Chapter 947 - 856: Missed the Golden Era
Seeing Yin Xu’an, the Grey Hou was terrified and lost its color.
It came from the Grey Mist Sea and knew very well that Yin Xu’an… was a famously illustrious Sword Dao powerhouse of the Grey Mist Sea.
Revered as Sword Ancestor!
In the great upheaval of ages past, it was said to have started because there was an issue with the source of the cultivation path, and at that time, Sword Ancestor and a dozen other peerless powerhouses did not make an appearance, always avoiding calamity.
There were rumors that in the final years of the great upheaval, Yin Xu’an and the others were captured and taken away by the woman known as The End of Myriad Paths.
Today, there is speculation within the Grey Mist Sea that those dozen or so supreme powerhouses should be in the True Ancestor World.
Even, it is very likely that they are involved with that woman’s astonishing grand scheme!
—Why is Grey Mist Sea so anxious to send a True Bone over?
Be aware, to accomplish this step, many peerless powerhouses paid an extremely heavy price.
It’s because the Grey Mist Sea sensed some extraordinary omens.
The woman who opened the Heavenly Abyss with a single sword blow is very likely to have left unimaginable measures in the True Ancestor World.
There are many rumors about that countermeasure.
Some say her stratagem is related to the twelve Evil Corpses, with grave issues concerning the twelve that were taken away.
Others say the mysteriously vanished Sword Ancestor and a dozen other powerhouses have become her slaves, guarding the True Ancestor World.
Still others claim that she never died and left a clone in the True Ancestor World. Whoever rashly attacks will surely meet her sword edge…
Regardless of which rumor is true, the supreme powerhouses of the Grey Mist Sea cannot sit idly by.
Especially now, as the Heavenly Abyss will soon reopen and the Grey Mist Sea and the Ancestral Realm are about to reconnect.
Even though eons have passed, the woman known as The End of Myriad Paths still looms like an insurmountable peak before the Grey Mist Sea.
Without clarity on what she really left in the True Ancestor World, they cannot be at ease.
Thus, as soon as the faint connection between the Grey Mist Sea and the True Ancestor World was barely reestablished, they spared no expense to send the Sword Venerable’s sword over.
And with it, they sent the bone of the Grey Hou!
The Sword Venerable’s sword could draw out the Sword Master Evil Corpse, and simultaneously, allow the Grey Hou to come and clarify just what the woman’s remaining stratagem might be.
And now, the Grey Hou unexpectedly saw Sword Ancestor!
Could this indicate that the legend is true? That when that woman left, she picked a dozen or so unparalleled masters from the Grey Mist Sea to guard this realm?
“Sword Ancestor, you really are here… Why would you strike at me?!”
The Grey Hou roared furiously, saying,
“Don’t forget, you too are from the Grey Mist Sea, you are one of us!”
But Yin Xu’an replied coldly,
“I am the one to kill you!”
The sword light slashed into the Path-Scenic Land.
Boom!
Fog churned as the Grey Hou opened its massive maw, spewing streams of grey tendons to resist Yin Xu’an’s sword light.
“Countless eons have passed, and you’ve only just ‘Encountered with Immortals’?”
“He he… It seems the rumor is true, the cultivation path had issues back then, you all shrank back, waiting until today, missing the golden era… I overestimated you!”
But after a short exchange, the Grey Hou sneered viciously.
Compared to Yin Xu’an, this Grey Hou was a “rising star.”
It had heard of the invincible legends of Yin Xu’an and others since its youth.
But it did not expect that today’s Yin Xu’an would only have reached the Realm of Ghosts!
Obviously, when the great upheaval arrived, Yin Xu’an and the others chose to hide and were later captured by the woman from The End of Myriad Paths, causing these once-renowned powerhouses of the Grey Mist Sea to miss the most dazzling golden age of the Grey Mist Sea, their cultivation stagnant!
“Trapped guarding the True Ancestor World, you’ve also locked your own paths forward…”
“Merely having ‘Encountered with Immortals’, you still dare to venture into my Path-Scenic Land, truly thinking you’re still the invincible Sword Ancestor? You, have fallen behind the times!”
The Grey Hou sneered, and throughout the Path-Scenic Land, the path formed by Dao Rules erupted with terrifying Power of Dao Rules, stirring up myriad grey lights, forming a giant grey net, intending to dissolve everything!
“In Path-Scenic Land, I am the Master!”
The Grey Hou bellowed, and the sword light delivered by Yin Xu’an was absorbed into the giant net, instantly dissolving.
The Grey Hou seemed to have ventured even further than Yin Xu’an within Path-Scenic Land!
“Master?”
Yin Xu’an simply laughed and said,
“Even if Yin Mou remained stationary for countless ages, I could snap my fingers and sever you!”
With that said, his Sword Qi surged like a rainbow, sweeping everything before thrusting his sword once again.
“Ridiculous…”
The Grey Hou scoffed, extending its paw, but in the next instant, its expression drastically changed, as Yin Xu’an’s sword thrust actually pierced through its Net of Dao Rules.
“How is this possible?!”
The Grey Hou was shocked.
It had ‘Worshipped Ghosts’ and ‘Encountered with Immortals’, surpassing Yin Xu’an’s Realm—it should be correct, but, how could the opposition shatter his rule in his Path-Scenic Land?!
While it was stunned, that sword intent had already passed through its body!
The Grey Hou was directly cleaved into two halves!
“I thought you were strong, but it turns out you used the method of ‘Worshipping Ghosts’ to pass the realm of seeing ghosts… If I used such methods, I would have been on the path over there long ago, and you, a little wild boar, dare to be insolent?”
Looking at the Grey Hou, Yin Xu’an said with disdain in his eyes,
“I’m going to tear you into pieces today!”
After saying that, he immediately made his move, his Sword Qi swarming in and slicing the Grey Hou into four pieces!
“Yin Xu’an, you’re courting death!”
“Do you really seek a battle to the death with me?!”
Grey Hou was furious!
At this moment, within the Path-Scenic Land, stood not its true body, but merely a clone!
Grey Hou was very cautious, not daring to directly enter this Realm for fear of being slain by a contingency left by The End of Myriad Paths.
But now, it was truly enraged.
Yin Xu’an had actually insulted it to such a degree.
“A battle to the death? You think you’re worthy? Stinking wild boar, from now on, I’ll slaughter each one I see, butcher them and eat their flesh!”
Yin Xu’an spoke disdainfully, cutting into Grey Hou bit by bit.
Upon hearing these words, Grey Hou’s entire body trembled with rage, completely furious.
“If I don’t kill you, I swear I’m not a Hou!”
Grey Hou roared in fury, and suddenly, the entire Path-Scenic Land began to tremble.
The spaces of the heavens shifted, and the rules of the Dao interwove!
…
At this moment.
On the other side of the Heavenly Abyss, in a world shrouded with grey mist.
“Yin Xu’an!”
A roar echoed, shaking the endless grey mist.
“What happened?!”
“What did you see in that Realm?”
“Did you find anything related to that woman?”
Many beings with crimson eyes inquired.
And within the grey mist, a massive entity began to tremble with rage, saying,
“I have encountered Yin Xu’an!”
The other beings were shocked.
“It seems that the legend might be true. He, along with Martial Ancestor Luo Xingchen, Sound Ancestor Qingcheng, and the others, were captured by that woman and taken to the Ancestral Realm?!”
“They must be related to that woman’s contingency!”
Many spoke up in turn.
But the massive entity roared,
“He has sided with that Realm, attempting to slaughter my clone!”
“How dare he insult me so; I shall cross the boundary and annihilate him!”
With those words, it moved.
“Don’t be rash, Sword Ancestor is no ordinary foe!”
“It’s more likely to bring disaster than fortune!”
Many beings voiced their caution.
“It’s nothing to fret about; he’s still in the Realm of Ghosts… I will take his head and make sure everything related to him in the Grey Mist Sea is wiped out!”
After finishing, the massive entity seemed to connect with a somewhat illusory world and entered it!
“What? Sword Ancestor, has only encountered ghosts?”
“It seems that they missed the golden era after the great upheaval… they have become no different from ordinary beings!”
“Heh… If that’s the case, then the contingency left by the woman from The End of Myriad Paths isn’t so frightening after all…”
“Let Grey Hou go and see, kill Sword Ancestor, and boost the spirits of the Grey Mist Sea!”
Many beings looked forward to this eagerly!
…
Soon after.
The land of the Wu Huang Realm thundered, as if some giant beast had plowed into a puddle.
Inside the Path-Scenic Land, those pathways formed by the Power of Dao Rules shone intensely, extending deeper, as if they linked to another world.
As if a curtain had been lifted to connect through the void, a wild and strange aura blasted from the end of the pathway.
A corporeal Grey Hou could be seen, striding down the Dao Rule pathway, the path seemingly unable to bear its weight, trembling as a result.
The Path-Scenic Land, too, was shaking!
The true body of Grey Hou had descended.
Seeing the scene within the Path-Scenic Land, it was utterly furious.
Because Yin Xu’an had already chopped its clone into mincemeat!
“Yin Xu’an… I will butcher you!”
Yin Xu’an, at this moment, looked up at Grey Hou, yet smiled, turned around, and said to the Big Black Dog,
“It’s your turn.”
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