The Sun-Slaying Divine Sword

One inch.

Two inches.

Three inches!

Accompanied by a teeth-setting metallic scraping sound, the ancient blade that had slumbered for three thousand years was slowly drawn from its pedestal.

Clang—!

Suddenly, a clear and resounding dragon's roar, seemingly capable of tearing through the highest heavens, exploded from the peak of the Sword Mound!

The Sun-Slaying Sword was completely unsheathed!

Without the suppression of the sword pedestal, the violent sword qi that had been repressed for thousands of years ushered in a complete eruption at this moment.

A crimson pillar of light as thick as a water vat, like magma erupting from the earth's core, shot into the sky from the blade, instantly shattering the thick clouds filling the sky and dyeing the firmament in the color of a blood-like setting sun!

At the same time, the heaven and earth spiritual energy within a thousand-mile radius was summoned, madly converging towards the Sword Mound.

High in the sky, a massive, visible funnel-shaped spiritual energy vortex violently formed. With a world-destroying howl, it furiously poured into the thin figure below.

Fierce winds raged, sending sand and stones flying.

With the Sun-Slaying Sword in hand, the aura around Ye Xuan's body began to climb steadily at a chilling speed.

He stood proudly at the peak of the Sword Mound, surrounded by constantly collapsing rubble and wildly dancing gales.

His pitch-black long hair danced wildly in the wind, his azure robes fluttering loudly. The crimson longsword in his hand spat out scorching sword light several zhang long, making him look like an ancient Fire God descending to the world, looking down upon all under heaven.

He... he pulled it out?

Heavens! After three thousand years, the divine sword has actually acknowledged a master!

How is this possible!

On the massive plaza, after a deathly silence, tsunami-like exclamations erupted.

Everyone's face was filled with horror. Some couldn't even withstand the terrifying sword might leaking out, their legs giving way as they knelt directly on the ground.

On the main seat of the viewing stand, the Villa Master of the Sword Worship Villa, Ao Tianqiong, was so frightened that his limbs trembled, and he tumbled directly from his White Tiger armchair.

His hands gripped the back of the chair tightly, his eyes bulging so hard they almost bled, staring fixedly at the crimson longsword in Ye Xuan's hand.

This was the Sun-Slaying Sword!

It was the suppressing treasure of the Sword Worship Villa passed down for three thousand years!

It was the cash cow that attracted countless sword cultivators to come on pilgrimage every year, bringing endless wealth and prestige to the villa!

And just like that... it was pulled out by some greenhorn who popped out of nowhere?

After the shock came greed.

An uncontrollable greed, like a poisonous snake biting at his heart, instantly overwhelmed Ao Tianqiong's reason.

His breathing became extremely heavy, and terrifying red veins surfaced in his eyes.

Since the divine sword had already been born, it meant it was no longer that dead object no one could touch and could only serve as a decoration, but a tangible, supreme treasure!

If he could snatch it over and erase this kid's divine sense brand...

With such a peerless fierce weapon, why would the Sword Worship Villa have to worry about not being able to trample the Sword King Sect and dominate the entire Southern Continent?!

Activate the Villa Protection Grand Array! We absolutely cannot let him leave with the divine sword!

Ao Tianqiong suddenly bounced up from the ground, letting out a hoarse and ferocious roar. Everyone hear my command! This child is frenzied, destroying our sect's Sword Mound with the intent to steal our villa-suppressing divine weapon! Take him down on the spot, dead or alive!!

Following his command, a muffled boom came from deep within the Sword Worship Villa.

Immediately after, thirty-six golden pillars of light reaching the heavens rose from the ground in all directions, shooting straight into the clouds.

Runes flowed between the pillars of light, quickly weaving into a massive golden light barrier like an inverted sea bowl, tightly sealing the entire plaza along with the lonely peak where the Sword Mound was located inside.

Kill!

From the surrounding peaks, hundreds of elite disciples of the Sword Worship Villa rushed out. Each held a standard sharp sword, riding flying light, pressing over like a dark cloud blotting out the sky and sun, seething with killing intent.

At the same time, the experts from other sects and hidden rogue cultivators present, who had originally just come to observe the ceremony, now also had flickering gazes, their true essence flowing darkly.

An innocent man gets into trouble because of his wealth.

An ownerless divine weapon was enough to make anyone tear off their hypocritical masks.

Brat, hand over the sword!

This sword has been suppressed here for three thousand years and was long ago branded with the mark of my Sword Worship Villa. How can an outsider like you lay a finger on it!

Ao Tianqiong shouted coldly, soaring into the air with five Body Integration realm elders whose auras were like abysses.

The six almighty figures stood in the six directions. Their massive coercion crushed down like a hundred thousand great mountains, tightly trapping Ye Xuan in the center of the formation.

Astral winds brushed his face, blowing the corners of Ye Xuan's clothes.

He held the Sun-Slaying Sword with one hand, feeling the warmth coming from the hilt, like a beating pulse, connected by blood.

This old partner had ultimately returned to his hands.

He slowly raised his head, those abyssal eyes calmly sweeping over the surrounding circles of faces filled with greed and killing intent that had surrounded him.

The corners of his mouth slowly curled into a bone-chilling arc.

Belongs to you?

Ye Xuan's voice was not loud, yet it clearly entered everyone's ears, carrying a ridicule that saw through the mundane world: It has been planted here, exposed to the wind and sun for three thousand years. You treated it as a dead object, a tool to amass wealth. Now that I have awakened it, it has become your private property?

Where in this world is there such ridiculous logic?

Insolent! Death is at hand and you still dare to be stubborn!

Ao Tianqiong shouted sternly, the violent true essence belonging to the peak of the Body Integration realm erupting from his body, shaking the surrounding space into ripples: In this Sword Worship Villa, my territory, my rules are the heavenly law! Brat, considering your cultivation was not easy, if you know what's good for you, remove the master recognition from the divine sword and your storage ring and leave them behind. I might just show great mercy, cripple your cultivation, and spare your life. Otherwise, today I will definitely make your body and soul perish!

The Villa Master is right! Evildoer, hurry up and hand over the divine sword!

A few young chosen ones who styled themselves as leaders of the righteous path also jumped out, pointing their swords at Ye Xuan and shouting righteously, Since ancient times, divine objects have belonged to the virtuous! You, a rat of unknown origin who doesn't even dare to report his sect, what virtue or ability do you have to be worthy of such a divine weapon that seizes the fortune of heaven and earth? If you forcefully occupy it, you will face heavenly retribution!

Ye Xuan looked at this group of hypocritical champions of justice, his eyes gradually turning dark, like a bottomless freezing pool.

He didn't retort anymore, just stretching out his left hand, his slender fingers gently stroking the jade-like crimson blade of the Sun-Slaying Sword. The blade let out an excited low hum, as if longing to be watered with blood.

Since you want it so badly... Ye Xuan slightly raised his eyes, killing intent suddenly appearing. Who dares to come and take it?

Reckless fool! I will kill you!

Zhao Tianyi, in order to claim credit in front of the almighty figures and also to vent the jealousy and hatred in his heart, actually ignored his injuries. Using his left hand to forcefully draw an Earth-grade longsword, he was the first to transform into a rainbow and rush up.

Master, seniors, watch this junior take the head from his shoulders!

With him leading the way, over a dozen Nascent Soul and Soul Formation realm chosen ones behind him who were already eager to act could no longer hold back. Fearing the divine sword would fall into others' hands, they roared and closely followed suit.

For a moment, the sky was filled with the multicolored divine light of magical treasures and peerlessly fierce sword qi. Like a dazzling yet deadly meteor shower, it blotted out the sky and smashed toward Ye Xuan.

Facing this terrifying offensive capable of leveling a mountain, Ye Xuan stood in place, unmoving as an ancient pine rooted for ten thousand years.

He simply narrowed his eyes slightly.

Then, the Sun-Slaying Sword in his hand swung forward in an extremely slow, incredibly gentle manner, as if devoid of any power.

Slash.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, nor were there any complex and gorgeous lights or shadows.

There was only an extremely condensed, crimson half-moon sword qi that swept out instantly like a water ripple.

This sword qi appeared ordinary and its speed was not fast, but wherever it passed, the surrounding air was instantly drained. The space actually let out an overwhelmed wail, directly burned into a black void fissure by the extreme heat and sharpness!

The Great Dao is simple; one sword breaks myriad laws!

Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!

No screams had time to ring out.

Nor could any magical treasure shield offer even the slightest bit of resistance.

Zhao Tianyi, who charged at the very front, still maintained a hideous and greedy smile. The Earth-grade longsword in his hand soundlessly vaporized the instant it touched the red light, like snow meeting boiling water.

Immediately after, the crimson sword qi flashed past his waist as easily as cutting tofu.

Not only him, but the dozen or so prodigies from various sects charging right behind him were sliced in half at the waist, along with their treasures, the moment they touched the sword qi!

Before their upper halves could even fall to the ground, a nameless karmic fire that made the soul tremble suddenly flared up from their wounds. The flames were a demonic dark red. In just the blink of an eye, the physical bodies of these dozen prodigies, along with the Nascent Souls within them, were burned leaving not a single trace of ash behind!

A gentle breeze blew past, scattering only pale gray ashes in midair.

One sword.

Just a casual swing.

A dozen peerless prodigies with illustrious reputations in the outside world were entirely wiped out, their bodies and souls utterly destroyed.

The entire scene fell into a deathly silence.

You could hear a pin drop.

The crowd that had just been clamoring to seize the sword and enforce justice on behalf of heaven now looked like ducks seized by the throat by an invisible hand. Their mouths were wide open, but they couldn't utter a single sound. Cold sweat instantly soaked their backs.

What grade of sword technique was this? What terrifying flame was this?

Even an old monster at the Mahayana stage couldn't kill Nascent Soul and Soul Formation cultivators so effortlessly!

In midair, Ao Tianqiong's expression had gone from livid to deathly pale.

His pupils trembled violently, and an uncontrollable surge of terror finally welled up in his heart.

But he had no way back! If he couldn't take down this boy today, the Sword Worship Villa's prestige would be swept into the dust, inevitably becoming the laughingstock of the world!

Furthermore, a divine sword with such power only proved its immense value!

This is a tough one! This boy is bizarre, do not fight him alone! Attack together!

Revealing a look of madness, Ao Tianqiong bit the tip of his tongue and spat a mouthful of lifeblood onto the array disk in his hand. He roared fiercely, Five elders, join me in forming the Six Harmonies Immortal Slaying Sword Array! Draw upon the power of the earth veins! I refuse to believe that he alone can contend against the three thousand years of foundational heritage of our entire villa!

The five Body Integration stage elders did not dare to hesitate. They roared in unison, frantically burning their inner true essence and even their lifespans.

The auras of the six men instantly linked into a single entity through the array, resonating with the grand protective array of the villa.

The golden array light curtain in the sky boiled violently as endless heaven and earth spiritual energy and underground Gengjin energy madly converged.

In a moment, a massive golden sword a hundred zhang long, radiating a blinding light, slowly took shape in the highest heavens. Before the giant sword even fell, its terrifying, world-destroying pressure had already crushed the bluestone floor below into inch-by-inch cracks.

Little beast, die!!

Ao Tianqiong gripped the empty air with both hands as if holding up Mount Tai. With a twisted expression, he controlled that hundred-zhang sword of light, bringing it down fiercely toward Ye Xuan's head with a sonic boom that tore through the void!

This strike gathered the foundation of six Body Integration mighty figures and the power of the array, enough to force even a Tribulation Transcendence mighty figure to temporarily avoid its sharp edge!

The violent wind pressure blew Ye Xuan's green robes tightly against his body.

The hand holding the Sun-Slaying Sword tightened slightly.

He was very aware of his current physical condition. Although he had reshaped his physical body and drawn the divine weapon, his cultivation had only just begun to be rebuilt, and the true essence in his body was severely lacking.

Meeting this sword head-on, he would definitely be heavily injured.

But he still did not retreat half a step. His back was straight as a ramrod, and his deep eyes held not a single ripple.

Because he knew he didn't need to draw his sword at all.

A blindingly bright red figure, like a blood-colored lightning bolt that tore through the laws of space, instantly appeared in front of Ye Xuan, blocking the path of the hundred-zhang sword of light.

It was exactly Ye Qingcheng.

At this moment, where was the cold, noble, dignified, and obedient appearance she had previously displayed behind Ye Xuan?

Her originally soft black hair now danced wildly in the wind like startled venomous snakes; those originally charming and affectionate eyes had now completely turned a dripping, blood-like scarlet.

A suffocating dark red baleful aura, filled with brutality and madness, shot up into the sky from her petite body like a tangible smoke signal.

Behind her, a colossal phantom of a demon fox, standing a hundred zhang tall and possessing nine heaven-obscuring fox tails, faintly emerged!

That was an extremely overbearing forbidden secret art of the Joyous Union Sect, one that even required the burning of the caster's lifeblood essence to activate—the Nine-Tailed Heavenly Fox Transformation!

This meant she had completely entered a berserk state, undoing all the seals within her body!

You group of lowly ants...

To actually dare... to touch my husband.

Ye Qingcheng let out an extremely shrill, ear-piercing shriek.

Facing the hundred-zhang sword of light cleaving down on her head, she did not use any magical treasure, nor did she even cast a spell.

She simply reached out with a pair of fair, delicate hands, facing that destructive light, and actually grabbed it barehanded!

A mantis trying to stop a chariot, you reckless little slut! Seeing this, Ao Tianqiong in midair let out a cruel sneer.

However, before the smile on the corner of his mouth could fully bloom, it completely froze on his face.

The next second.

Crack!

An incredibly crisp shattering sound, which nevertheless made everyone's soul tremble, rang out.

That hundred-zhang giant golden sword, which had gathered all the true essence of six Body Integration stage experts and the power of the array, actually came to a sudden halt the moment it touched Ye Qingcheng's seemingly soft and boneless little hands.

Immediately after, under the ghost-seeing gazes of everyone present, that giant sword representing destruction began to show countless spiderweb-like cracks, starting from where Ye Qingcheng's hands gripped it, just like fragile glass struck by an iron hammer!

With a loud bang, the giant sword explosively shattered, turning into a sky full of golden rain of light!