Chapter 175 - 104: The Celestial Will Has Come
Chapter 175: Chapter 104: The Celestial Will Has Come
"I need someone to drive the carriage."
"Will you do it?"
Su Chen looked at Chen Xuan, who had been watching him with a complex expression.
Chen Xuan looked the same as always.
Blue Robe.
He faintly resembled the awkward figure of the Purple-robed Thousand Years in his youth.
"Alright!"
Chen Xuan nodded.
He didn’t ask Su Chen where they were going or why. He simply found a carriage, helped Su Chen aboard, and made to depart.
As they passed the Palace Gate,
Chen Xuan hesitated for a moment before speaking to Su Chen.
"Lord Sword Immortal, may I go and say goodbye to my friend first?"
"He’s an Imperial Physician."
"He’s the only person in the palace I really get along with."
"I don’t know how long we’ll be gone..."
Chen Xuan went.
But he returned, disappointed.
He hadn’t been able to find his friend, the Imperial Physician, to say a proper goodbye.
The carriage set off.
Slowly, leisurely, it passed through the city gate.
「In the Imperial Palace.」
Void stood by the window, watching him depart.
"Stealing Heaven and Changing the Day is the only one of the Ten Extremes Skills that can work against Celestial Will. The moment he leaves the Imperial City, Celestial Will will come for him..."
"Then..."
"He will die."
The shadowy figure that was Zhuo, holding the Four Holy Pearls and communicating with his true form sealed in the Black Abyss, spoke slowly.
"No!"
"He will win."
"Anyone else might die, but not him. He will surely accomplish what even the Great Yu Immortal Ancestor could not..."
"Because... it’s him."
Zhuo glanced over, looking somewhat astonished.
This Immortal Dao Demon from the Profound Celestial Sect had stepped halfway onto the Dao Platform after only thirty years of cultivation on the Immortal Path, earning him the title of the foremost expert of all the Immortal Sects in the current era.
If he weren’t trapped in this World in the Palm, he would have become a terrifying existence far beyond Foundation Establishment centuries ago.
And now this arrogant, conceited man was actually looking at someone with such high esteem.
「Outside the Imperial City.」
The carriage hadn’t even reached the great river when a figure blocked its path. With a full head of blood-red hair, he rode a Cyan Ox, his gaze fixed on Su Chen.
As fellow cultivators of the Eighteen Golden Body Technique, they could sense each other.
He was Old Demon Gujue.
An Extreme Realm Grandmaster.
Together with Mr. Sword—who had achieved the level of a Sword Dao God through sheer, solitary pride—he was known as one of the two great Demons of the Human World in the Great Yu Era.
"Lord Su, someone is blocking our path..."
Chen Xuan said.
"I know."
From within the carriage, Su Chen drew back the curtain and stepped out.
He gazed at Old Demon Gujue.
If not for that Grandmaster’s Body Refining Method, the Eighteen Golden Body Technique, he might never have been able to walk the path of Extreme Realm cultivation.
Perhaps.
He would have chosen to cultivate a superior True Qi Technique instead.
At the end of the day,
he owed this senior a debt of gratitude.
"Senior, why do you block my path?"
Dressed in his Profound Robe, his eyes full of life, Su Chen looked at Old Demon Gujue. He was warm and courteous, clasping his hands in a salute as he slowly posed his question.
"It’s nothing."
"Just got an itch for a fight."
"Hahaha!"
"This is the first time I’ve ever met a fellow cultivator on the path of the Extreme Realm! You hid your strength well, boy. You nearly had me believing you were still just at Extreme Realm First Grade."
Old Demon Gujue had clearly misunderstood something. With a great laugh, he leaped from his Cyan Ox and threw a punch toward Su Chen.
BOOM!
In an instant,
his robes burst apart.
His body swelled, growing larger in the wind.
His skin took on a dark golden hue.
His eyes bulged with fury.
His blood-red hair whipped about madly.
He was like a Vajra Demon stepping straight out of Hell.
"We are both Extreme Realm Grandmasters! Let’s fight!"
At that moment, it seemed as if heaven and earth themselves trembled before this Extreme Realm Grandmaster.
Old Demon Gujue truly was itching for a fight.
Unfortunately,
he was mistaken about one thing.
Su Chen was no Extreme Realm Grandmaster like him.
He was still at Extreme Realm First Grade.
However, it was a Great First Grade Perfection within the Great Extreme Realm!
"Alright!"
Aboard the carriage,
Su Chen nodded.
BOOM!
In that instant, the Eighteen Golden Body Technique activated. Gilded patterns spread across Su Chen’s body, suffusing even his eyes with a tinge of gold.
In the blink of an eye,
the two figures, one large and one small, crashed into each other.
BOOM!
The great river, a thousand li wide, began to tremble. The impact sent massive waves surging toward the distant Nujiang River.
Both figures were thrown back violently.
Old Demon Gujue, his form like that of a Vajra Demon, retreated three steps.
Su Chen, however, was pushed back nine steps.
In that brief exchange, Su Chen was at a disadvantage.
"Your prowess is mighty, Senior."
"As expected of the creator of the Eighteen Golden Body Technique. You have truly mastered the essence of the Eighteen Golden Body. This junior is truly no match..."
Su Chen said with a smile, clasping his hands.
However,
Old Demon Gujue’s face was filled with shock. He stared at Su Chen, replaying their exchange in his mind, without a hint of triumph.
He fell silent.
His silence stretched on for a long time.
"You’re... still at Extreme Realm First Grade?"
"That... How is that possible!"
He was horrified.
’He... he hasn’t even reached the level of an Extreme Realm Minor Grandmaster, yet he was able to clash with an Extreme Realm Grandmaster like me.’
’On top of that, he’s the Wind Snow Sword Immortal! With Sword Heart Clarity! When it comes to the Sword Dao, he’s comparable to the Sword Madman.’
’His true strength is his sword, and he hasn’t even drawn it!’
’In reality, I was the one who lost that exchange.’
"So you are the true Extreme Realm True Dragon. No wonder... back in the Great Yu Year, when I tried to push open that Gate, I couldn’t budge it..."
"Xiao laughed and cursed me, calling me a mere Extreme Realm Pseudo-Dragon who dared attempt the feat of a True Dragon."
Old Demon Gujue seemed lost and dejected.
At this moment,
he finally understood.
just how powerful the true Great Extreme Realm was.
Unfortunately,
what he didn’t know was...
It wasn’t that he was too weak, nor were all in the Great Extreme Realm this powerful. It was that even within the Great Extreme Realm, Su Chen was in a league of his own.
"You go to sunder the heavens for the sake of all living things, to cut down the final obstacle to Immortal Arrival. I had thought to offer you a bit of guidance, but I didn’t expect that I was the arrogant one..."
Old Demon Gujue stepped aside, clearing the path.
"Senior."
"I appreciate the sentiment."