Evil Venerable of the Sword Dao
Chapter 303 - 175 Life and Death Sword Intent!

Chapter 303: Chapter 175 Life and Death Sword Intent!

Darkness still lingered in the sky.

The fragmented light glittered on the pitted earth.

Bodies, mountainous in number, layered the heaven and earth.

Zhou Yan trod upon the bodies, his figure aged and desolate.

To the people, Zhou Yan was alive, yet he had vanished from their sight, for he seemed no longer the person he once was.

He left the ruined Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City, and ventured into the Void outside the city, where he saw Qian Xi, and Jia Yongheng, and even Ping’er from the Holy Daughter lineage. Suddenly, he felt no desire to speak.

What was there to say?

What could be said?

Nothing was left, nothing existed.

He was the ultimate victor, but he had lost everything.

He was also the loser, a cultivator defeated by fate.

He had gathered the Three Sword Souls, and in a moment, a transformation occurred between his bloodline and the Purple Flame Void, unknown to others that he had played such a trick.

But in reality, everything about him was forced; the difficulty of gathering the Sword Soul was immense, and those who had never gathered a Sword Soul and weren’t of the Emperor Qi Sword Body would never understand.

Having severed himself thrice, Zhou Yan’s soul was nearly extinguished.

His body too, nearly destroyed from forcibly striking out.

But he refused to fall before these people.

He didn’t want them to see his incapacity.

It wasn’t to prove anything; he simply refused.

"Zhou Lingzhe, come rest at our War God Family for a while," Huangfu Jing invited with a trembling voice.

"Young master, our Saint Daughter lineage, and the Jixue Mountains also welcome you... go with Ping’er."

At this moment, Ping’er spoke up, her voice filled with hope.

She spoke, still using the title ’young master,’ which had never changed.

"Zhou Yan, I don’t know what to say, but in the future, if you want to control your own fate, collect more ’Heavenly Mechanism Soul Stones.’"

Jia Yongheng sighed deeply, his eyes also showing helplessness.

Zhou Yan just silently looked at these people, his lips moved, but he said nothing.

Because he didn’t know, didn’t know what to say.

Then, he gave up talking and took steps toward the depths of the Despair Abyss.

But, just a few steps out, the Void suddenly trembled.

The already shattered Heaven and Void, as if undergoing destruction.

Seas changed dramatically, land sank, mountains suddenly rose, ocean formed inexplicably, continents gradually appeared.

It was as if the world was overturning.

Zhou Yan stopped walking; he didn’t want to concern himself with these, even if all the people were to die next, he wouldn’t care.

Yet, he did not move forward, as at that moment, his soul began to quiver.

His heart, driven to the brink of despair, nearly all hope lost, was still struck by fear.

Was he still capable of fear?

Zhou Yan wanted to laugh at himself but couldn’t even muster a smile; his body was nearly beyond his control.

...

The originally destroyed Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City rose again, appearing anew, as if a new phase of the Heavenly Destiny plan had begun.

The ancient Heavenly Destiny Tea Tree suddenly burst into renewed vitality.

In the sea, the once-dried Styx dried up again, giving rise to blood-colored lakes.

The sleeveless woman’s sleeves, clearly fluttered, like beautiful butterflies dancing in the Void.

"Three months from now, the Holy Daughter’s suitors will start. You broke the grand design this time, gathering your own Sword Soul, and you ultimately benefited.

They won’t let you have your way during the Holy Daughter’s suitors, despite the rules being enacted that cultivators from the Life Tribulation Realm can’t interfere. This time, they will surely send the Saint Heir, Daoist Body, true extraordinary geniuses to suppress you.

You cannot escape since you are of the Emperor Qi Sword Body, even if you kill yourself, as long as your soul exists, you cannot escape this fate."

The sleeveless woman, silent for a long time, suddenly spoke such words.

"Now, with the Nine Origin Reincarnation failure, those powerful beings will know that the world’s rules are locked, no one can intervene, they can send their true inheritances without worry.

Before, it was just minor skirmishes, it was only some family’s talented cultivators who came; they might have been good, but only just good.

But this time, it could be the reincarnations of Ancestor-level experts, ancient Holy Blood Immortal Bodies, Innate Taoist Bodies, and Void Ancient Scripture Bodies, even Heavenly Dao Five Elements Bodies, and even the direct disciples of Saint-level experts.

Now, a true bloody era has truly begun."

The sleeveless woman spoke again, wistfully.

"If the Nine Origin had opened this time, many tragic events that shouldn’t happen could have been prevented, and the inhabitants of the Sword Burial Ancestor Star could have gained immense benefits. Now with the failure, the Despair Abyss is damaged, and the Sacrificial Heaven Ancient City is decayed, nothing can stop invasion anymore.

Therefore, Zhou Yan, you... should be prepared."

"Death is not to be feared, nor is betrayal by everyone around you, but it’s the most frightening when family and friends are devoured, refined, or even enslaved by those ancient bloodlines from beyond. You shouldn’t have self-destructed by gathering the Sword Soul; gathering the Sword Soul is truly not easy."

The woman in white finished, her expression very forlorn.

"We strived to give you a normal life, but you have never accepted it. Now, do you feel pain? Or are you satisfied? You’re too selfish. You think about your own helplessness, but have you considered the helplessness of others? Do you think everyone has it easy?"