Chapter 949 - 858: Li Fan Also Once Spilled Blood
In the fragmented Path-Scenic Land, on the broken road of Sword Dao, where the Sword Venerable once encountered Ghosts,
there was no sign of the ghostly being that destroyed the Sword Venerable’s Dao heart, only a black character.
Fan.
Upon seeing this scene, everyone was startled.
“Is that… the character ‘Fan’?”
Dugu Yuqing was slightly shocked, but then he shook his head and said,
“No, it’s not the character ‘Fan’, it just looks like it… The person who wrote it wanted to write ‘Fan’, but ultimately did not truly form it!”
Because the character “Fan” was terribly illegible, twisted and skewed, its structure scattered. Upon closer inspection, one might even feel that it did not completely form the character “Fan” at all, but was merely strokes forcibly put together.
From the twisted traces, it was easy to discern that the writer, as though unable to inscribe “Fan”, forcefully used Great Magical Power to mobilize black blood, forming a character resembling “Fan”!
“Fan… Eons ago, did someone attempt to write Master’s name?”
Dugu Yuqing muttered to himself, feeling certain of it!
“Dead Dog, wasn’t it said that Master’s name could no longer be written? The script of eons and heavens cannot bear it!”
Wu Dade looked at Big Black Dog with a puzzled face.
Back then, when Xuan Wu found the will written in the Xuanwu Cipher Text, the peach tree in the courtyard once said:
“The script of eons and heavens must not involve the Master.”
Big Black Dog looked at Wu Dade disdainfully and said,
“I told you to read more, ignorant Human Pet, didn’t you see? Those strokes, they never really formed that word!”
Speaking this, it too looked quite solemn, saying,
“However, the shape of this character, it’s already very close to that word related to the Master… Theoretically, it shouldn’t even be possible.”
“Throughout the ancient heavens, no one can draw involving Master’s word… unless…”
A light of shock flickered in its dog eyes, saying,
“Unless that black hand used Master’s blood to write…”
With these words, both Dugu Yuqing and Wu Dade were shocked!
The character on the Sword Venerable’s path of Sword Dao was written with the Master’s blood?!
This was astonishing!
For a moment, they were all somewhat dazed.
For them, the Master… represented invincibility, representing faith.
All along, no matter how terrifying the enemy, how great the conspiracy, in front of the Master, they were all insignificant.
But if this character was written with the Master’s blood… did that not mean that the Master had once bled from an injury?!
“Under the eons, who could harm the Master?”
Dugu Yuqing murmured.
Wu Dade also shook his head and said,
“Dead Dog, are you sure you didn’t see it wrong? How could it be Master’s blood.”
“Master is invincible!”
But Big Black Dog’s eyes were emotionless as it said,
“Human Pet, what do you know… On the other side of the road, there exists wu wu wu wu wu wu…”
The words after “there exists” were directly distorted by some force, turning into a series of dog barks!
This made Big Black Dog feel even more astonished in its eyes.
This meant that this realm could not bear the cause and effect related to those things!
Even saying it out loud was not allowed.
But Big Black Dog still continued,
“Even the Lord of Reincarnation, another supreme being from the other path, could not withstand it…”
“Even the one at the End of Myriad Paths, who dazzled through the eons, who could decipher even the eternal dead-locks… now can only reappear by the Master’s side…”
“In that kind of place… even the Master could be injured… even…”
It left its sentence unfinished, its words heavier than ever before.
Both Wu Dade and Dugu Yuqing felt a profound and chilling cold.
What kind of place, what kind of enemy?
That could even injure the Master…
Even…
“Wait a minute, Dead Dog, if it’s so dangerous, how could you, a dead dog, survive?”
“You’re not just bragging, are you?”
Wu Dade suddenly spoke up, having caught on!
Dugu Yuqing also couldn’t help but look at Big Black Dog with suspicion.
Back then, Big Black Dog was merely one of the Ten Spirits. Even the being from the End of Myriad Paths couldn’t withstand it, how could it survive?
But Big Black Dog shook its head and said:
“This Emperor has suppressed myriad paths, annihilated countless great enemies, and cultivated an Undying body… Through the lonely eons, desolate heavens, how can you understand the scenery involved?”
Wu Dade was irked to no end, that Dead Dog, putting on airs again.
But they also realized, that dog seemed unwilling to reveal too much about those things.
In fact, if it said it too explicitly, it would turn into a series of dog barks.
“This dog, it actually came back from that road?”
While Yin Xu’an’s face became extremely solemn.
He understood very clearly what it meant!
That path… even the several supreme beings who claimed heritage in the Grey Mist Sea dared not tread upon it.
This dog had actually been there… Was it Jing Tian?!
For a moment, he deeply felt that this dog was far from as simple as it appeared, very deep waters!
Even if it was just one of the Ten Spirits back then, having survived a trip from there, who knew how terrifying it was now.
He decided, he must never offend Big Black Dog in the future!
Yet at that moment, Sword Venerable stared blankly at that character, his face covered in stone skin, showing an array of emotions.
Regret, remorse, anger…
Back then, he had been deceived!
“It was an illusion… Someone tampered with the path of cultivation…”
Sword Venerable muttered, his fists clenched, wishing he could fight another lifetime.
“That person has returned, pulled me from the river of time, I have already received his teachings, this pen, is created by him.”
Dugu Yuqing spoke softly.
Sword Venerable turned, looked at Dugu Yuqing, saw the pen in Dugu Yuqing’s hand, saw the towering Sword Qi enveloping Dugu Yuqing.
“That person… did not turn into a ghost, what I saw back then was just an illusion!”
“That person is still alive… I have been reborn… Haha… Hahaha!”
The Sword Venerable laughed loudly, in this moment, he experienced an unprecedented sense of relief!
Even if he died, how did it matter? This world, still had hope, still had light!
It was not yet over!
Sword Venerable fiercely erased that character, from his fragmented path of Sword Dao.
“That person never turned into a ghost… He is still here!”
“I … although I am dead, I have no regrets!”
At that moment, his aura completely changed.
Boom!
The aura of the Sword Venerable suddenly surged, a mighty Sword Dao sweeping across the heavens.
He stood in the Path-Scenic Land, and at that moment, the Path-Scenic Land roared as if resonating with his thoughts, unleashing immense power.
The broken Path-Scenic Land seemed to rebuild itself as the path of the Sword Dao bloomed anew, with the shattered fragments around it reconnecting one by one.
The Sword Venerable’s Dao heart was reaffirmed, and the path of the Sword Dao… was reconnected!
At that moment, his stone-like skin dissipated, the grey mist was refined by the Path-Scenic Land, restoring him to normal. His magnificent figure and appearance bore no difference from Dugu Yuqing, except for a weathered stability from worldly experiences and a hidden sharpness bathed in enemy blood.
“The Great Dao is reconnected, peering once again into the path ahead… Who would have thought that what I saw back then was merely an illusion…”
The Sword Venerable was filled with endless sighs. He turned his head and looked towards Dugu Yuqing, saying,
“Send my regards to our master.”
Having said that, he turned and left.
The Path-Scenic Land swiftly disappeared, replaced by a divine bridge formed by the order of the Great Dao, appearing from nowhere.
The Sword Venerable stepped onto the divine bridge and vanished immediately.
…
Soon.
The Sword Venerable arrived at the True Ancestor World.
The people sensed his presence and paid attention.
“The Sword Venerable has arrived…”
“The third Supreme to emerge.”
“I have a feeling he’s heading for the Sacrificial World State as well!”
Many were discussing.
Sure enough, Dugu Yuqing appeared directly in the Sacrificial World State.
His aura overflowed, directly pressing out towards the Sacrificial Temple.
“Sword Venerable, what do you intend to do?!”
Ning Tianji’s voice rose darkly.
The Sword Venerable replied indifferently,
“Just looking around.”
Ning Tianji’s sarcastic voice followed,
“Looking around? You are not welcome here!”
The Sword Venerable’s eyebrows slightly raised as he retorted,
“You, are also qualified to speak of welcome?”
“Not convinced? How about a fight?”
“All five of you can come at once.”
All five at once!
As soon as these words were spoken, Ning Tianji and the others in the bronze palace were almost furious.
“Unbearable! Do you really think being among the ten Supreme is impressive? I am an Ultimate Being too!”
Ning Tianji’s huge hand suddenly stretched out from the Sacrificial Temple, pressing down towards the Sword Venerable.
However, as soon as this huge hand appeared, the Sword Venerable merely glanced at it.
His eyes erupted with sword intent that seemed to cleave the heavens!
“Ah————”
A shrill scream echoed immediately.
Ning Tianji’s huge hand was directly chopped apart!
For a moment, the bronze palace was shocked into silence.
“A bunch of rats…”
The Sword Venerable spoke coldly,
“What a waste of good years!”
“Enough, I shall let you scurry alive for a few more days.”
After speaking, he turned and left.
Before leaving, a wave of sword intent swept across the entire Sacrificial World State.
In an instant, numerous cultivation grounds, incense temples, and more all collapsed!
—When Sound Venerate emerged, he destroyed countless temples in the Sacrificial World State, which were later rebuilt.
Now, it had become ruins once again…
But the Sacrificial Temple remained silent, no one daring to make a move!
The Sword Venerable disappeared.
Not long after.
The Sword Venerable appeared at the Northern Border Great Wall in the True Ancestor World.
The Wall of Corpses piled up over eons, stretching endlessly, guarding the desolate wilderness.
The Sword Venerable stood before the Great Wall, contemplating in silence, trying to comprehend just how fierce the slaughter was at the End of Myriad Paths…
A Great Wall made of white bones, how many powerful foes crushed to dust…
“Greetings, Sword Venerable!”
“Greetings, Sword Venerable!”
Within the Great Wall, eighteen people sensed his presence, standing atop the wall, bowing to the Sword Venerable with tearful eyes!
These were the Chen Clan’s Eighteen Swords, once the strongest pride of the Chen Clan, all geniuses.
But, after gaining fame, none remained in the clan; all had come to the border, enduring loneliness, guarding the Great Wall.
“I will be leaving, this world is free of worries.”
The Sword Venerable spoke lightly, then stepped into the Heavenly Abyss.
As he left, burning paper money fluttered down, and the Sword Cultivators wept.
“One sword opens the Heavenly Abyss… What magnificence, what skill…”
Faintly, the sighs of the Sword Venerable could still be heard, then, the Heavenly Abyss fell silent, completely quiet.
The once world-renowned Sword Venerable had vanished.
In the emptiness that blocked everything, a bridge formed by a point of light connected the two sides of the Heavenly Abyss.
…
“The third Supreme, his bones filling the Heavenly Abyss.”
Atop the Wall of Corpses, an old man in a white robe, his basket of burning paper money now empty, gazed at the vaguely visible bridge across the Heavenly Abyss, his old eyes filled with worry.
“The connection to the Grey Mist Sea has strengthened… To this extent, someone might be able to sneak over…”
The old man’s expression was extremely solemn as he said,
“We must strengthen the guard, absolutely not letting anyone from the Grey Mist Sea come over!”
The current Ancestral Realm… is too weak!
“General, I will personally lead people to guard the bridge!”
Behind him, a middle-aged man clad in a white cloak spoke.
This man was none other than Ji Duan.
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