First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 2540 – Like the Master of Divine Punishment

Su Yi’s presence seemed utterly plain and unassuming, without so much as the slightest fluctuation of a cultivation base.

It was as if he’d shaken a god presiding over the nine heavens with his mere mortal flesh.

Yet now, he seemed like an entirely different person. His sharp edge was on full display, unmatched throughout heaven and earth.

A boundless, coursing river of sword intent whooshed forth accompanying his footsteps, blanketing heaven and earth.

Sword qi swept forth like the tide, and sword light shone like the sun.

Even the clanging sword hum brought with it a heart-shaking power. It boomed throughout the nine heavens and the ten earths.

Every last inch of Su Yi’s skin shone with dazzling light and flowed with the mystical, inscrutable charm of the Dao of the Sword. Even his hair scattered dazzling sword light.

His power rapidly soared!

With every movement, he unleashed divine abilities of the Dao of the Sword, their overflowing unstoppable and unbreakable.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Yue Qiong was forced back with every impact, his attacks breaking. His earlier advantage had completely ceased to exist!

Yue Qiong’s brow furrowed, and his heart shook. Su Yi’s combat strength had changed so much that now, it astonished even a Half-Step Eternal like him. He found it hard to believe.

But he didn’t have time to ponder. Su Yi’s attacks were too terrifying, and he was rapidly encroaching, drawing closer and closer and closer.

Yue Qiong no longer dared to hold back, so he poured the full extent of his strength into his attacks.

Kaboom!

Divine flames swept outward, and radiance illuminated the nine heavens.

Wisps of an indestructible, Eternal aura emanated from Yue Qiong’s body, and his power soared!

This was strength far beyond the bounds of the Eternal Realm. It was imbued with a portion of Eternal truths!

This time, he instantly blocked Su Yi’s offensive and reclaimed the initiative.

But to his astonishment, even though he was no longer holding back, he could at most fight evenly with Su Yi. He could no longer suppress him as he did before.

Don’t tell me he’s a Half-Step Eternal too? Yue Qiong found the situation hard to believe.

It wasn’t just him, either. Everyone watching from inside Ravening Wolf Daoist Court was startled and in uproar, too.

“Is this the true power of a Half-Step Eternal?” Su Yi asked out of nowhere. “So… that’s all it amounts to.”

‘That’s all?’ Yue Qiong was so angry that he almost laughed.

Half Step Eternals were just half a step from achieving Eternity. They were the strongest experts beneath that level. Who dared to look down on them?

Su Yi continued, “It’s a pity, but if I were you, I’d have either broken through all at once, or not broken through at all. I would never have taken just half a step across the threshold.”

Yue Qiong’s pupils constricted. “Why do you say that?”

Even as they conversed, their fierce battle raged on, and they both struck to kill. The battle grew increasingly perilous and terrifying.

“Half-Step Eternals might seem glorious, but in truth, they’re trapped. They can neither advance nor retreat,” said Su Yi. “When you break through, you ought to forge valiantly ahead and complete your breakthrough in one fell swoop. You cannot leave an escape route. Even if you fail, you ought to fail while giving it your all.

“What exactly are Half-Step Eternals? They’re those who’ve taken a single step over the threshold, leaving the other foot in place. It’s a sign of fearfulness and reservations. It might seem like they’re leaving themselves wiggle room, but in truth, they’ve lost the will to decisively prove their Daos.

“Someone who leaves a way out when they break free has little hope of ever getting their other foot across the threshold.”

Su Yi shook his head dismissively.

A clamor of voices emanated from inside the Ravening Wolf Forbidden Zone.

“Who the hell are you to comment on Half-Step Eternals like that? How dare you?”

“Ignoramus!”

But the patriarchs in their grand hall exchanged glances, their expressions a bit conflicted.

Their ranks included several Half-Step Eternals, and several of “Those Who’d Entered the Chamber.” They naturally understood the awkward position of a Half-Step Eternal.

Simply put, they could neither advance nor retreat. They were beset on both sides!

Strictly speaking, when it came to breaking through, Half-Step Eternals were the most pathetic of failures!

They couldn’t break through at once, so their cultivation bases couldn’t undergo a complete transformation, but they couldn’t just try again, either.

Even outright failing one’s tribulation was better than getting just half a step over the threshold!

A caterpillar had to break through its cocoon to become a butterfly. The same was true when breaking through. It wasn’t just about advancing one’s cultivation base; your vital source transformed, too.

When this transformation was interrupted halfway through, it left the affected cultivator with almost no hope of further advancement!

This was the unfortunate reality of Half-Step Eternals.

That was why the patriarchs of Ravening Wolf Daoist Court had such complicated looks on their faces in response to Su Yi’s remarks.

He wasn’t wrong!

Meanwhile, the battle raged on. Yue Qiong furrowed his brow.

“Turbulent times are upon us, and the gates of the River of Destiny have opened. Who’d dare say with certainty that Half-Step Eternals will never have any hope of further breakthroughs?” Yue Qiong said calmly.

He remained calm and contemptuous.

Su Yi just smiled and didn’t argue. He hadn’t said all that to provoke Yue Qiong. Rather, it was over the course of this battle that he’d finally grasped the difference between “Those Who’ve Knocked on the Door” and “Those Who’ve Crossed the Threshold.”

One had merely touched the threshold, while the other had taken half a step across it. It might have seemed like the latter were more impressive, but they had little hope of ever stepping fully into Eternity!

The former might have seemed weaker, but they had endless potential. Their prospects were far superior!

That aside, Su Yi had used this battle to confirm his own strength. He’d benefited considerably from this battle.

If he went all out, given his current strength, he really could fight Half-Step Eternals, but he was only someone confident he could kill one, and that was on the precondition that they didn’t flee.

“It’s time to end this.” Su Yi rose to his full height, and his powers of the Grand Dao silently shifted. He now used his Dao of the Sword to direct the Laws of Supreme Emergence.

Boom!

The whole world shook violently, as if the air had filled with the terrifying majesty of the heavens.

Su Yi’s sword qi was like divine punishment!

A single strike was enough to suppress Yue Qiong’s offensive and send him flying.

His expression shifted dramatically. “The Laws of the God Domain’s source!?”

He’d anticipated that Su Yi wouldn’t have come to seek revenge without a killer weapon up his sleeves, but he hadn’t anticipated that said killer weapon would be one of the Laws of the God Domain’s source!

“Watch out, Patriarch! A few years ago, he used that power to destroy another spacetime forbidden zone!” Xun Wuyuan frantically cried out a warning.

Everyone in the Ravening Wolf Forbidden Zone was startled, too.

The Laws of the God Domain had long since crumbled into Fragments of Heaven’s Will scattered about the world.

It was this that had marked the start of the Dark Days of Legend, giving these experts of other spacetimes the chance to enter the present day.

However—

The Laws of the God Domain hadn’t been destroyed, as its chaos source remained!

To the vast majority of the experts of other spacetimes, this meant little, but to those above the Nine-Tribulation Master God level, it still presented an enormous threat!

This was why the patriarchs of Ravening Wolf Daoist Court still had yet to enter the God Domain.

Yue Qiong was a Half-Step Eternal, but he only dared venture close to the Ravening Wolf Forbidden Zone.

But now, Su Yi was controlling the Laws of Supreme Emergence. It was as if he’d re-condensed the power of the God Domain!

This wasn’t just a threat to Yue Qiong. It threatened the entire Ravening Wolf Forbidden Zone!

This time, even the patriarchs could no longer remain still.

They’d originally been full of confidence. They’d figured that even if Yue Qiong fell, they could rush to his aid and work together to defeat Su Yi.

But now, all of them realized that the situation didn’t bode well!

Boom!

Sword qi shone like the sun flying through space. It was like the wrath of the heavens meting out punishment, terrifying beyond measure.

Su Yi was like the representative of heaven’s will. In just a few blinks of an eye, he’d forced Yue Qiong back repeatedly, injuring him!

“Patriarch——!” someone cried out frantically.

“Despicable! How shameless do you have to be to exploit the Laws of the God Domain like this?” someone sputtered in fury.

It was obvious to anyone that Su Yi’s Laws of Supreme Emergence were a threat. They were actually capable of guiding the God Domain’s Laws!

It felt as if he’d transformed heaven toward his own ends, becoming the arbiter of heaven’s will!

Su YI naturally disregarded their insults. He’d made himself perfectly clear earlier. He was here for revenge, not for a clash of the Grand Dao!

Besides, he’d contemplated and mastered the Laws of Supreme Emergence, making them part of his strength. How could using them possibly count as despicable?

How could it have been shameless?

Bang!!

Yue Qiong was sent flying once more, badly injured. His white robes were flecked with blood.

The Half-Step Eternal’s expression was utterly enraged and overcast.

Was Su Yi too strong for him?

No, but his Laws of Supreme Emergence were enough to threaten anyone not of the present age!

Before Yue Qiong could give the matter any further thought, Su Yi attacked once more.

Sword qi whooshed forth, like the power of divine punishment pouring onto the world below, shaking heaven and earth.

“Hurry up and retreat——!”

A bellow rang out.

Yue Qiong turned and fled back toward the Ravening Wolf Forbidden Zone.

“You said you wouldn’t run. What are you doing?” Su Yi laughed coldly, then leaped to intercept him.

Boom!!

A giant hand shot out of the Ravening Wolf Forbidden Zone, blanketing heaven and earth. Terrifying Eternal radiance rose into the air as if intent on grinding all of heaven and earth away.

This power was far beyond that of a Half-Step Eternal!

Su Yi didn’t even need to think to know that this was the work of a “False Eternal!”

But he didn’t retreat. Instead, he took a deep breath and poured all of his strength into a hundred-thousand-foot streak of sword qi condensed out of the Laws of Supreme Emergence.

“Break!”

When he swung it, heaven and earth dimmed.

The unstoppable power of divine punishment slammed ruthlessly into the giant hand.

Boom!

The force overturned the entire stretch of ocean. Heaven and earth dimmed.

Su Yi’s sword qi visibly broke, inch by inch.

But it had cleaved open a massive cut in that giant hand!

Su Yi felt the impact, too. That giant hand was terrifyingly strong. Even just the power emanating from it was enough to shake and churn his blood and qi.

But he still didn’t back down. On the contrary, he seized this opportunity to flash past the cut on the giant hand.

Then, he raised his right hand, swinging it like a sword at the fleeing Yue Qiong.