First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 1798 - Breaking the Cage of the Dao Heart

Chu Yunjia was going all out! He’d unleashed the full extent of his Great Martial Stage cultivation base. He’d practically set it on fire.

When he attacked, the Red Dragon Dao Monarch’s petite frame stiffened, and her Dao Heart quivered. Even her soul was under unprecedented suppression!

Helplessness and despair washed over her, sweeping through her heart like a tidal wave. Her beautiful face paled, and her golden eyes widened. At the same time, her despairing heart filled with indescribable bitterness and fury.

The bitterness was easily explained.

She’d yet to enter the Great Realm, and she’d yet to avenge her foster father! How could she just let herself die?

Her fury, however, was directed at herself. In the face of a Great Realm expert, she felt terror, awe, and dread! This was normal to most, but to her dignity and pride, it was a massive affront. She couldn’t tolerate it!

Better to die in battle than shrink back like a coward and wait for death!

In that moment, her bloodline seemed to awaken. Her eyes shone with imposing light, and an illusory dragon appeared behind her and soared into the heavens with an infuriated roar.

Boiling hot draconic majesty spread throughout heaven and earth.

Boom!!!

The Red Dragon Dao Monarch swung her fist. She was holding nothing back—she poured all of her latent potential and abilities into this strike!

Her fair, slender hand silently transformed into a dragon claw large enough to blot out the heavens. It rippled through the sky, glinting as if it had been forged out of molten gold.

Bang!!

The surrounding sky shattered like glass. Countless rifts formed as the skies fell; explosive, destructive power swept outward.

The Red Dragon Dao Monarch’s petite frame shot back like an arrow, then slammed to the ground several thousand feet away. Blood poured from her lips, and the bones of her right arm shattered. The entire limb was reduced to a bloody pulp.

Although she managed to block Chu Yunjia’s full-force attack in the end, she was dealt a massive blow.

Despite her injuries, indescribable delight filled her heart. I did it! I blocked a Great Martial Stage expert’s killer move!

Off in the distance, Chu Yunjia’s pupils constricted, and his face was unsightly. An Immortal Queen-level Red Dragon actually blocked my killer, full-force attack in a head-on confrontation!?

“That’s right. If you want to prove your Dao and enter the Great Realm, you must shatter your reverence and fear for Great Realm experts. If a god blocks your path, kill him. If a Buddha stands in your way, kill him too. You must create a Dao Heart at ease and free of fear!”

Su Yi’s gratified voice resounded throughout heaven and earth.

A moment later, he appeared out of nowhere, right in front of Chu Yunjia.

The Sword of the Human Realm descended, swathed in mysterious and terrifying sword intent.

Boom!

Heaven and earth seemed to split beneath the edge of his sword. That tyrannical power made Chu Yunjia’s hair stand on end.

“Break!!” Chu Yunjia’s hair and beard bristled with fury. He swung his massive silver hammer, and thirteen divine rings of the Grand Dao appeared around him, each manifesting a Dao Domain barrier.

When he waved his silver hammer, the thirteen layers of barrier descended.

It was as if he’d picked up thirteen worlds and slammed them down to earth. The terrifying power of the Great Martial Stage abruptly collapsed the surrounding three hundred thousand feet of sky.

The black fog filling the sky was instantly swept away!

A moment later, a deafening impact rang out. When Su Yi’s sword landed, one barrier after under burst into pieces, scattering a rain of resplendent divine light.

And then another moment later....

Clang——!!

A sound like metal boring through stone filled the air.

Chu Yunjia lost his grip on his hammer as he was sent flying back.

Thud!

He landed several thousand feet away, stirring up a cloud of dust. He lay there on his back, his entire body shaking and his face pallid and translucent. His eyes bulged, and his lips quivered as if he wanted to say something.

But in the end, no sound came out.

A bloody mark appeared between his eyebrows and descended downward until finally, his body silently split in two. His flesh burned like wood chips, and soon, nothing remained of him but ash.

Destroyed, body and soul!

One slash, and it was as if Su Yi had cut through rotten wood. He shattered Chu Yunjia’s defenses, broke his ultimate attack, and slew him on the spot!

Just like that, a Great Martial Stage expert bit the dust.

The majesty of Su Yi’s attack was simply shocking. It would have been enough to dazzle any era, and astonish even the heavens themselves!

The Red Dragon Dao Monarch stood there in a daze.

“Ancestor——!”

Grief-stricken cries resounded from the Lifeless Mountain. All six Immortal Kings were alarmed. Who could have imagined that the Great Martial Stage Chu Yunjia would die at the hands of an Immortal Lord?

“Run! Hurry up and run!” Panicked cries rang out, and the Immortal Kings fled with all their might.

But at this point, how could Su Yi possibly show mercy?

He shot ahead, then disappeared into thin air. A moment later, one streak of sword qi after another descended from the heavens.

One after another, Immortal Kings lost their lives!

Nothing unexpected happened. The whole process was little different from reaping wheat. Every swing of his sword took another life, and not even the strongest of the group, the peak Miracle Realm experts, could block a single hit!

Blood fell like rain. Heaven and earth were in turmoil.

Su Yi put away the Sword of the Human Realm, raised his jug of wine, and took a deep drink.

The Red Dragon Dao Monarch walked over and bowed deeply, delight written all over her beautiful face. “Many thanks, Your Excellency, for helping me break the cage of my Dao Heart!”

“Earlier, I left you to face a life-or-death trial alone. Don’t you blame me?” Su Yi asked with a laugh. n/ô/vel/b//in dot c//om

The Red Dragon Dao Monarch hurriedly shook her head. “I understand your intentions, Your Excellency. To me, this brush with peril was a rare and precious opportunity. I’m immensely grateful. How could I possibly find fault with you?”

Her heart really was full of delight and gratitude. She understood Su Yi’s intentions.

The brink of life and death was terrifying!

If she wanted to prove her Dao and break through, she had to excise any awe she had for the Great Realm. Otherwise, how could she reach it? How could she attain the pinnacle of the Immortal Dao?

It might have seemed like Su Yi had failed to come to her aid, but in truth, he’d created an opportunity for her to face a Great Realm expert in a head-on confrontation and shatter the cage around her Dao Heart!

She was quite sure that she would have been fine even if she’d shrunk back in terror. However, it would have come back to bite her when she attempted to break through. After all, shrinking back meant leaving a shadow on your Dao Heart!

“Rest up and tend to your wounds. You can explore the Lifeless Mountain after you’ve recovered,” ordered Su Yi. He was already headed up its slopes alone.

The Red Dragon Dao Monarch nodded. “Understood!”

However, she didn’t rush to tend to her injuries. First, she gathered up the spoils. It was only after she’d finished that she sat down to meditate.

By then, Su Yi was already halfway up the mountain.

Kaboom!

An explosion of Immortal Dao Law Fragments came crashing down. No Immortal King in this world could have withstood their sheer destructive power.

But before they could even get close to Su Yi, his power of the Grand Dao blocked them. They couldn’t so much as scratch him.

He then continued high up the mountain, not even pausing his ascent. Along the way, the Immortal Dao Law Fragments grew even more explosive, and even more terrifying.

Upon closer inspection, they were all different colors, as they were manifested from different Laws. However, none of them were pure. Rather, they were intermingled with dense, terrifying death qi.

The higher Su Yi climbed, the greater the pressure he had to bear.

When he was just ten thousand feet from the peak, a swath of Law Fragments whooshed toward him, making him stagger back on impact.

“These Law Fragments contain the strongest possible World King-level power of the Grand Dao!” Su Yi’s eyes lit up.

He’d come to the Lifeless Mountain to prove his Dao, enter the Miracle Realm, and become an Immortal King!

The reason was simple. The Immortal Dao Law Fragments here could be refined into Dao-Refining Pearls. They were wondrously useful, both for breaking through and for establishing foundations in the Miracle Realm.

This was an opportunity not found anywhere in the outside world!

Su Yi didn’t advance any further. Instead, he sat cross-legged and took out the Divine Replenishment Furnace.

Boom!

The Divine Replenishment Furnace lit up. Purple light rose, and it instantly expanded until it was several hundred feet across.

The raging flood of Law Fragments slammed into the furnace, making it sway, but the furnace nonetheless seemed excited and eager. It devoured the flood of Law Fragments with greedy, borderline maddened hunger.

Even though the impact made the whole furnace tremble, this did nothing to stop its desire for the Law Fragments!

The reason was simple. The Immortal Dao Law Fragments could repair its severely damaged source power!

“Rise!”

A verdant little tree suddenly floated over the meditating Su Yi’s head. Chaos mist rose around its slender branches and soft, supple leaves.

The Tree of All Worlds!

When this Divine Chaos Life Form appeared, its branches suddenly extended in all directions like tentacles, shooting into the surging flood of Law Fragments.

Its branches immediately trapped many of the fragments, which it ruthlessly crushed into powder and transformed into pure source power of the Grand Dao. The Tree of All Worlds then absorbed them.

“I thought that would work.” A smile tugged at Su Yi’s lips.

He’d had a headache all this time over how best to help the Tree of All Worlds grow. It required highly specific fertilizers that could nourish its source power, things like Five-Colored Earth and Nine Abyss Divine Spring Water. In other words, ordinary treasures were no use at all.

Fortunately, the unimaginable number of Immortal Dao Law Fragments on the Lifeless Peak included no shortage of powers capable of accelerating the Tree of All Worlds’ growth.

Now, those fragments were serving as fertilizer. The Tree of All Worlds was absorbing them all!

“Next, I ought to start preparing for my breakthrough...” Su Yi cast aside his scattered thoughts, sat down, and meditated.

One day passed, then another...

After three days of meditation, Su Yi acquired three Dao-Refining Pearls from the Divine Replenishment Furnace.

All of them shone as brilliantly as the sun, and the dense chaos aura emanating from them was the strongest Immortal King Grand Dao source power!

It took roughly three thousand Law Fragments to condense a single pearl.

As for the Tree of All Worlds? Just three days had passed, but its trunk was a layer thicker, and it had sprouted numerous branches. It looked as if it were forged out of blue-green immortal jade, and it was extraordinarily mystical.

A strong sense of satisfaction with his harvest filled Su Yi’s heart.

I’d best wait a few more days. I’m afraid that three Dao-Refining Pearls won’t be enough to establish the strongest possible formations in the Miracle Realm.

After a moment’s thought, Su Yi resisted the impulse to attempt a breakthrough here and now.

In truth, he could have broken through any time after arriving on the Lifeless Mountain and killing the Great Martial Stage Chu Yunjia.

The only reason he hadn’t was because he wanted to gather a few more Dao-Refining Pearls first.