Chapter 476
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Translator: Ace
Chapter:
Chapter Title: Clear Snow's Worldwide Declaration
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Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow's words were not whispered through a transmission. True to her style, she proclaimed them openly to the entire world.
In an instant, qi fluctuations rippled across all four regions of the realm.
"Roof Soil" and "Furnace Fire"?
What did that mean?
Perfected Being Rigid Form Dao Preacher had verified "Sand in Gold," incorporated "Roof Soil" and "Furnace Fire" to form a trio of phases, and ultimately achieved the late Golden Core stage.
This was common knowledge. Yet now, Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow uttered it with utter disdain, instantly sparking associations among the True Lords of the world. Could there be something wrong with that verification? They hadn't noticed it in previous years—only recently had Perfected Being Rigid Form Dao Preacher secluded himself.
"Silence!"
The most vehement reaction naturally came from the two Sword Pavilion True Lords who cultivated "Roof Soil" and "Furnace Fire." Both issued sharp rebukes in unison.
The two True Lords each bore their own Dao titles.
One was titled Perfected Being Frost-Covering Soaring Winds, the other Perfected Being Vine-Light Forge Radiance. At this moment, both struck out, and a piercing sword cry that shattered the heavens erupted between them.
"Hmph."
Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow merely scoffed in disdain. Sword intent might count as a major weapon at the Foundation Establishment stage, but at her level, it was nothing special.
Unless a "Sword Dao Fruit Position" emerged, granting sword intent the empowerment of a fruit position and evolving it into something profound—that might earn her a second glance. Otherwise, it was just ordinary.
What truly made her wary was the divine sense hidden within that sword cry, faintly locking onto her from the depths of the Sword Pavilion, poised and ready to strike.
"You want to force me into a kill?"
An intense sense of crisis swept over her heart, yet Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow showed no panic. Instead, she grinned, her expression brimming with eager anticipation.
"Come on, then! Try it!"
Boom!
Vast and boundless World-Cleansing Light exploded outward, like igniting a sun in the firmament, instantly overwhelming that heaven-shattering sword cry.
"Madwoman! Lunatic!"
At this moment, all the True Lords of the Sword Pavilion cursed inwardly. Perfected Being Heaven-Receiving Orthodox Virtue even quietly circulated his "Wall Soil" to make himself inconspicuous.
But just then.
"Clang!"
Finally, a sword cry rang out from the depths of the Sword Pavilion. In an instant, a sword shadow naturally manifested in the sea of awareness of every True Lord.
It was a sword of pure translucent gold, covered in fine cracks.
Sword intent!
And a true treasure refined from a heaven-earth fruit position!
The name instinctively surfaced in Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow's mind: "Heavenly Symbol Rigid Bright Advancing Divine Kui Qi Sword." That old monster was getting serious!
The sword intent upon its edge was called "Seizing the Lead"!
A sword intent no less formidable than Perfected Being Demon-Quelling's "Non-Killing Sword Intent," unleashed under the augmentation of a late Golden Core grand True Lord, erupted with unmatched sword might!
Almost simultaneously, the "Sand in Gold" fruit position blazed brightly in the firmament.
"Slay!"
A sword strike brewed to its zenith accompanied a clear, resonant command, lashing the heavens and earth like a whip. In a flash, even the celestial light dimmed.
All things turned illusory.
Heaven and earth could only behold that sword edge cleaving from the Sword Pavilion's depths—brilliant to the extreme, radiant to the extreme, swift to the extreme!
By the time you saw it, it had already struck you.
"Pfft!"
The long blade pierced through qi, sword gleam invading the body. The World-Cleansing Light unleashed by Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow shattered like paper in that instant.
The next second, that graceful figure was bisected at the waist. Endless sword qi, fruit position imagery, and even sword intent poured forth in a torrent, poised to utterly pulverize Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow. But what greeted it was a peal of wild laughter, followed by a sudden burst of dazzling blood light!
She had detonated herself brazenly!
The exploding blood light mingled with the World-Cleansing Light, pushing that imagery to its limit. It forced the sword light to return fruitless and erased all traces of imagery.
Immediately after, a soul plunged into the Netherworld.
The next second, in the northern reaches, a baby girl was born. She opened her eyes, instantly reclaiming her fruit position. Upon landing, she reverted to adulthood, still bearing the visage of Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow!
"Hahaha!"
Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow threw her head back in laughter. Cracks spiderwebbed across her exquisite jade features amid the peals, faint golden light seeping through.
A grand True Lord's sword strike—one long prepared, brimming with killing intent—was no trifle to escape via self-detonation. Especially that "Seizing the Lead Sword Intent," which—as its name implied—seized supremacy and glory. Once struck, any future clash with the sword's wielder meant inferiority.
Its effect resembled a "Weaker Mark."
Once entangled by the sword intent and marked, the victim could muster at most thirty percent of their divine abilities against the swordsman, doomed to defeat in imagery!
"Still... just this one sword!"
Her smile turned icy. Though slain once and implanted with sword intent, her cavern heaven remained undamaged, her personal combat prowess undiminished.
"Compared to me, you're a different story!"
Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow stood tall, gazing remotely toward the Sword Pavilion like one appraising a sick tiger—wary, yet tempted to pounce.
"Forcing a grand True Lord's level of power is surely adding frost to snow for him. He's hidden it well, probably borrowing 'Wall Soil' imagery to obscure his exact condition. No need to press too hard; moderation suffices. Push him to desperation, and it backfires."
With that thought, Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow withdrew her divine ability.
"In any case, this trip's goal is achieved. That cavern heaven fragment of鸿运's is destroyed by my hand. Hmm? Have I forgotten something?"
Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow's movements halted abruptly.
Her beautiful eyes blinked, a flicker of suspicion in their depths. But no matter how she pondered, nothing surfaced—as if it were mere illusion.
On Gantang Path, a faint gleam buried deep underground evaded the World-Cleansing Light's purge, lurking silently right under the noses of the True Lords.
"Phew. Close call."
Soaring Empyrean breathed a sigh of relief.
It was he who, amid the great clash, had used Cognitive Obstruction to safeguard this final sliver of cavern heaven fragment, ensuring he wouldn't sever ties with the present world.
Next, Soaring Empyrean stroked his chin, a appreciative glint in his eyes. "Interesting. That shrew's cultivation is deeper than I thought—she even saw through the Sword Pavilion geezer's weakness. Fortunately, she hasn't spotted me, or it'd invite endless trouble."
Before his grand undertaking, he had no desire to reveal himself.
With that in mind, he glanced toward the Sword Pavilion and sneered. "'Sand in Gold.' Hmph. Achieving late stage with that level of cultivation? He's got luck on his side!"
What Perfected Being Pure Clarity Flying Snow discerned, he naturally could as well.
Why was Perfected Being Rigid Form Dao Preacher in poor condition, reluctant to act? Because for his late Golden Core breakthrough, he'd used "Furnace Fire" and "Roof Soil"!
"'Sand in Gold' harmonizes well with 'Furnace Fire.'"
"But the issue is, 'Roof Soil' is countered by 'Furnace Fire'—the most perilous clash. Seeking late stage that way without backlash? Impossible!"
Fundamentally, his cultivation wasn't deep enough.
He'd seen the affinity between "Sand in Gold" and "Furnace Fire" but missed how "Furnace Fire" restrained "Roof Soil," turning fortune to folly.
Achieving late stage was likely thanks to some supreme treasure.
But that was it—leaving massive hidden perils, his path forward stymied, confining him to the Sword Pavilion in near-seclusion.
"Still, he can't compare to me!"
Soaring Empyrean smiled proudly. Reversing Chen Soil for five elements perfection, verifying supreme fruit position for late Golden Core—this was his life's proudest feat.
Who among the world's heroes could stand against him?
None were worth mention.
The next second, Soaring Empyrean's divine sense took residence. The cavern remnant, barely preserved by Cognitive Obstruction, was firmly grasped by a large hand.
Lu Yang sighed with emotion. "As expected of Senior Soaring Empyrean. You really held onto it."
Soaring Empyrean: "...???"