Yuan’s Ascension

Chapter 1192: Limitless Chaos, Slaying A True Saint (1)

With a single saber strike, the formidable Saint An Liu, who had commanded the entire Saintdom’s defense array, was slain.

It wasn’t his mana body or ether body, but his true self! Another Saint truly died under Wu Yuan’s saber. He was also the first Saint that Wu Yuan had slain since his attack on the Immortal Court’s Ling Jiang Saintdom began.

Too weak. I thought this strike would only severely wound him. Wu Yuan frowned slightly.

He wasn’t intending to kill his opponent and hadn’t used his full strength. He had only employed the fourth move of his ultimate technique, Destruction and Genesis.

He had thought it would be enough to seriously injure his opponent. After all, if he frightened True Saint Xiao Yao and the other True Saints lurking in the shadows, the situation could become troublesome.

Unfortunately, Saint An Liu’s physical defense was too feeble, and he perished in a single exchange.

Wu Yuan had forgotten that many Saints were previously qi refiners when achieving eternity. Although they unified all Daos after achieving eternity, dramatically increasing their physical defense, most still couldn’t compare to eternal powerhouses who had initially taken the path of body refining.

So be it! Since he’s dead, let’s proceed with the second plan and force True Saint Xiao Yao to appear. Wu Yuan took a step, traversing vast stretches of spacetime to approach the Saintdom’s core region.

There lay the Saint Xiao Yao Hall, the nexus of the entire Saintdom’s defense array, as well as the Saint Realm anchor point created by projecting the Xiao Yao Saint Realm onto the universe’s essence. It was because of this anchor point that True Saint Xiao Yao and his subordinate Saints could swiftly descend.

Whoosh! Wu Yuan rushed towards it.

At this moment, the aftershocks of his saber strike still expanded outward at tens of thousands of times the speed of light, causing spacetime tremors in all directions. Worlds crumbled, and Sovereigns perished.

When they had clashed head-on earlier, Saint An Liu had activated the entire array. Thus, when Wu Yuan’s single strike shattered the defense array, at least ten thousand Sovereigns died in the aftermath. As for those dozen or so Overlords? More than half of them were instantly killed.

“An eternal powerhouse has fallen?”

“Overlord Wu Yuan killed a Saint in a single strike?”

“Flee, quick!”

“Too many have died – at least ten thousand Sovereigns. We must leave.”

“It’s too late. We’re done for.” The remaining few Overlords and multitude of Sovereigns were both shocked and terrified, struggling to believe what they had witnessed.

They had long heard tales of Wu Yuan’s might, but his display today had left them utterly stunned, or rather, in despair! A supreme eternal powerhouse who descended was slain by a single strike, and the Saintdom’s defense array couldn’t withstand one blow from him.

Who in the entire Immortal Court Saintdom could possibly stop him? Should they foolishly hope for other eternal powerhouses to descend?

Thus, the throng of Sovereigns desperately attempted to escape, some even employing various secret arts and treasures.

But to their horror, they quickly discovered that it was futile!! No spacetime treasures could be utilized.

This massive collision had been too horrific, suppressing spacetime fluctuations within a radius of a million light-years. To escape swiftly? One would need overwhelming personal strength to forcefully break free.

The only fortunate aspect was that Wu Yuan wasn’t hunting down these Sovereigns one by one. Since he failed to kill them with the Eye of Eternity, he would need to annihilate them physically. Getting them all would take quite some time.

This gave the Sovereigns a sliver of hope for survival.

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Within the core world of the Xiao Yao Saint Realm, True Saint Xiao Yao and his three subordinate Saints could scarcely believe what they were observing.

True Saint Xiao Yao, in particular, couldn’t fathom how a sempiternal lifeform could possibly be this powerful. It defied all logic.

“This can’t be right! How can he be so strong when he’s just a sempiternal lifeform?” True Saint Xiao Yao was utterly baffled.

He wasn’t the only one. When Wu Yuan unleashed his might, True Saint Bu Xiu, True Saint Luan Jiang, and True Saint Taiyuan, who had arrived outside the Immortal Court’s Ling Jiang Saintdom, were equally astonished as they beheld this scene.

“How can Wu Yuan’s saber techniques be so strong? Though Saint An Liu was merely a Threshold Saint, he had activated the defense array, surely reaching the level of a Standard Saint.”

“Even if he was no match for Wu Yuan, logically, he should have been able to withstand Wu Yuan’s assault, right? Yet, he was killed by a single strike.”

“Even the Saintdom’s defense array was mostly shattered. This is undoubtedly Peak Saint level power!”

“How can a sempiternal lifeform unleash Peak Saint-level might?”

“Has Wu Yuan already achieved eternity? But Eternals naturally generate eternal Dao resonance, which is rejected by the River of Universes. He shouldn’t be able to display such power within a universe.”

“Could it be his weapon? But even if it’s a legendary Xuanhuang Dao Treasure, one’s personal strength must be sufficient to wield such power, right?” True Saint Bu Xiu, True Saint Luan Jiang, and True Saint Taiyuan gazed down from afar.

They were exhilarated! The stronger Wu Yuan was now, the greater his potential seemed—raising the likelihood that he would one day stand at the pinnacle of the cosmic sea. And if that happened, the benefits to them would be immeasurable.

Yet, at the same time, Wu Yuan’s sheer power unsettled them.

Since the Primordium, countless prodigies had risen across the Nine Megaverses Spacetime—Great Emperor Yan Tuo, Dao Zenithel Wan Yu, the Heavenly Imperator, Eldritch Progenitor Hou Tu, and others. Each had shaken their River of Universes as sempiternal lifeforms, leaving behind legends of their own.

But no matter how astonishing their feats, during their time as sempiternal lifeforms, none had ever inspired true fear in the hearts of True Saints. Nor had any of them accomplished the feat of breaching a Saintdom in a universe.

Why? Because the moment a True Saint descended into the River of Universes, they instantly possessed the might of a Full Saint. To them, slaying a Legend of the River was effortless.

The gap between them was as insurmountable as a heavenly chasm!

It wasn’t that Legends of the River lagged behind in Dao cultivation level. In fact, the best among them had neared the Threshold True Saint level of Dao cultivation before stepping into eternity.

But in terms of raw power, the difference was too immense! It was practically incalculable.

Today, Wu Yuan had shattered this convention, truly posing a potential threat to True Saints for the first time.

“No wonder Eldritch Progenitor Hou Tu said Wu Yuan would be the main force in this battle,” Eldritch Progenitor Luan Jiang drew a deep breath. “It seems Eldritch Progenitor Hou Tu was already aware of Overlord Wu Yuan’s true capabilities.”

He turned his gaze towards True Saint Bu Xiu and True Saint Taiyuan. “Fellow Daoists, get ready. If True Saint Xiao Yao appears, we need not act. But if any other True Saint dares to intervene, you must take action.”

True Saint Bu Xiu and True Saint Taiyuan both nodded slightly.

The two of them were a major trump card in this plan, to be revealed only at the critical moment. It would be best if they didn’t need to reveal themselves, as doing so would likely expose the connection between Wu Yuan’s two true selves.

“I believe our Fellow Daoists throughout the universe should have sensed something by now.” Eldritch Progenitor Luan Jiang’s piercing gaze swept towards the depths of the universe.

His prediction was correct. The saber technique Wu Yuan had unleashed tore through spacetime, devastating half of the Immortal Court’s Ling Jiang Saintdom. It also exceeded the Ling Jiang Universe’s limits, instantly sending shockwaves through the universe’s essence.

In the blink of an eye, it triggered alarms in all Saintdoms across the entire Ling Jiang Universe.

Following this, the True Saints behind each Saintdom in the Ling Jiang Universe began to extend their perceptions through their Saintdoms, investigating the anomaly in the universe.

Swiftly, they confirmed that ‘a battle exceeding the universe’s limits has erupted in the Immortal Court’s Ling Jiang Saintdom.’

One True Saint after another verified the situation. After confirming the location, the vast intelligence networks of various major factions in the cosmic sea sprang into action.

In truth, these True Saints didn’t need to put in much effort to investigate. Among the tens of thousands of Sovereigns in the Immortal Court’s Ling Jiang Saintdom, quite a few were sleeper agents from other Saintdoms. Many of these agents had already perished, but most had managed to transmit messages before their demise.

“What?”

“Overlord Wu Yuan is single-handedly assaulting the Immortal Court’s Ling Jiang Saintdom?”

“Has he gone mad?” The Overlords of various Saintdoms who had just received the news instinctively assumed it was false.

But before they could analyze further, a second wave of information arrived.

“An eternal powerhouse of the Immortal Court has descended.”

“The Immortal Court’s Ling Jiang Saintdom has been breached!”

“Overlord Wu Yuan slew an Eternal with a single strike and has dealt a severe blow to the Immortal Court’s Ling Jiang Saintdom.”

“The entire Immortal Court Saintdom is collapsing.” More reports flooded in, leaving the Overlords of various Saintdoms dumbfounded.

Many Overlords began losing contact with their Sovereign sleeper agents, as most had fallen victim to the battle’s aftermath.

Without delay, the Overlords of various Saintdoms immediately began transmitting the information to the higher-ups, and this news also began spreading like wildfire within the Eldritch Court and Immortal Court.

“Wu Yuan single-handedly attacked the Immortal Court’s Ling Jiang Saintdom?”

“Quick, let’s descend.”

“Let’s take a look.”

“How can a sempiternal lifeform be so powerful? How did he manage this?”

Without much hesitation, several of the True Saints behind the Saintdoms in the Ling Jiang Universe began to descend. However, it would still take some time for these True Saints to reach the Immortal Court’s Ling Jiang Saintdom.

Meanwhile, this momentous news was swiftly relayed to the Wan Yu Tower, which immediately began transmitting messages to various Dao Zenithels throughout the cosmic sea.

“Overlord Wu Yuan? That powerful? Even Saint An Liu has fallen?”

“What is his goal?”

“Taking such a huge risk, he must be after great benefits.”

“Could it be that he plans to establish a Saintdom within the universe, and he’s eliminating threats in advance?”

Perhaps the True Saints weren’t very clear about the situation, but the Dao Zenithels were extremely knowledgeable, and they made their analyses the moment they received the news.

Soon after, the Dao Zenithels of some major factions issued orders to their True Saints subordinates who could descend into the Ling Jiang Universe: descend, join the battle, and stop Wu Yuan.