Eternal Swordmaster
Chapter 775 - 769 Prestige Part 1

Chapter 775: Chapter 769 Prestige Part 1

"Go!"

From a distance, the Black-robed Celestial Venerable scattered a white light with a wave of his hand, enveloping himself and others, and the Teleportation Formation immediately activated.

He hadn’t expected the tide of the battle to turn so swiftly.

That the Shadow Demon Great Sage would lose!

It was simply inconceivable!

Yet it had unfolded before his very eyes. Did this not imply that Lieshan’s strength could now match that of a Great Saint?!

"We must report back to the City Lord at once."

He led several Earth Immortals, who from start to finish had not even made a move and even found it exceedingly difficult to resist the aftermath of the battle.

He hadn’t anticipated such an outcome.

Originally, the Shadow Demon Great Saint Xing Pengfei had left seclusion specifically to target the Jiu Se Divine Lord Yin Chuan but had not expected to be defeated by Lin Xin, the master of the Dragon Serpent Realm.

Just as the Teleportation Formation had activated, the Black-robed Celestial Venerable felt a sudden tightness in his chest, as a horrifying sense of threat abruptly rose from behind him.

"Quick!!" he bellowed in a low growl.

The Purple Light Treasure Bead, which he had been clenching in his hand, violently shattered, forming a purple circular barrier that protected his entire body.

Hiss!!

Without knowing when, a pink Sword Light floated gently down to the nape of his neck from behind, slicing through the purple ring, silently passing around his neck.

Click.

The Black-robed Celestial Venerable’s head was effortlessly severed.

"Venerable!!"

The remaining Earth Immortals cried out in grief and anger, striking together.

Two beams of golden light, carrying countless roars of beasts, charged toward Lin Xin. A jade butterfly whirled out, emanating the power of a Realm Artifact, and shot straight for Lin Xin.

But the Sword Light simply turned slightly, touching both the golden light and the jade butterfly once.

Everything instantly fell apart and was annihilated; the golden light exploded, and the jade butterfly faded away.

With another gentle turn of the pink Sword Light, several Earth Immortals were effortlessly sliced into countless fragments like tofu by Lin Xin.

Lin Xin held the Sword of Bliss tightly in hand, his hands firmly gripping the hilt, trying to control it. But a terrifying, invisible force was attempting to free the sword from his grasp.

"Grant all beings equal Ultimate Bliss!!!"

The white smile on the sword’s body screamed, the entire face as if covered by a layer of white cloth, bulging outwards as though it wanted to break free from the sword.

"No, this is no longer the Magic Sword I can conjure myself!"

Lin Xin had a foreboding feeling in his heart; this Sword of Bliss had developed a kind of malevolence.

It was actually attempting to escape the control of its master.

Suspended midair, Lin Xin focused on suppressing it with his divine soul while waiting for the borrowed power to gradually dissipate.

The power borrowed from Xing Pengfei could last at most for half an hour, that is, one hour.

Half an hour, he had never felt it could be so long.

"Death is Ultimate Bliss!! Ultimate Bliss is eternity!!! Ha ha ha ha!!"

The Sword of Bliss, having absorbed too much power, had become somewhat eerie and mysterious.

"Damn it!!"

Lin Xin’s eyes suddenly turned into white light, and a vast Purifying Force surged into the body of the Sword of Bliss.

The sword body that was shaking wildly quickly calmed down, clearly, the Purifying Force was particularly effective.

After more than ten minutes, the power gradually dissipated, and Lin Xin was finally able to suppress the white smile back onto the sword’s body.

"Whew..."

He took a long breath and glanced at the desolate Snow Mountain plain around him.

Most of the Snow Mountain was sheared off, and within a thousand miles around, all living beings were either shaken to death or fled far away, not daring to come close.

A Celestial Venerable level battle was too terrible, and this was just one incarnation; if the two real Celestial Venerables clashed, activating countless incarnations simultaneously...

Such a scene could destroy the heavens and the earth; it was commonplace for such small worlds to be shattered in a breath.

"This Supreme Jiuyue Divine Wind Sword... is somewhat sinister..."

Lin Xin frowned as he gently stroked the sword’s body.

It had absorbed too much power and had actually become uncontrollable towards the end.

"Moreover, it allowed me, an Earth Immortal of the Origin Earth Realm, to reach the power of a Celestial Venerable level... This is just the Sword of Bliss I have crafted, and there are still so many other blades behind it... No wonder it’s considered one of the top sword techniques of Green Lake Mountain..."

Lin Xin slowly sheathed the Sword of Bliss, carefully recalling this recent encounter.

This time, hunted by Shadow City, utilizing the Sword of Bliss and absorbing the power of Xing Pengfei, he easily solved an incarnation of a Celestial Venerable and several incarnations of Earth Immortals.

Although he couldn’t kill them, it had dealt no small blow to Shadow City, particularly by disrupting an important link in the enemy’s planned arrangement.

This was also his first time using this sword technique against an enemy, yet he had not expected it to be so terrifyingly powerful.

"Just a set of sword techniques, when cultivated, has such horrific effects. If it could be used in conjunction with the Earthfire Nine Spirit Beads..."

He felt a sense of anticipation in his heart.

The Earthfire Nine Spirit Beads had already ascended to become an Abyssal Realm Artifact, a terrifying weapon capable of destroying a realm. He was only unable to fully utilize the full power of the Abyssal Realm Artifact due to insufficient mana.

But with the temporary power-borrowing Sword of Bliss, that would be a different story...

"If I first use the Sword of Bliss to borrow power, accumulate it, and then erupt with the Earthfire Nine Spirit Beads in an instant..."

Lin Xin recalled the situation where he decapitated the incarnation of the Celestial Venerable before it could react.

That was in fact thanks to the power of Xing Pengfei.

"Although I’ve killed incarnations of a Heavenly Venerable before, and that one was much stronger than this black-robed one,"

"this time I didn’t have the assistance of the formation from the Shadow Realm, and I didn’t use the Earthfire Nine Spirit Beads, an Abyssal Realm Artifact."

"The Joyous Sword, combined with my attribute enhancement, actually exerted an effect tens of times greater than my swordsmanship. Truly terrifying!!"

"Forget it, let’s leave this place first."

He looked around, the opened golden fissures and other cracks leading to the Heavenly Realm were starting to heal automatically.

Massive fragments of space had triggered small space storms, shrouding everything in black winds.

Those three from Bi Luo were carefully hiding behind a huge boulder, struggling to withstand the onslaught of the space storm.

"Who dares cause chaos in the territory of the Four Seas Fairy Mountains!"

Suddenly, a grand voice came from afar, and the space storms were quickly subdued.

Countless pale blue star forces descended from the sky, turning into pillars of light, from within which three grey-feathered white-haired elders emerged.

The elders all had solemn faces, the one in the lead radiated waves of Primordial Spirit Holy Light, with a trace of anger faintly visible in his eyes.

"A veteran Heavenly Venerable!?"

Lin Xin’s heart chilled, and his spiritual sense quickly bristled with a thread of warning and threat.

The newcomer’s voice alone could suppress the space storms, indicating he was a top-tier Heavenly Venerable above the level of the Origin Earth Realm.

At a glance, Lin Xin felt that the Primordial Spirit Holy Light emanating from the other party gave him an even more terrifying feeling than Xing Pengfei.

As soon as the three landed, they immediately focused their attention on him.

"Hmm!?"

The leading Heavenly Venerable, upon seeing Lin Xin, seemed to recognize him, his expression changed slightly.

He fell silent, his face fluctuating between blue and white, and it took several breaths before he could barely return to normal, even mustering a slight smile.

"So it turns out to be the esteemed nephew Lieshan Lin here. My ignorance, please excuse me, excuse me!"

The Chanting Star Cult had just notified all Heavenly Venerables and Heavenly Immortals that Lin Xin was the first Saint Heir of the cult, under the protection of Chanting Star Divine Light.

If it were any other master from Green Lake Mountain, he might not have been so courteous, but the background of Green Lake Mountain plus the Chanting Star Cult... even if harboring great anger due to the secret treasure, he still had to forcefully swallow his feelings at this moment.

"So it is a Heavenly Venerable from the Four Seas Fairy Mountains that has arrived." Lin Xin greeted him respectfully with a fist and palm salute, a matter of etiquette. Yet inside, he was uncertain why the other party was being so polite to him.

He had still underestimated the influence of being the first Saint Heir of the Chanting Star Cult.

As a top heretical cult spanning the Myriad Realms, just slightly inferior to Green Lake Mountain, the powerful and mysterious Chanting Star Cult had members spread far and wide, practically immune to being tracked or guarded against.

Even more dreaded than the Soul Sect.

Although this region was remote, who knew whether any of the mysterious members of the Chanting Star Cult were guarding Lin Xin incognito?

This was simply unclear.

As the Saint Heir of such a large cult, his status was akin to Jiu Se Divine Lord Yin Chuan’s position in Green Lake Mountain—the foremost amongst his peers!

"Since the esteemed nephew Lieshan Lin is here, then he’s not an outsider." The Heavenly Venerable’s countenance changed as he continued, "To be honest, my incarnation came here because there’s a secret treasure in this place."

"A secret treasure?" Lin Xin was curious as well; the other party was willing to reveal such a valuable piece of information to him outright.

"Correct, the Azure Sky Secret Treasure." The Heavenly Venerable nodded, "Since the esteemed nephew happens to be here by chance, it can also be considered a destined opportunity. My two Daoist friends and I were about to explore this secret treasure together, would the nephew be willing to join us?"

He was treating Lin Xin with complete equality.

By this time, the power Lin Xin had absorbed had completely subsided, and he was but a common Origin Earth Immortal.

The Heavenly Venerable’s willingness to treat him as an equal was solely because of his status.

A Heavenly Venerable treating an Earth Immortal as an equal, if word of this got out, it would be unheard of. Yet, for this Heavenly Venerable, it seemed only natural.

Shh!

Shh!!

Lin Xin, puzzled, was about to speak when suddenly, not far to the side, two more streaks of blue starlight fell, and from within those pillars of starlight, a pair of figures emerged, one old and one young.

The elderly one had white hair and a stooping back, dressed in a grey hemp garment and clutching onto a dragon-headed cane that hung a dusty-looking small gourd.

The young one was a girl with an innocent, whimsical air, sporting a sweet smile and a face of white jade.

Not even one meter tall, she wore a silver jacket and a short skirt, but beneath the skirt, instead of legs, there were two snowy white goat hooves.

"Daoist Zhang, we heard the commotion and came right over,"

said the gourd-carrying elder with a frown.

"Who is this?"

He looked at Lin Xin quite discontentedly, surveying the desolation that surrounded them.

"Daoist Lin, Daoist Ximen, this is Daoist Lieshan Lin from Green Lake Mountain," the Heavenly Venerable from the Four Seas Fairy Mountains introduced with a smile.

An Earth Immortal?

Lieshan!?

Upon hearing the name, in an instant,

the gourd-carrying elder and the silver-clad girl both had a slight change in expression, quickly adjusting their emotions.

The girl giggled,

"So it’s Daoist Lin Xin from the Dragon Serpent Realm, Lieshan! How has the Chanting Star Cult’s Supreme Lord Kun Peng been doing recently? It’s been a few thousand years since I’ve seen his esteemed visage."

The Chanting Star Cult’s Supreme Lord Kun Peng?

Lin Xin didn’t recognize any Supreme Lord Kun Peng, and didn’t know how to respond to her words.

"The two seniors are being too polite; I am merely an Earth Immortal and am far from deserving such peer-level manners,"

ps: An extra duplicate Chapter appeared by mistake, tomorrow’s Chapter will be set to free as an apology, sorry for the inconvenience... my bad.