Mountain.

At the mere sense of its aura, all living beings trembled.

"A Demi Immortal?!"

Jun Yan couldn’t help but exclaim in shock. Due to the Heavenly Demon magic, his body harbored hundreds of old entities, making him the most experienced there.

Gu Wen showed a strange expression, eyes betraying a hint of concern, and said, "Isn’t entry to Immortal Land not supposed to be freely accessible?"

It seemed like this rule had been broken, or perhaps things were not as simple as he imagined.

Jun Yan answered, "He’s not here casually, but at great risk. Above the Dao Realm are Harmonization and Attainment, with Demi Immortal being a being close to achieving immortality, quite like the Sword Master of Heavenly Spring Mountain before any sword took form."

"Have you ever come into contact with an Ancestor Spirit Tree? The one that gives Spirit Fruits to the favored heavenly talents each month, that is a Demi Immortal."

Gu Wen suddenly understood and asked, "What price must these immortals pay to forcibly enter Immortal Land?"

"Wait a moment..." Jun Yan paused, seemingly communicating with an old monster inside him, and then responded, "Immortal Land is their rightful place, yet too many forbidden things lie hidden here that no one wishes to stay for long, preferring to hide in the Void instead."

"As for the price, it’s incurring heavenly tribulation, minor injuries at best, but at worst, damage to their fundamental Dao."

The Void, forbidden...

Gu Wen took note of these two pieces of information, but at the moment he did not delve further, asking, "Can Yu Hua solve this?"

Jun Yan replied, "She should have no problem. This Demi Immortal’s concealed aura makes it hard to determine its origins. But you only need to know that the truly strongest beings stand openly, like Heavenly Spring Mountain right here, or the two Venerables of the Daoist Sect."

Being hidden doesn’t necessarily mean being weak, but those who can stand openly in the world for countless years are truly the mightiest among the strong.

No sooner had he spoken, following the purple hand’s tearing of the fabric of the sky, waves of gold materialized and streamed in, ultimately taking the form of a golden being.

Humanoid, yet featureless, vaguely visible robes beside it, its golden robe like the undulating waves of the ocean, carrying an unrivaled momentum.

One trouble following another, Gu Wen’s expression turned sour. He greatly despised this feeling of losing control.

But he could do nothing to help, let alone understand the origins of these celestial beings.

"And who is this now?"

"The Demon Saint Angri."

Jun Yan slowly breathed the venerable name, and, as if on cue, a feeling of being watched crept over him, making his scalp tingle.

"One of the Thirty-six Grotto Heaven Masters of Jianmu, the Master of Angri Cave Heaven, rumored to have the bloodline of an ancient Golden Crow."

At that moment he felt a bit regretful. His original expectation of the tribulation over the Immortality Pill was at most a battle amongst the Venerables. They were prepared to face just True Monarchs in the Immortal Land. By now, Jun Yan was confident in facing the majority of True Monarchs.

He hadn’t anticipated that Demi Immortals would join the fray, and that not one but two would come at once.

"The Heavenly Girl should be able to manage, but we might not be able to bear it, so we’d better run first."

Jun Yan gestured and turned towards descending the mountain, and the others didn’t dare delay.

"True Sword Dao..."

A voice as fine as the fluttering of a mosquito’s wings sounded, and Gu Wen felt as if he had plunged into an ice cave, his body freezing on the spot.

He had been extremely cautious from the start, not overly speculating on the celestial beings above, so careful that even when he looked at them, it was merely with the corner of his eye, but he had still been noticed.

Are they coming for me?

A chill rose from the bottom of Gu Wen’s heart.

Yu Hua was furious and with a gesture, an invisible force tore through the heavens, the giant hand barely descending to counter.

Boom!

In just an instant, the purple hand was torn into several pieces, and in that same instant, the golden being raised a hand and pointed downwards. A myriad of ripples spread in the void, the entire sky transforming into a surface of water covered with endless waves.

All of a sudden, a golden pupil shining like the sun appeared, and with it, everything else vanished, while Gu Wen felt an extreme heat that seemed to begin melting his body.

As his body melted, his glittering Primordial Spirit was revealed.

The Five Element Mixed Element Primordial Spirit, unaffected by sun by day, unconstrained by yin by night, almost like a living person.

Gu Wen finally caught his breath, and thereafter, the Life-saving Pearl within his Qi Sea emitted a purifying light, as though the water from all mountains and seas was poured onto someone engulfed by fierce flames.

[Life-saving Pearl, withstand attacks from Dao Realm level beings for seventeen...sixteen...fifteen times]

The count was rapidly decreasing, losing one with each breath, equivalent to a hundred attacks from someone at the Mahayana Realm!

This was certainly not an ordinary attack from a Dao Realm strong being, as no one could unleash their full power every second.

However, reflected on the Life-saving Pearl, it meant that the power and spirituality contained within were plummeting rapidly. The information transmitted by the Fate Diagram was merely a translation as per Gu Wen’s understanding; the actual situation wasn’t an absolute numerical decrease.

At least the Life-saving Pearl’s limit to withstand attacks was not confined to the Dao Realm.

Realizing this, Gu Wen quickly gathered the imperial nectar to infuse into the Life-saving Pearl.

Taoist Father, I have plenty of imperial nectar!

[Imperial Nectar for a hundred and eighty years]

[Consuming fifty years of imperial nectar, by the extreme power of heaven and earth, the divine might dispels great disaster, the Life-saving Pearl can withstand twenty Dao Realm level attacks]