Born with immortal seed

Chapter 326 Sword Drawn Amidst the Sky, Nascent Soul Falls

It takes a hundred years to nurture a sword.

It has been almost fifty years since Bai Zichen mastered the Azure Emperor Longevity Sword and chose the Purple Star Thunder Sword.

Relying on the remains of the Spring and Autumn Cicada, one of the five great insects in the cultivation world, he greatly shortened the time required to cultivate the sword, and had already mastered this supreme divine power several years ago.

Meanwhile, the Ziwei Xuanlei Sword, which had been resting in the Supreme Qingwei Sword Box for the longest time, had long since recovered from its sword embryo state and become a special third-tier flying sword.

The flying sword's power is only at the third level, but its spirituality and essence far exceed that of the third level.

The only shortcoming is that he hasn't yet been able to refine the Ziwei Dazzling Thunder Sword into his natal flying sword, but this doesn't have much impact on his use of the Azure Emperor Longevity Sword.

With a single swing of the sword, the world changed color; the lingering sword light arrived in an instant.

An endless river appeared in the sky, accompanied by sword light.

It is unknown where it came from, and where it is going.

It was like a dream, yet also like falling into reality, affecting the workings of this world.

"The Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword, through the cycles of time and prosperity, the long river of history..."

From the moment he gripped the sword to the moment he swung it, Bai Zichen carefully observed the changes, trying to grasp even a fraction of them.

With the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword as a medium, he was able to borrow the power of time and even summon the River of Time.

This does not mean that he has truly reached such a profound level in the understanding of the Way of Time.

Nine Lotus True Monarch had long sensed that a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator was approaching, but he didn't take it to heart at all.

At the Core Formation Realm, anyone who enters his Nascent Soul Realm without fourth-tier techniques cannot survive even a moment.

Before long, they will be completely transformed into wooden puppets, losing all their consciousness.

This sword light was formed from tiny lightning bolts, and in terms of power alone, it was at the level of a normal three-section flying sword.

Nine Lotus True Lord didn't even want to glance at it; a simple wooden puppet or two lotus petals could easily block it.

But the next moment, he showed an expression of disbelief and horror.

In his nearly thousand years of cultivation, he had never witnessed such a bizarre scene, making him doubt whether his common sense about cultivation had been distorted.

"The power of time!"

The river of time clearly appeared in the world the instant the sword light was unleashed, but in the divine consciousness of the Nine Lotus True Monarch, it had just appeared.

Just one glance was enough to cause him to lose track of time.

He spat out a mouthful of blood onto the jade ruler in his hand, and his natal magic weapon split into a hundred or so, forming the Eight Trigrams and Sixty-Four Symbols, which then enveloped the sword light.

At the same time, all the remaining blue lotuses in front of him merged into one, blooming and withering in an instant, and forming a golden lotus seed.

From this golden lotus seed emerged a golden divine general, with three heads and six arms, wielding a Dharma wheel, a treasure vase, two swords, and two shields.

It is a hundred feet tall, protecting the Nine Lotus True Lord within.

This golden deity is one of the Nine Lotus True Lord's trump cards. After being summoned, all the protective green lotuses disappear, requiring each one to be re-cultivated, which takes a very long time.

At the same time, he incorporated his own understanding of the true meaning of the Great Dao into it, so as to resist this seemingly ordinary yet extremely amazing sword strike.

"One Ge Cang is one thing, but why is there another sword cultivator who has mastered the Great Dao of Time at the Core Formation stage... Could it be that the Qingfeng Sect is truly favored by destiny, and it is their turn to rise?"

Nine Lotus True Monarch secretly hardened his heart, determined to kill these two Core Formation True Persons of the Green Maple Sect today, even if it meant passing away in Black Mountain.

Otherwise, if even one person escapes, it would mean leaving the Holy Lotus Sect with an extremely formidable opponent.

The Great Dao of Time is indeed powerful, but the gap between the two in terms of realm is too great. True Monarch Nine Lotus is confident that he can dissolve and block it with his own Great Dao True Meaning.

call out!
The sword light pierced through layers of jade rulers and, upon entering the Nascent Soul Realm, caused the entire small world to shake violently.

Every attack from the golden god general landed on empty air, until finally encountering a slight resistance when it pierced through the god general's body.

However, the qualitative difference between the two was too great, and the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword ultimately struck its target.

Nine Lotus True Monarch looked at what was in front of him with a bewildered expression. When he looked down again, he was already old and frail, having transformed from a handsome young man into a decrepit old man. The decaying aura of death could no longer be blocked.

A plump, white-haired nascent soul leaped out from above, clutching its natal jade ruler, its expression panicked.

He looked around and was about to activate his teleportation ability to leave the area first.

Such a bizarre sword light completely ignored defense and easily shattered his Dao True Meaning, causing his physical body to age to the point of collapse.

This instilled a deep sense of fear in him, making him afraid to stay where he was.

"what!"

Just as the Nine Lotus True Monarch's nascent soul was about to teleport, it sensed an immense terror descending upon it. Its small face revealed a look of fear, and it let out a scream filled with boundless pain.

The nascent soul also aged rapidly, revealing deathly aura, and finally turned into specks of light that drifted in all directions.

His natal magic weapon and the physical body of the Nine Lotus True Lord fell straight down from the sky like a kite with a broken string, already devoid of any life force and their primordial spirit annihilated.

The entire Nascent Soul Realm, having lost its master and been pierced by the power of time, collapsed and disintegrated at an astonishing speed.

Under normal circumstances, even though the realm of a Nascent Soul True Monarch cannot form a self-contained small world like the cave heaven of a Nascent Soul cultivator, and can last for hundreds or thousands of years or even longer after losing its master, it can still last for several years.

However, the Nascent Soul Realm, which Nine Lotus True Monarch had spent hundreds of years investing countless efforts and resources, began to collapse immediately after his death.

In less than ten breaths, it completely disintegrated and returned to the void.

"The Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword, birth, aging, sickness and death, the passage of time... It turns out that True Monarch Nine Lotus only has a lifespan of less than sixty years, which has worried me for a long time."

Bai Zichen looked at the Ziwei Xuanlei Sword in his hand. After using the Qingdi Changsheng Sword, which had been nurtured for a hundred years, this sword became much lighter and more agile.

The sword was drawn to annihilate the enemy, and the river of time grew ever more distant. Finally, a streak of blue light was cast into the river and flew straight upstream.

This first killing move of the Fish-Dragon Sect, although described in ancient records as being so powerful that it could ignore all defenses and shorten lifespan, is still powerful.

Since I haven't experienced it firsthand, I always have some concerns.

Moreover, he was using the Core Formation stage to fight against the Nascent Soul stage. Even the cultivation manual of the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword states that if the opponent has an equal amount of Dao True Meaning, they can still block the power of time.

Fortunately, the ending was perfect, as the power of the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword exceeded all expectations.

Even though the Nine Lotus True Monarch had less than a hundred years left to live, and the Azure Emperor's Longevity Sword was weakened by the Golden Divine General, he was still on the verge of being killed.

“Reducing lifespan is equal for all beings, even those whose nascent souls leave their bodies cannot escape it… It’s a pity that a single sword strike can only cut off two hundred years of lifespan. When it encounters nascent soul cultivators in their prime, it can only severely injure them, and cannot kill them with a single sword strike.”

Bai Zichen shrank the ground twice and arrived beside Ge Cang Zhenren, supporting him.

"Senior Brother Ge, has the Pink Crystal Jade Shattering Technique been lifted? How long did it last?"

"It's less than eighty breaths, it's nothing serious, you won't die... You already know about this supernatural power, it seems you've already entered the realm of the Glazed Fire God Body."

Master Ge Cang has returned to normal, but he looks completely empty, as if a gust of wind could blow him away.

"I wasted my five crystal-clear physiques to stop a Nascent Soul True Monarch, and I still came out unharmed. What more could I ask for?"

Just as Bai Zichen was about to speak, he felt another powerful pressure and looked at the unfamiliar cultivator who had appeared in front of him.

……

"The Sword of Time!"

Shi Chengdong's expression was complicated as he stared intently at the sword light that filled his entire field of vision.

He had a delusion that the sword light was dragging the river of time along with it, and the intense power of time made him feel as if he had returned to the most humiliating moment of his life.

The Withered Glory Sword Lord of the Five Phoenix Sword Sect is hailed as one of the few people in the cultivation world with the best chance of breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm.

Like Shi Chengdong, he was at the mid-Nascent Soul stage, and it was he who came to the Heavenly Principles Sect to discuss the relocation of the fourth-order spiritual vein.

They didn't even discuss a single word that day.

With a mere flick of his hand, the Kuru Sword Sect sent Shi Chengdong ensnared in the Time Sword Cage, where he struggled for several hours before finally breaking free.

Upon raising his eyes, he saw the withered and flourishing swordsman, who was squinting and seemingly half-asleep.

After that, Shi Chengdong lost all illusions and made the decision to leave Zhongyu that very day.

He finally understood why, despite being at the same mid-stage Nascent Soul realm, the cultivation world held such vastly different opinions of him and others.

The Sword Lord of Withered Glory has mastered the power of time to an astonishing degree. If he so desired, killing Shi Chengdong would be a matter of a single sword strike.

Although the Sword of Time before him was far inferior in power, it seemed to be not much different in quality from the Sword Lord of Withering and Flourishing, which made him feel a momentary illusion.

Seeing that the Nine Lotus True Monarch was powerless to resist the Sword of Time and died, Shi Chengdong was not shocked at all.

Such sword light, carrying the true meaning from the river of time, would surely kill an incomplete early-stage Nascent Soul cultivator.

In Shi Chengdong's view, the Nine Lotus True Lord had no means to deal with the power of time.

This is normal; there are no cultivators in the entire Northern Region who have embarked on the Path of Time.

Everyone knows that the power of time is mysterious and incredibly powerful, but no one can truly understand it if you delve deeper.

Even in the Central Region, if it weren't for the sudden emergence of the Sword Sovereign of Withering and Flourishing, no one would believe that the Great Dao of Time could be mastered by a Nascent Soul cultivator. Many people thought it was just a fabrication in ancient books.

Having already surpassed almost all the true meanings of the Great Dao, and having no understanding of them or how to resist them, the only outcome was certain death.

Shi Chengdong felt that even if he were to go up there, things might not be much better.

He saw it clearly: the river of time had locked onto his target, and even if you could travel thousands of miles in an instant, you would still be your past self and your future self.

And countless versions of themselves in the river of time will be struck by this sword light, unavoidably, and can only be met head-on with the true meaning of the Great Dao.

To survive, one must gamble on whether their understanding of the true meaning of the Great Dao can mitigate some of the power of time, and whether their remaining lifespan can withstand the sword of time.

I'm at most 50% sure, and that's only because the one who drew the sword was a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator.

"Lord Shi, what happened? Why is there no sound?"

The booming sounds of the battle ceased, and Qu Yang, noticing the change in Shi Chengdong's expression, anxiously asked, "Did my ancestor win?"

“Fellow Daoist Jiulian has perished. Let me lead you to pay your respects.”

Experience told Shi Chengdong that the Qingfeng Sect swordsman would never swing the Sword of Time a second time, but he still hesitated for a long time.

(End of this chapter)