First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1119 - The True Story

This sudden development caught both the Sixth Warden and the experts of the Nine Heavens Pavilion completely off guard, and they found it difficult to believe.

Su Yi waved his sleeves, and the barrier of sword qi protecting him dissipated.

“If you make it out of the formation alive, I actually wouldn’t mind sending you on your way personally.” Su Yi glanced at the Sixth Warden, then stomped his foot. An obscure, mysterious demonic glyph appeared above the Platform of Self-Severing.

Then, Su Yi disappeared from within the formation.

A moment later, he’d reappeared outside it.

He left entirely unimpeded, as if he were out for a stroll through his garden.

When the Sixth Warden saw this, he fully realized the truth. He’d been tricked!

From beginning to end, Su Xuanjun had just been helping the Heavensdeath Demon Empress put on a show!

“Your Excellency Su, if we offended you earlier, we humbly request your forgiveness.” Mo Yu, who’d been presiding over the formation this entire time, rushed over and clasped his fist.

“Earlier, you were just playing along with your founder. Now, it’s time to see what you’re really capable of,” Su Yi said casually.

Mo Yu grinned. “We’ll give our utmost to show this Warden of the Nine Heavens Pavilion our ‘hospitality!’”

Here, he turned to face the other old monsters of the Demons’ Elysium. He bellowed, “Put more power into it! Don’t disappoint His Excellency Su!”

“Got it!” The others shouted their agreement.

The formation instantly rumbled and boomed, and terrifying destructive power swept toward the Sixth Warden.

It was obviously stronger than before!

There was no doubt about it; Mo Yu and the others hadn’t in any way used their full power.

The Sixth Warden noticed this too, and a glum look appeared on his firm, cold face.

Furthermore, he discovered the formation disc he was holding had completely lost its effect. It was no longer at all useful!

The Sixth Warden’s heart surged with irrepressible rage and murderous intent.

Boom!

The power of the formation surged. Divine flames blazed, and lightning interwove.

The Sixth Warden naturally wouldn’t just stand around and wait to die. Monstrous, forceful Dao Light burst around him, and he attacked immediately, clashing with the power of the formation.

Meanwhile, he said icily, “Heavensdeath, the lives of everyone in the Demons’ Elysium are in my hands. Aren’t you worried about causing the annihilation of your entire sect!?”

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress chuckled. “You really are stupid. Were I worried about that, would I have dared to do this?”

She looked extremely smug, and her beautiful eyes curved into glittering crescent moons.

“Impossible! Within our sect, only Wardens and above can control the power of the Lifestealing Curse. Even in the stars beyond, no one else could possibly undo it!” an Executioner cried out in anger and surprise.

The others around him were in uproar, their expressions shifting and uncertain. It was obvious that they couldn’t accept this development all at once.

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress glanced at them. “Whether you believe it or not doesn’t matter. What matters is... Well, don’t you think you people are quite the eyesore?”

It was just one light, airy sentence, but the three Executioners and five Jailers stiffened and visibly lost their cool.

The Sixth Warden had fallen for their schemes, and he was now trapped in the Heaven-Slaughtering, World-Refining Formation. Even with their mastery of the Laws of Heavenly Prayer, how could those left outside possibly contend with an Imperial Apex expert?

“Do you know the consequences of what you’re doing?” one of the Executioners tried to threaten her.

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress scrunched up her shiny red lips and said distractedly, “I know that you’re from the Nine Heavens Pavilion, and I know that the Nine Heavens Pavilion is a big deal out there amongst the stars. Got anything else to threaten me with?”

The experts of the Nine Heavens Pavilion were instantly at a loss for words.

“If you have nothing to say, just die.”

Before the Heavensdeath Demon Empress’s voice had even finished echoing through the air, she attacked without hesitation.

Boom!

Divine radiance burst forth. Streaks of lightning as sharp as blades swept outward.

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress had obviously suppressed a bellyful of fire. The moment she attacked, she went all out. Her power blotted out the sky and obscured the sun, enveloping the experts of the Nine Heavens Pavilion completely.

These three Executioners of five Jailers were all elites of the Nine Heavens Pavilion. Here in the Wilds, they were all but invincible within their respective realms.

Especially the three Executioners. All of them were in the Profound Serenity Realm, and they’d mastered the Laws of Heavenly Prayer. They were strong enough to cross cultivation realms to fight early-stage Profound Unity Emperors.

Alas, their opponent was the founder of the Demons’ Elysium, the universally acknowledged Demonic Ancestor of the Wilds’ Demonist factions. Moreover, in the Wilds, Imperial Apex cultivators were rare enough to count on one’s fingers, but she was one of those rare few!

In just a few blinks of the eye, miserable shrieks echoed through the air, and blood splattered the skies. All of the Nine Heavens Pavilion experts had been killed!

After finishing them off, the Heavensdeath Demon Empress seemed to have vented. She murmured to herself, “Do you really think coming here from the stars means you can act like tyrants in my Demons’ Elysium? I’ve been putting up with you for far too long!”

As she spoke, she saw Su Yi approach, and she instantly broke into an intoxicating smile and went up to greet him. “Brother Su, as you can see, my plan let us trap the Sixth Warden effortlessly. There was no need to go all out.”

Su Yi took out his wicker chair, sat down, and watched the battle raging within the formation. He said casually, “Not even a stage performer could have put on such a superb show. Earlier, even I almost couldn’t tell whose side you were on.”

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress stood daintily at Su Yi’s side, smiling sweetly. “Me? I’ll always be on your side, Brother Su. Forever and ever and ever.”

Su Yi snickered. “But this wasn’t at all what you planned earlier.”

On their way to the Demons’ Elysium, she hashed out the details of this operation. However, it was only after it began that Su Yi realized that she wasn’t acting in accordance with what she’d decided earlier. The biggest difference was that she’d used him as bait and trapped him atop the Platform of Self-Severing!

The Heavensdeath Demon Empress giggled. "Brother Su, close friends should be honest with each other. How could the Platform of Self-Severing possibly contain someone like you?”

She then patiently explained that had she done otherwise, it would have been difficult to make the Sixth Warden take the bait.

Furthermore, when the fighting broke out, she needed to prevent the aftershock from hurting the sect’s disciples. The Platform of Self-Severing was her only choice.

And if she wanted the Sixth Warden to obediently step into the Heaven-Slaughtering, World-Severing Formation so they could trap him like a beetle in a jar, only Su Yi could serve as bait.

“That aside, I didn’t tell you earlier because I didn’t anticipate how guarded the Sixth Warden would be. If he sensed that anything was even the slightest thing off, he would have suspected that there was a problem with the Platform of Self-Severing. I had no choice but to change my plans.”

Here, the Heavensdeath Demon Empress couldn’t help but laugh. “Fortunately, my plan still went off without a hitch. Now, all we have to do is watch the show.”

None of that bothered Su Yi. He understood the Heavensdeath Demon Empress’s disposition. She might be capricious and full of tricks, but she had a lot more confidence and trust in him than in the Nine Heavens Pavilion.

Here, the Heavensdeath Demon Empress’s smile faded, and she said softly, “Brother Su, this time, I’m really risking it all. The lives of everyone in the Demons’ Elysium are now in your hands. If you can’t help them erase the Nine Heavens Pavilion’s Lifestealing Curse, my Demons’ Elysium is truly finished.”

“Just relax. Within two years, this problem will resolve itself,” Su Yi said casually.

Back in the Netherworld, the Netherworld King told him that she’d be able to escape the City of the Wrongfully Dead within two years. When the time came, she’d come looking for him in the Wilds.

And the Netherworld King was once the Seventh Warden of the Nine Heavens Pavilion! Others might be helpless against the Lifestealing Curse, but it wouldn’t be at all difficult for the Netherworld King.

As the two of them conversed, the Sixth Warden fought valiantly within the formation. His strength was indeed terrifying. He was only in the mid-stage Profound Unity Realm, but his combat prowess was heaven-defying!

How powerful was the Heaven-Slaughtering, World-Severing Formation? It could trap even Imperial Apex cultivators, but it had yet to completely suppress the Sixth Warden.

“This guy really is more terrifying than I anticipated,” the Heavensdeath Demon Empress whispered, a solemn look on her face.

The cultivation and secret arts the Sixth Warden had displayed were almost powerful beyond imagination.

Despite being suppressed and cutting a sorry figure, and despite being covered with bleeding wounds, he only fought ever more valiantly. His essence, qi, and spirit were as majestic as a divine mountain, and he’d never truly been shaken!

Su Yi subtly inclined his head. “This guy’s cultivation is in the same realm as the young mistress of the Studio of the Heart, and his combat strength isn’t much inferior. He really is strong.

“That aside, he has numerous powerful cards up his sleeves, and he’s still yet to use that sword Spirit Ashes. That’s what I’m most cautious of.”

Her eyes flashed. “And that’s why I opted for a scheme; clashing with someone so dangerous head-on isn’t worth the risk.”

“But it seems to me that it’ll be difficult to kill him with just the Heaven-Slaughtering, World-Severing Formation,” said Su Yi.

Indeed, a little less than ten minutes later, the Sixth Warden seemed to realize that going on like this wouldn’t get him out of the formation’s encirclement, and that struggling would only exhaust his energy reserves. Thus, he directly drew upon his trump card.

Clang!

A dense sword hum rang out, intimidating the heart and soul.

A Dao Sword appeared in the Sixth Warden’s grip.

It was four feet long, four fingers wide, and pitch-black throughout. Its edge was thick, dull, and unsophisticated, and a mysterious golden eye was emblazoned on its hilt.

“That’s the sword!” The Heavensdeath Demon Empress’s pupils constricted. She’d already told Su Yi about the weapon that made her hair stand on end. She sensed a lethal threat emanating from it! Now, this sword had appeared before them!

Still seated in his wicker chair, Su Yi’s eyes narrowed.

But before he could give the sword any serious attention, the Sixth Warden leaped and slashed furiously.

A dazzling, searing arc of golden light slashed through the sky, as if illuminating the nine heavens and intimidating the ten directions.

Boom!!!

When this slash descended, the Heaven-Slaughtering, World-Refining Formation suddenly shook violently. Countless formation markings collapsed as the slash carved open a heart-stirring, shocking rift!

Startled cries rang out as the old monsters circulating the formation visibly lost their composure. The terrifying impact let them staggering back, a miserable sight.

Smoke permeated the air, and a gaunt figure emanating appalling murderous intent flew out of the hole in the formation.

He carried a vibrating Dao Sword. The sound shook the heavens, and resplendent golden light poured down from its edge.

This was none other than the Sixth Warden!