Heaven-Defying Rebel Sage
Chapter 196 - 189: The Slaying Immortals Sword Formation Reveals its Divine Power

Chapter 196: Chapter 189: The Slaying Immortals Sword Formation Reveals its Divine Power

Tong Tian Sect Master, having received the decree from Hong Jun, ventured alone into the edge of Chaos, seeking the General to kill him and seize his Golden Core to comprehend the Chaos Dao within.

This Chaos Dao is one of the most difficult of the Three Thousand Great Paths to comprehend. Tong Tian Sect Master’s Great Dao had achieved perfection in one thousand five hundred and eighty-six paths, and he had embarked anew on the journey to comprehend the three thousand Great Paths. Setbacks often strengthen a person, and after the great setback of the Middle Ages’ War of Divine Honouring, Tong Tian Sect Master had become much wiser and once again steadfastly embarked on this immensely difficult path.

Underneath his feet, the Green Duckweed Sword pierced through layers of Chaos Qi, pushing deeper into the depths.

Not far away, a flash of golden light shone through; it was the Corpse King General, inhaling and exhaling his inner core.

Tong Tian Sect Master was overjoyed. He utilized the Three Treasures Wishful Jade that he had won from Lord of the Primordial Beginning, enveloping his entire body, and secretly raised the Slaying Immortal Sword Formation, with the Slaying Immortal Four Swords assuming their position within, ready to strike the General with a roaring thunder.

"Hm? What’s happening?"

The General felt a sudden surge of adrenaline, his scalp tingling—an indication of imminent danger that all possessors of Great Divine Power feel. He became alert and was about to secure his Golden Core when he saw four beams of sword light thunderously fall, transforming into four gateways inscribed with Slaying Immortal, Extermination Immortal, Immortals Slaying, and Ensnaring Immortal. A vast formation spread across the void, with Tong Tian Sect Master standing in the formation atop the Green Duckweed Sword.

The General exclaimed, "Tong Tian, it’s you!"

Tong Tian Sect Master said, "It is me!"

The General shouted, "How is this possible? I was clearly hiding within the edge of Chaos; how could you possibly have calculated this?"

Tong Tian Sect Master sneered. Hong Jun controlled the Heavenly Dao, and this universe was in his grasp; even the edge of Chaos was under this Heavenly Dao. Beneath the Heavenly Dao, nothing remains hidden, and no matter how deeply the General had concealed himself, could he ever escape from this universe? If Hong Jun wished to know his location, he only needed to exert a little Mana to deduce it.

"Slaying Immortal Sword Formation, quick!"

Tong Tian Sect Master formed a spell with his hands, and watched the Slaying Immortal Formation Map slowly rotate; the four gateways also began spinning swiftly, making the General feel as if he were in the vast universe, with no end in sight. In the Middle Ages’ War of Divine Honouring, Laozi had used the Tai Chi Diagram as a bridge to launch the Slaying Immortal Sword Formation—and this Tai Chi Diagram was also an incredibly powerful Innate Supreme Treasure. The General, however, was utterly alone, with no Saints to assist him and no powerful Magical Treasures; his Magical Treasures had been utterly destroyed by various Saints during the Ancient and Ancient Times, making this one-on-one against the Slaying Immortal Sword Formation an exceedingly bitter struggle.

The Slaying Immortal Sword Formation spun the elements of Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire, as if resetting the world, issuing Water, Fire, Wind, and Thunder, with Sword Qi crisscrossing as though it were the doomsday.

The General swallowed his Golden Core into his stomach, the Three Flowers and Five Qi gathering, his vital energy surging like smoke toward the sky, as if to tear through the Chaos Qi.

Tong Tian Sect Master looked on coldly, noting strands of Sword Qi slashing down. The General’s physical body was tough, but after sustaining two strikes, several cuts still opened on his body.

"The teacher finds you troublesome. He was set to resolve you during the Convergence of Yuan Calamity, but unbeknownst to us, you’d attempt to destroy the sun. Now, naturally, you must not be spared!"

With a light shout from Tong Tian Sect Master, his tongue unleashing like thunder, he watched as the Green Duckweed Sword also joined within the formation, emitting beams of green Sword Qi along with the Slaying Immortal Four Swords, striking toward the General.

The General, filled with both shock and rage, realized that escaping would not be easy. Alone against this Slaying Immortal Sword Formation, capable of killing three thousand Chaos Heaven Demons, which required four Saints together to break, indicated a grim outlook.

The General formed a spell with his hands, repeatedly casting Divine Thunder, but the Slaying Immortal Sword Formation was too ferocious; the Sword Qi crisscrossing fiercely, causing the General to be covered in cuts, blackish blood oozing out.

"Tong Tian, if you spare my life, I will surely repay you during the time of Convergence of Yuan Calamity!" the General yelled out, this time genuinely in danger, inadvertently trapped by the Slaying Immortal Four Swords, something even a Saint must be wary of.

Tong Tian Sect Master sneered and said, "Our paths are different, and do not conspire! How can I possibly conspire with a tiger for its skin?"

Having uttered these words, the Slaying Immortal Four Swords trembled even more violently, continuously emitting water, fire, wind, and thunder from four portals, blasting General into a bloody pulp.

With a long howl, General sprouted two flesh wings from his back, and bursts of black qi surged out—these were the grievous resentments of those he had slain, which he had refined into his body. Such resentments could only be refined by an aberration like General. If an ordinary person were to refine them into their body, they would have long turned into neither man nor ghost.

"Billions of resentments, heed my command, transform into a Divine Sword, and break through the eight desolations!" General roared, and the black qi transformed into a huge sword.

"Slaying Immortals Sword Formation, myriad swords attend the court. You, this mere heretic branch, dare to compete with the orthodox Sword Dao?" Tong Tian Sect Master rebuked, as the Slaying Immortal Four Swords emitted an overwhelming pressure. The Slaying Immortal Four Swords were the supreme among swords, and this black giant sword, merely transformed from heretic branches, couldn’t compare. Instantly, it was suppressed by this overwhelming pressure, trembling continuously.

General’s face darkened, realizing that this time he truly couldn’t escape his doom.

"Corporeal Disintegration, Divine Thought into Thunder!" General bellowed, preparing to use the technique of Corporeal Disintegration and Divine Thunder. Even in death, he intended to make the Tong Tian Sect Master pay a price.

However, the Tong Tian Sect Master came prepared this time. Although his temper was violent, having lived for tens of thousands of years as a Heavenly Dao Saint, he knew General’s power well. A dying blow might indeed have injured him. Immediately, he tossed up his Three Treasures Jade Ruyi. Three beams of divine light struck down, hitting General’s Niwan Palace, causing General to tremble, his Primordial Spirit shaken, unable to perform Corporeal Disintegration, and he was suppressed to death inside the Niwan Palace.

The Tong Tian Sect Master then activated the talisman given by Hong Jun, which unleashed numerous purple divine thunders, over nine thousand in total, pressing down jointly, trapping General in the center. With a booming sound, General’s arms were blown off, reduced to a bloody mess.

The Extermination Immortal Sword suddenly charged into the formation, stabbing directly into General’s chest, followed by the Slaying Immortal Sword stabbing into his left leg, the Entrapment Immortal Sword into his right leg, the Immortals Slaying Sword into his brow, and the Qingping Sword into his Niwan Palace. The Slaying Immortal Formation Map suppressed the surroundings, rendering General unable to move.

"Destroy!"

The Tong Tian Sect Master roared, the sword light surged, General’s body collapsed, his Primordial Spirit extinguished, and a Golden Core was wrapped by the tri-colored divine light transformed from the Three Treasures Jade Ruyi, falling into the hands of the Tong Tian Sect Master.

"Haha, haha!" The Tong Tian Sect Master couldn’t help but laugh loudly, tossing the Golden Core into the air, then pinching a spell with his hand, exhaling True Fire, beginning to refine it.

"Hiss—"

The Golden Core emitted streaks of golden qi, making a hissing sound. The Tong Tian Sect Master inhaled through his nostrils, drawing all the golden qi into his body, then circulated the True Fire inside his body, refining from it the Chaos Dao. His Primordial Dao Fruit immediately flew up, generating Yin and Yang qi, which quickly entwined around this Dao, and soon after, imprinted it onto the Primordial Dao Fruit.

A new Dao mark appeared on the Primordial Dao Fruit of the Tong Tian Sect Master, and he immediately felt his Cultivation Level surge!

The mana contained within this Golden Core of General was tremendously powerful, and naturally increased the mana of the Tong Tian Sect Master when absorbed. If an ordinary person were to absorb this Golden Core, they would likely be burst alive by the mana.

"Hmph, this General thought to bribe me, Tong Tian? Truly laughable. Did he live twelve hundred thousand years only to become a dog?" The Tong Tian Sect Master could not help but snort coldly. "Having killed General, there are no longer any remnants born from Chaos in this Earth Immortal Realm. Just waiting for the conflicts among Buddha, Immortal, and Demon to conclude, then I can live peacefully. How terrifying really is this Immeasurable Calamity? Is it truly capable of killing a Heavenly Dao Saint with a single handprint?"

The Tong Tian Sect Master recalled the handprint that killed Xuan Ming with a punch, shivering at the thought. His own Slaying Immortal Sword Formation was instantly blown away when raised. He could feel the immense power within these Slaying Immortal Four Swords, yet he was unable to wield it himself. It seemed that only a Great Dao Sage could fully utilize these Slaying Immortal Four Swords, truly able to slay the three thousand Chaos Heaven Demons, which was not merely an idle boast.

This Immeasurable Calamity was indeed the invasion of the Chaos Heaven Demon, destroying this realm because existence emerging from Chaos splitting Heaven and Earth was inherently against the Great Dao Principles. Chaos then birthed the Chaos Heaven Demons to stop the splitting of Heaven and Earth. However, Hong Jun’s mana was exceedingly strong, assisted by Pangu, and with numerous Magical Treasures, they forcibly exterminated the three thousand demons blocking the creation. After Heaven and Earth were opened, Chaos again spawned Chaos Heaven Demons, who, in those early days when the world was new, tore through the void with their hands, entering the Earth Immortal Realm, leading to the battle in ancient times.

These 120,960 years, set under the limitation of the Great Dao, represent a boundary, an Immeasurable Calamity, during which this realm will burst open. This time, even the rebirth of Nuwa would be of no use. The Great Dao leaves a sliver of hope, and if this realm can survive past this Immeasurable Calamity, it may continue to exist; otherwise, the realm along with all its beings would dissolve into Chaos and return to nothingness. Only the Great Dao Sage may live eternally and undying.

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