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Chapter 866 - 76: Bai Emperor Holy Sword [Vote for Monthly Ticket!]

Chapter 866: Chapter 76: Bai Emperor Holy Sword [Vote for Monthly Ticket!]

Immortal Qi Jing strode forward to the edge of the cliff, where stood a long stone stele inscribed with some mottled names.

"Linfeng Sect, Yue Tianji...

Bright Moon Nunnery, Peijian Ni...

Fierce Tiger Guild, Qiao Santai...

Plum Blossom Sect, Ruan Hongmei...

...

Although not many were acquainted with Sword Domain Heavenly Palace, and even fewer had passed the initial challenges, accumulated over generations, there were still names covering half of the stone stele. Some of these names might still be circulating as legends in the martial world.

Immortal Qi Jing surveyed the stele and then, with a hearty laugh, used his finger as a pen to inscribe his name above the others, "Shu Mountain Sect, Jiang Tiankuo."

Then he burst into laughter.

The hilt of the giant sword was thrust straight into the boundless heavens, and as Immortal Qi Jing soared towards it, his figure also expanded continuously.

Law of Heaven and Earth!

Exercising this Immortal Law, his power seemed limitless, his body growing until it filled the sky, forced to stop only because the heavens reached only so high.

Even so, he still had to grasp the hilt of the equally gigantic sword with both hands before giving a thunderous shout, "Heave—"

Boom boom boom—

The realm shook, mountains trembled violently, and immediately terrifying white light burst forth from above the giant sword! This white light was similar to the intense light outside the Heavenly Palace, but even more lethal. Those with weaker cultivation would likely be pierced by just a wisp.

Immortal Qi Jing wielded the Absolute Yang Banner to block the brightness of the sword’s blade while his hands continued to exert force, pulling on the blade amidst the resounding rumbles! However, the sword seemed to have rooted itself in the earth, refusing to budge.

Whoosh—

After a stalemate, as lightning crackled and thunder roared in the sky, suddenly a great fissure split the heavens open, revealing the massive stars outside, carrying the breath of ancient times.

That was the night sky of Shenxu.

According to Father Yin, the sword had rejected Immortal Qi Jing, but acknowledged his strength, suggesting he should leave at this point.

"Stop it!" shouted Father Yin upon seeing this, "It hasn’t chosen you!"

"You all go ahead!" Immortal Qi Jing suddenly burst into laughter, "I’ll play with it a bit longer, hahaha!"

At this moment, he was connected to the realm, his spirit unrivaled, as if he had returned to the moment decades ago when he triumphed in the Immortal Sect, naturally exuding a radiant brilliance.

Chu Liang understood that this was not the time for obstinacy, and there was no use in staying; persuading him to desist was wishful thinking.

For many years, Immortal Qi Jing had painstakingly plotted to find his wife—how could he back down with a Divine Artifact before him now?

Jiang Yuebai did not urge his father to give up either, his eyes filled with concern as he looked in that direction.

Chu Liang summoned the Liang Longhao, ushering everyone onto the Flying Boat, then prepared to set off at maximum speed. As the Secret Realm opened and the isolation from the outer world ceased, he suddenly felt a sensing within his Godly Soul.

His own clone had been killed!

Moreover, it happened within the gates of Shu Mountain, slain by the Sect Leader of Penglai Upper Sect; this sensing left him inexplicably shocked.

What had happened on Shu Mountain?

Yet, as the Flying Boat passed the still-struggling Immortal Qi Jing and the giant sword, he had no time to ponder the happenings at Shu Mountain. At the same time, he felt the White Pagoda inside him suddenly tremble violently!

Boom—

The intense shaking of the White Pagoda within his Godly Soul made Chu Liang dizzy for a moment, a reaction this strong being the first since the White Pagoda had appeared.

It was as though a voice from ancient times was bellowing in his ear.

"Bai Emperor Holy Sword!"

Boom boom boom—

...

"Chu Liang?" Jiang Yuebai steadied the dizzy Chu Liang, concernedly asking, "What’s wrong with you?"

"I’m fine." Chu Liang grasped her hand in return, his eyes blazing like torches as he looked ahead, sensing that something was about to happen.

Indeed, at the same moment he faintly heard that roar, the pressure from the Immortal Qi Jing’s hand suddenly lessened. He cried out and yanked the giant sword upwards with force.

Boom ——

A thunderous sound followed, and the silhouette of the pulled-up sword instantly shattered, leaving only a hilt in his palm. A large ball of white Chaos energy dotted with silver stars shot up towards the sky!

Immortal Qi Jing’s gaze turned rigid, then he suddenly shouted, "This is a broken Divine Sword, that is its sword soul—don’t let it escape!"

It turned out the one who had been presiding over the Sword Domain Heavenly Palace in this place was the remains of the Bai Emperor Holy Sword; it definitely possessed the might of a Divine Artifact. Moreover, when compared with the top ten Divine Artifacts from the Ten Thousand Treasures Record, it should be able to surpass several of them.

But such a powerful Divine Sword, it’s unknown what kind of existence shattered it!

With only the hilt and sword soul remaining here, setting up those challenges was probably meant to choose a sword cultivator powerful enough to wield it, to become its new master. The Divine Artifact’s recognition is naturally hard to come by; no one has ever achieved it throughout history.

Following the intense shake of the White Pagoda just now, Chu Liang felt that the holy sword must have also sensed something, but why did it want to flee?

Was it afraid of Immortal Qi Jing or the White Pagoda?

After a brief moment of thought, Chu Liang felt that it probably wasn’t afraid of Immortal Qi Jing. Because its presence here was to find a Sword Master—if it failed, it would kill them; if successful, it would submit. It didn’t make sense for it to flee under any circumstances.

The Chaos sword soul soared into the sky. The pathway to the stars that had just opened up had inadvertently become the route for its own escape. Immortal Qi Jing immediately gave chase, raising his hand to pull the large ball of energy into his palm. The sword soul changed direction, dodging his grasp, and turned into a rainbow arc as it continued fleeing into the distant heavens.

"We must stop it!" Father Yin shouted, about to take action.

"Don’t be reckless!" The Western Sea Sword Emperor held him back, loudly saying, "That is the Soul of the Divine Sword, not something we can just touch willy-nilly!"

To rashly intercept it, even without a physical form, the sword soul only needed the slightest leftover energy to easily cut them in half. What seemed like chaotic energy actually contained every thread of terrifying spiritual power and Daoist Rite.

"Everyone, brace yourselves!" Chu Liang suddenly shouted.

"Ah?" The others looked at him, puzzled.

They were then startled by a thud in their ears, as Chu Liang’s figure vanished first, followed by several thuds, and everyone on the Flying Boat was thrown out.

The now-empty Liang Longhao, with a speed that bordered on self-destruction, rushed out with an imposing momentum, reaching the front side of the sword soul and collided with the ball of Chaos energy.

Bang ——

This collision finally caused the ball of energy to slow down slightly.

Chu Liang smiled faintly in midair.

He had spent a huge amount of Spirit Stone Coins to modify this Flying Boat. In a desperate self-destruction mode, it had once killed a Seventh Realm Demon Beast. Now, after several refinings and enhancements, the destructive power of Liang Longhao’s self-destruct mode was far greater than before, but by how much, he didn’t know, for even he had not dared to try it.

This was a collision worth a Large Immortal Sect—indeed, even the soul of a divine artifact in the heavens would tremble at it! Even if just for a moment!

Immortal Qi Jing arrived shortly after, pressing down with one hand, attempting to contain the terrifyingly powerful sword soul. The two forces were at a standstill.

During that moment of deadlock, Chu Liang’s chest suddenly heated up, and a green light shot out abruptly.

Could it be that Bronze Symbol?

Acquired in the Jiuli Secret Realm, it was a remnant from a huge Bronze City after a celestial trial, said to be material capable of crafting divine artifacts, and now it had suddenly flown out on its own.

Whoosh ——

The green light merged with the Chaos energy, and then suddenly came to a standstill, followed by boiling and roiling like a tempest.

Boom boom boom boom ——

A series of explosions thundered between heaven and earth, as the colors of bronze and fire obscured the original Chaos of the sword soul, before forming a vague shape in a moment’s hesitation.

Everyone watched in astonishment as the events unfolded before them, unable to comprehend, but they could roughly make out that shape—it seemed like...

A boat?