First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1008 - A Glimpse of a Supernova, the Hum of a Sword Echoes Throughout the Human Realm

Boom!

Unstoppable, blazing starlight burst forth, as if a deity were waving their sacred whip like mad. It struck with ruthless force.

Heaven and earth collapsed, and everything was reduced to ash.

In but an instant, Su Yi found himself amidst the boundless river of stars. The raging waves were like whips of blazing starlight, and they blanketed heaven and earth and they swept right toward him.

In the face of this lethal threat, Su Yi didn’t hesitate to attack with everything he had.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Streaks of sword qi shot through the air like interweaving bolts of cloth. All of them contained the aura of the Sword of the Nine Hells as they swept explosively through the air.

A heaven-shaking impact rang out.

Streaks of starlight blazing with an aura of destruction split as the sword qi shattered them into pieces. Dazzling, misty light ran rampant.

He really can counter the Laws of Cosmic Silence… I’ve truly never even heard of such a thing. It seems I underestimate the ruins of the Dark and Gold Star Realm… the man in the conical hat sighed to himself.

Those eyes as clear as an infant’s now surged with divine radiance. Dao Light interwove, and his gaze was like that of a deity peering down on the world below. His majesty was beyond measure.

He was actually well aware of the Dark and Gold Star Realm’s former splendor. He knew that it had dazzled the starry skies throughout the ages, and that it was seen as the origin of the countless Grand Daos of the universe. He also knew that a group of legendary experts capable of shaking the countless worlds of outer space had arisen here.

It was just that all of that had happened a long, long time ago.

So long ago that now, few throughout the starry skies even knew the name “the Dark and Gold Star Realm!”

Even the man in the conical hat hadn’t truly understood just how deep this star realm’s foundations ran until after arriving here.

Never mind the rest; the profundities of reincarnation alone were enough to shock even old-timers who’d explored the stars freely for too many years to count!

Now, after seeing that Su Yi controlled a power capable of countering the Laws of Cosmic Silence, the man in the conical hat could no longer remain calm.

He realized that he’d underestimated this ruined, withered, all but abandoned star realm.

Fortunately, it’s not too late. If I master either the secrets of reincarnation or that mysterious power Su Xuanjun wields, I’ll surely be able to conquer the Sword of the Human Realm!

His eyes flashed, and he glanced at the sword embedded in his ship out of the corner of his eye. His expression filled with determination.

This time, he was determined. Both the secrets of reincarnation and Su Yi’s mysterious power… would soon be his!!

“Water and fire naturally counter each other, but when fire blazes as hot as the sun, it can incinerate the world’s rivers, lakes, and even the ocean,” the man in the conical hat said leisurely.

As his voice rang out, a blazing waterfall of starlight swept toward Su Yi like an avalanche or tidal wave.

Su Yi had been on the verge of breaking through the encirclement of starlight when he found himself in peril once more.

Su Yi remained calm, but his brow tightly furrowed. He was well aware that without the Sword of the Nine Hells, he would have already suffered a crushing defeat.

What made this even more dangerous was that maintaining the Sword of the Nine Hells’ power continuously drained his cultivation base. If he couldn’t break out of here, he was sure to lose sooner or later!

“Had you drawn upon that mysterious power at the pinnacle of your past life, you might well have been worthy of duking it out with me, but the way you are now… you're just too weak.” The man in the conical hat sighed. “The early-stage Profound Illumination Realm isn’t even worth mentioning to me. How could you possibly turn this around?”

As he spoke, his sleeves billowed around him. His hands formed seals, which became a saber.

The boundless, blazing starlight, like the river of stars, surged even more terrifyingly than before, while Su Yi’s predicament was increasingly perilous.

His face was visibly getting paler. From time to time, he was forced back, his qi and blood churning. They showed signs of falling into disarray.

In the end, blazing starlight swept across him, leaving numerous blackened char marks. Burnt flesh crumbled into ash and sloughed off him.

A sight startling to both the heart and the eyes!!

When she saw how badly injured Su Yi was, the Netherworld King’s heart clenched. Her beautiful face willed with concern, and she practically bit through her red lower lip.

She was well aware that the man in the conical hat was right. Post-reincarnation, Su Yi’s low cultivation base really was his greatest weakness!

Su Yi controlled a mysterious power that could contend with the Laws of Cosmic Silence, but due to the massive disparity in cultivations, he still found himself in dire straits!

But despite his numerous injuries, Su Yi remained as calm as ever.

In his past life, he’d overcome too many life-or-death grand battles to count, and his Dao Heart was as firm as iron. He naturally wouldn’t give up lightly.

He was a sword cultivator. He’d rather die a noble death than live on in degradation!

How had Su Xuanjun become the sole sovereign of the Wilds? He’d achieved this thanks to his unbreakable, unmovable Dao Heart!

However, Su Yi’s perseverance seemed like nothing but a futile struggle to the man in the conical hat.

“Su Xuanjun, you have reason to be proud of yourself. Were an Imperial Apex cultivator fighting in your stead, they would have long since been reduced to ash, their souls dispersed. They couldn’t possibly have survived. I dare say with certainty that if you had time to grow, you’d far surpass your former peak.”

Here, the man in the conical hat looked a bit pitying. “Alas, you ran into me, and you’re destined to die here today. Perhaps… this is what they mean when they say destiny makes fools of us all.”

Although he said this, his movements never slowed.

An endless river of dazzling starlight swept forth like a tidal wave, practically surrounding Su Yi completely.

But against the man in the conical hat’s expectations, despite this relentless onslaught, and despite Su Yi’s dire predicament, he managed to avert each crisis just in time, surviving by the skin of his teeth!

The man in the conical hat couldn’t help but find this surprising. “Your attainments in the Dao of the Sword really are unbelievable. You’ve broadened my horizons. I truly wouldn’t have imagined that the long-withered Dark and Gold Star Realm would give rise to a swordsman like you.”

“You talk too much!” Su Yi had been silent all this time, but now, it seemed he’d lost his patience. “You still haven’t won! Got it?”

His long hair was disheveled, and his flesh was in tatters. His face was pallid, and his clothes were already drenched with blood. However, his expression was as calm as ever, and his profound gaze had never so much as wavered.

“Getting flustered?” The man in the conical hat couldn’t help but laugh and shake his head. “Very well. I won’t torture you any longer. I’ll let you die with dignity, and I’ll let you bear witness to my true power.”

His right hand stretched out and gripped the air.

Kcch!

A blazing river of stars surged out of his palm, transforming into a roughly ten-foot streak of saber qi.

When the saber qi shot forth, heaven and earth trembled, and its impact even slammed into the distant Sacred Tree of Samsara. The tree suddenly swayed, and its leaves rustled.

Within the Rebirth Pool, the waters manifested of the Laws of Oblivion boiled over.

Su Yi’s pupils constricted to the size of needle points, and he felt an impending lethal threat.

He’d long since been enveloped in endless, blazing starlight. When he saw the man in the conical hat’s saber qi, he realized this really didn’t bode well.

Meanwhile, the Netherworld King felt as if a massive hand had gripped her heart, and her beautiful face paled. She could no longer stay calm, and she charged madly into the fray, activating the Buddha’s Seal of Life and Death in an attempt to break the saber qi.

But to her utter dismay, even when she gave it everything she had, she couldn’t break through the blazing starlight blanketing heaven and earth.

And she certainly couldn’t shake the man in the conical hat!

She felt like an ant trying to shake a tree. If she couldn’t so much as budge one of its leaves, how could she move its towering trunk?

“How is this possible….” The Netherworld King looked dazed, and her face was ashen. The man in the conical hat naturally noticed this. He subtly shook his head, then ignored her.

“This slash is called ‘a Glimpse of a Supernova.’ I poured a lifetime of effort into creating it. It should be enough to let you rest in peace.”

Before his mellow voice had even finished echoing through the air, the man in the conical hat swung his sleeve.

Whoosh!

A roughly ten-foot streak of saber qi appeared out of nowhere.

There was simply no describing how terrifying this slash was. As it swept through the air, the entire Reincarnation Grounds trembled, and everything throughout the hidden realm dimmed.

A single slash threatened to destroy this entire world!

“Quick, dodge!” The Netherworld King shrieked, her voice rife with panic and despair.

But Su Yi didn’t dodge.action

Because there was no way to dodge.

In the face of this impending slash, his heart was preternaturally calm and empty. His fleshly body seemed to light on fire as he instantly drew upon the full extent of his power.

At that moment, his soul, cultivation, flesh, and even the Sword of the Nine Hells floating within his soul unleashed their full power. They held nothing back whatsoever.

This was the first time since Su Yi’s rebirth that he’d been pushed into such dire straits.

This was also his first time casting all reservations aside and fighting with everything he had!

This complete release of power seemed to awaken the Sword of the Nine Hells completely. The eight divine chains wrapped around it scraped and shook violently, as if struggling to break free.

In that moment, the distinctively shaped Sword of the Human Realm embedded in the head of the black ship seemed to sense something, and it quivered subtly.

Then, a sword hum echoed through the air.

As if resounding from amidst the silence and solitude of eternity.

Boom!

A terrifying austerity spread outward, making heaven and earth tremble.

Then——

The blazing starlight blanketing the world scattered, as if a raging hurricane had swept across it. The starlight dissipated in a puff of smoke.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

The space in front of Su Yi exploded, and a ten-foot streak of saber qi flashed into being. It was just three feet away from Su Yi when suddenly, an absolute suppression bore down on it, and it couldn’t advance even an inch further!

A moment later, the slash the man in the conical hat called a Glimpse of a Supernova, shattered inch by inch and dissipated into nothing before Su Yi’s very eyes.

All of a sudden, the situation turned completely on its head!

That terrifying austerity blanketed the full extent of the boundless landscape of the Reincarnation Grounds. An utterly heavy, solemn atmosphere descended upon the entire hidden realm.

The Netherworld King shuddered, and her panic and helplessness transformed into bewilderment. What… What’s going on?

The man in the conical hat stood in the distance, his hands behind his back. His head suddenly whipped around, and he gazed at the center of the Reincarnation Pool.

A moment later, his calm, gentle expression let slip a trace of bewilderment and alarm.

The Sword of the Human Realm had been embedded at the head of the black ship, but now, it seemed as if an invisible hand was slowly drawing it out!