Chapter 390
Chapter 390
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Translator: Ace
Chapter: 391
Chapter Title: Blood Transformation Divine Saber
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The True King’s ascension to immortality should, by all rights, not have only slain someone like the Heavenly True Daoist, a mere half-immortal. The ancestors of the Thirteen Families naturally shouldn’t have escaped either.
Yet the ancestors of the Thirteen Families lived on perfectly fine in the Realm Above the Realm, which couldn’t help but pique one’s curiosity.
Chen Shi’s gaze flickered. How had the True King era ended?
What had caused the True King’s death?
Why had all records of the True King era been erased, to the point that even the Thirteen Families knew so little about it?
Who had wiped away this history? Who deemed it unspeakable?
It had always been a mystery.
And the ancestors of the Thirteen Families clearly knew the answer.
It was undeniable that every founding ancestor of the Thirteen Families possessed an otherworldly demeanor, giving off an air of transcendence, like reclusive scholars detached from the mortal world.
Some carried the thick aura of worldly dust, as if untouched by frost, yet their Dao hearts were pure, their eyes bright. Others bore a compassionate air, deeply understanding the sufferings of the common folk.
Some embraced mercy, radiating the visage of holy Buddhas.
Some were vast in knowledge, with the clear voices of recitation—sacred texts of sages—echoing around them.
Some moved with flowing sleeves, amiable in all dealings.
Some held high authority, their presence oppressive.
Thirteen ancestors, thirteen distinct temperaments, yet all wreathed in immortal aura, commanding reverence.
“They should have already merged with the Dao, right?”
Chen Shi glanced at the thirteen ancestors and whispered to Yang Bi. “Your families’ ancestors cultivate the old methods too, so they must have undergone corruption as well. But they’ve hidden it well. That’s why you’re so certain that I’ll suffer corruption at the Body Integration Realm. Right?”
Yang Bi’s eye twitched, but he said nothing.
He had indeed seen the corrupted bodies of the various ancestors.
The ancestors of the Thirteen Families arrived before the gateway to the other world, observing the movements there.
More and more deities converged, growing busy, forcing Chen Shi and the others to retreat again and again.
They gathered more Void Great Realms, transforming them into arcs of light that formed peculiar halos behind their heads, bolstering their own mana.
Numerous powerful treasures were transported over and erected before the massive gateway. Most were pillars engraved with various talismanic patterns. When activated, the patterns on the pillars lit up, linking the pillars with beams of light to form an incomparably complex light cage, perfectly sealing the gateway.
They layered on protections to prevent things from that other world from escaping into the Realm Above the Realm.
Gao Xuan presented a treasure saber, placing it upon the altar, which faced the gateway directly.
Chen Shi’s vision suddenly turned blood-red, his qi and blood surging like crashing waves, leaving his mind restless.
He secretly circulated the Blood Lake True Scripture, calming the churning qi and blood within. He felt his qi and blood become unusually vibrant, the Blood Lake True Scripture flowing more smoothly than ever, its circulation speeding up to the point of approaching the Blood Pool Realm!
Chen Shi immediately halted the circulation of the Blood Lake True Scripture and looked in surprise at the treasure saber. Yin and yang qi swirled gently around the blade. The saber reflected the surrounding light with razor sharpness—even a nearby deity had several strands of hair fall as the saber light passed.
That deity noticed it was too close to the saber and hurriedly retreated a few steps.
Chen Shi’s heart pounded. “Could this saber be what caused my qi and blood to lose control? But this treasure saber seems perfectly matched with the Blood Lake True Scripture! If I could cultivate it while wielding this saber, the results would be twice the effect with half the effort!”
Those who could enter the Realm Above the Realm had been Body Integration Realm experts in life, and with incense worship, their divine power was immense. Even unactivated, the mere reflection of its light had severed hairs from a deity—its might was extraordinary.
But Chen Shi felt that if this saber were combined with the Blood Lake True Scripture, it could swiftly push his skeletal body to the final realm of the scripture: forging the Blood Lake Hell!
“Young Lake Lord, what is the origin of that treasure saber?” he asked.
Seeing that Chen Shi hadn’t been affected by it, Yang Bi admired his resolve and said, “This saber is the Tianluo Blood Transformation Divine Saber, an immortal treasure brought from Huaxia Divine Continent to Xiniu New Continent during the True King era. Its baleful aura is immense; though called a divine saber, it could equally be termed a demonic one.”
“Tianluo Blood Transformation Divine Saber!”
Chen Shi’s gaze fixed on the saber, a heat in his eyes.
But this was a treasure of the Thirteen Families; they likely wouldn’t allow him to use it for cultivation.
At that moment, Gao Xuan issued the order: “Open this realm.”
No sooner had he spoken than a thousand-zhang deity stepped forward, seized a giant axe, and cleaved downward. Axe light blazed like sunlight rippling across waves, parting the void ahead layer by layer!
The gateway seemed close, but there was actually some distance.
The thousand-zhang deity swung the giant axe with wind-like grace, hacking a straight path all the way to the dilapidated gateway.
“Impressive axe art!”
Chen Shi’s gaze was drawn to the giant axe. Axe light flew in flips, embodying a profound simplicity. Though the moves were basic, each concealed the mysteries of the five elements, giving an inescapable sense of doom.
This was following the Dao.
The brilliance lay not in the axe or the deity, but in the axe light tracing the path of the five elements. As long as one was within the five elements, evasion was impossible.
Only by leaping beyond the five elements could one dodge this axe art.
Finally, the thousand-zhang deity reached the base of the immortal hall gateway with axe in hand, its final cleave blasting open the passage to the other world.
The channel stood in the void, unstable and prone to collapse at any moment.
The thousand-zhang deity sheathed its axe and turned to leave, but its body suddenly froze, horror crossing its face. With a whoosh, an immense force dragged it flying backward into the shattered world!
Its form passed through the gateway. Unflustered in crisis, it immediately raised the giant axe and slashed behind itself!
In that instant, it unleashed its divine power to the utmost. The axe light grew stronger than before, stretching thousands of zhang in the form of a massive axe shadow even larger than its own body!
This one cleave could split a mountain peak!
Clang! The axe light struck the enormous head. The light shattered, and the deity’s hands trembled, disbelief on its face.
The giant head had, unbeknownst when, opened its maw wide—and the deity was flying helplessly into it!
At the same time, a bizarre power surged from the shattered world. The deities around the gateway suddenly found flesh beginning to grow on their bodies, bones sprouting!
Their Void Great Realms were invaded by this strange power too, their sun and moon polluted in moments!
But with their flesh regenerating, they hesitated to resist the corruption.
Long dead, with only nascent souls left, endless years had brought tasteless sustenance and sleepless unrest. Though nascent souls endured, they lacked the pleasures of the flesh.
In this moment, they felt reborn.
If this was corruption, they welcomed it.
Chen Shi sensed the strange power’s intrusion and immediately circulated Yin-Yang Tempering to refine the invading evil qi from his body. But the evil qi was endless, surging relentlessly, impossible to fully purge.
With flesh, nascent soul, and Dao field unified, the evil qi invaded the Dao field. Chen Shi felt another self growing within him!
He sensed this growth was not just physical, but spiritual as well.
His flesh was splitting, his soul dividing, gradually forming another self to replace him!
The stimulation sent chills down his spine.
The corruption spread with terrifying speed, sweeping thousands of li in an instant, engulfing nearly all nearby deities—including Yang Bi.
Moreover, it surged outward at alarming speed, along the heavens and earth of the Realm Above the Realm, covering farther lands!
“Such potent corruption!”
Xu Family ancestor Xu Zisheng’s expression changed drastically. “This immortal head is attacking my weak points! It’s about to break me!”
The other families’ ancestors paled too. Flies don’t bite seamless eggs; they’d long been influenced by heaven-earth evil qi, their bodies on the edge of corruption. Normally, they stayed inseparable—if one corrupted, the others suppressed it, restoring normalcy.
Over the years, even when three or five corrupted together, the rest could handle it. But now, the evil immortal head unleashed incomparable malevolence, invading their bodies and stirring their inner evil qi!
Worse, this evil force assaulted their Dao hearts, tempting them to surrender!
This immortal head’s ferocity exceeded their expectations!
Without countermeasures, even they might fall!
Gao Family ancestor Gao Xuan was about to activate the Tianluo Blood Transformation Divine Saber when his back erupted. Thick blood-flesh tendrils burst from his body, growing madly with a whoosh, piercing the void and hoisting him up!
He was the egg the flies had bitten.
His realm was too high, teetering on merging with the Dao yet not quite there, already beginning to corrupt. The evil immortal head’s qi triggered it instantly.
Gao Xuan’s eyes turned crimson. “Run, quickly! I can’t hold back the corruption anymore!”
Whoosh! Xu Family ancestor Xu Zisheng sprouted countless blood-flesh tentacles from his back too, hoisting him aloft, his voice trembling. “No good! I’m merging with the Dao!”
Suddenly, two more whooshes—Zhang Longhu and Yan Weizhong lost control of their corruption, dangling in the air.
“Hurry! Activate the Blood Transformation Divine Saber and slay that head!” Zhang Longhu shouted.
But the other ancestors were either desperately fighting their own corruption or already fallen, too overwhelmed to activate the saber.
Whoosh—strange winds blew from the channel, evil qi chilling. Farther out, the corruption polluted the Realm Above the Realm even faster. The Thirteen Families’ heavenly-god-like ancestor nascent souls hadn’t reacted before evil qi possessed them, flesh rapidly growing on their nascent souls.
Many other ancestor nascent souls sensed wrong and rushed over, only to be assimilated upon encountering the evil qi!
Their cultivation was strong, realms high, but lacking flesh, they couldn’t resist the temptation upon possession—falling one after another!
Farther still, Xia Tianjie, Li Qianyun, Xu She, and others were healing, unaware of the Realm Above the Realm’s upheaval, when evil qi invaded them too.
If even the ancestors couldn’t resist, they stood no chance, corrupting one by one!
The Thirteen Families’ Realm Above the Realm, painstakingly built over millennia, was about to be assimilated by this immortal head into a corrupted demonic domain!
In a normal heaven and earth, the head couldn’t assimilate them so quickly, but the Realm Above the Realm wasn’t a true world—it was the Void Great Realms of the Thirteen Families’ ancestors, part of their own cultivation.
Assimilating heaven and earth into a demonic domain took time, but assimilating these deceased powerhouses’ cultivation was swift. Once assimilated, the immortal head grew stronger, making further assimilation easier!
Chen Shi desperately circulated Yin-Yang Tempering, resisting the invading evil qi with all his might.
Yet Yin-Yang Tempering neared its limit!
Beside Chen Shi, the white-clothed fairy showed terror, turning into white light and drilling into the little temple behind his head, sitting on the Divine Shrine with anxious demeanor.
She’d been affected by the evil qi too, but not severely yet.
Sitting on the shrine always brought comfort, resisting corruption and reducing her evil qi.
But this was external invasion; even in the temple, she couldn’t fully block it, her inner corruption stirring!
The Thirteen Families’ ancestors despaired.
Zhai Zhongming gritted his teeth, roaring hoarsely: “It’s over! One moment of carelessness, and all is lost!”
He couldn’t resist either, on the verge.
With the ancestors plus nearly two thousand forebears corrupting simultaneously, the Realm Above the Realm was doomed!
In this dire crisis, Chen Shi’s gaze fell on the Blood Transformation Divine Saber on the altar. Without thinking, he leaped up,
landing on the altar and grasping the Tianluo Blood Transformation Divine Saber’s hilt.
The instant he gripped the long saber, the cacophony in his ears ceased.
A demonic, divine voice filled his ears, booming and reverberating.
“Heavenly baleful glows bright, earthly baleful squares true!
Evil essence of a hundred ghosts, dare you hide?
Flying gang qi draws in, myriad ghosts perish!
Left魁 right gang, divine locks capture!
Slay immortals, execute saints—who dares stand!”
Chen Shi involuntarily recited along, the Blood Lake True Scripture circulating on its own. He felt refreshment throughout, a blood pond forming behind his head, whirling fiercely. The churning evil qi inside him vanished under the demonic killing intent’s assault!
He long-chanted endlessly, raising the Tianluo Blood Transformation Divine Saber and slashing down!
First form of the Blood Transformation Divine Saber: Heavenly Baleful Glow!
The saber fell, blood light rising like crimson silk. With a boom, it cleaved into the shattered world!
The艳 red saber light flashed through the immortal gate, striking the giant immortal head.
The head, eyes closed before, snapped them open in terror upon the strike.
“Blood Transformation Divine Saber?!”
It spoke in human tongue—the very language of the human race!
Terror intensified on the giant head’s face. It shrieked shrilly, features twisting. Flesh within turned to blood, flowing from eyes, nostrils, ears, mouth, and neck like floods converging toward the Tianluo Blood Transformation Divine Saber!
Chen Shi’s aura surged. The blood pond behind his head instantly became a blood pool, then Blood Lake Hell, expanding wildly: a hundred li, two hundred, three hundred, four hundred!
The Blood Lake Hell expanded madly!
In mere moments, the immortal head dissolved into blood, leaving only a skull floating behind the immortal gate.
The deities corrupted earlier bled profusely, the blood streaming away, gathering mid-air into floods flying into the saber!
The blood-flesh tentacles on the Thirteen Families’ ancestors withered rapidly, turning to blood flowing to the saber!
Chen Shi’s Blood Lake Hell behind his head buzzed and swelled, expanding repeatedly. With a thunderous boom like the world’s creation, the Blood Lake True Scripture advanced in moments, formally stepping from Blood Lake Hell into the thousand-li Blood Sea Hell!
The blood sea churned, and a massive immortal brain rose from it once more, long hair disheveled, floating above the sea.