Zhu Xian: The way of heaven collapses, and I only have one sword!

Chapter 37 If you don’t let me live, then I will let you die!

In the light of the blooming Supreme Dao Flower, Chen Qiye slowly opened his eyes. An unprecedented light flashed in his eyes. That light contained endless wisdom and power, as if he had insight into all the mysteries of the universe.

At this moment, the calamity clouds in the sky grew thicker and thicker, condensing into a terrifying cloud with a radius of fifty meters in the blink of an eye. A barrier formed at the outer edge of the cloud, isolating Chen Qiye, who was undergoing the calamity, from the outside world. Chen Qiye was very satisfied with this. After all, he couldn't drag the entire Qingyun Sect down with him while undergoing the calamity.

Chen Qiye slowly stood up, only to see the Supreme Dao Flower beneath him slowly shrink. The moment the Supreme Dao Flower completely sank into his brow, his aura suddenly changed. His once raging spiritual energy was now subdued, barely perceptible, yet still faintly emitting a sense of oppression that would bring even heaven and earth to its knees.

Calamity clouds rolled, and thunder and lightning raged within the barrier. A thick pillar of lightning, carrying the power to destroy heaven and earth, crashed down towards Chen Qiye.

Chen Qiye looked at the lightning column that was crashing down with boundless destructive force. His eyes didn't hold a trace of fear, but instead gleamed with excitement and a sense of challenge. Just as the lightning column was about to reach him, he slowly raised his right hand and gently snapped his fingers.

In an instant, the entire world seemed to freeze. The once unstoppable pillar of lightning suddenly stopped in mid-air. Immediately afterwards, tiny cracks appeared on its surface, spreading rapidly like a spider web. With a mere snap of the fingers, the pillar of lightning, brimming with terrifying power that could eclipse heaven and earth, began to shatter and disintegrate at a speed visible to the naked eye. With each crack, the universe shook, and space itself distorted.

Looking at this scene, the people in the audience were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths. The expressions on their faces were frozen into various expressions of shock.

Daoxuan Zhenren's eyes flashed with a trace of unconcealable relief and pride. As Chen Qiye's master, he watched his apprentice step by step reach his current height, and the joy in his heart was indescribable.

As the lightning pillar shattered, the calamity cloud seemed completely enraged, emitting bursts of dull roars. More lightning bolts weaved through the cloud like silver snakes, and in an instant, they converged into two stout thunder dragons, a hundred meters long, swirling with a destructive aura as they pounced forward with bared fangs and claws.

Chen Qiye frowned slightly, raised his hand, and the Nine Heavens Divine Weapon Autumn Water Without Trace appeared in his hand. He then swung his sword and shouted, "Two Sleeves of Green Snake!"

I saw two balls of green sword energy like two nimble green snakes, rushing out violently, wrapped in a sharp wind, hissing and whistling, heading towards the two thunder dragons.

The sword energy and the thunder dragons collided with a deafening roar, a sound that threatened to rupture the eardrums of heaven and earth. For a moment, a brilliant light shone brightly, blinding everyone. When the light faded, everyone saw that the two thunder dragons were being forced to retreat step by step by the sword energy. Lightning flashed continuously on the thunder dragons, as if they were struggling to break free from the sword energy's restraints.

"Tear it apart!" Chen Qiye snorted coldly.

As soon as the words fell, the two azure sword energies, as if receiving the most sacred command, instantly erupted with even greater power. The Thunder Dragon, already retreating at every turn, saw its lightning light dim under this fierce attack, and its scales began to peel off, transforming into tiny fragments of lightning that dissipated between heaven and earth.

With the disappearance of the two thunder dragons, the calamity clouds surged even more frantically, their roars causing the spiritual energy between heaven and earth to become chaotic. Immediately afterwards, three even more robust thunder dragons roared out from the depths of the calamity clouds. Lightning emanated from these three thunder dragons like liquid metal, and every swing of their bodies caused violent vibrations in space. Black spatial cracks appeared and closed around them, emitting an aura even more terrifying than before.

"Sword Qi Rolls Dragon Wall!"

Chen Qiye roared, the Autumn Water Sword in his hand flashing coldly under the lightning. As he moved, it drew sharp arcs, and a strong sword energy flew out of the sword, like a roaring dragon, carrying a rolling momentum and swooping towards the three thunder dragons.

The moment the sword energy collided with the thunder dragon, an invisible shock wave spread out in all directions with the collision point as the center. Wherever it went, the space seemed to be kneaded by a giant hand, showing a strange distortion.

After a period of stalemate, the third heavenly tribulation seemed to be lacking in momentum. The liquid lightning currents on the three thunder dragons gradually slowed down, and the terrifying oppressive feeling that had once seemed so real also quietly subsided.

Chen Qiye keenly caught this change, his clothes rustling, the Autumn Water Sword in his hand shone brightly, and the already majestic sword energy rolling dragon wall suddenly increased again, completely engulfing the three thunder dragons with overwhelming force.

After a moment of calm, the calamity clouds, under the tense gaze of the crowd, surged wildly like a monstrous beast on fire. The fourth and fifth celestial tribulations brewed simultaneously. In an instant, nine raging dragons, towering from heaven and earth, thundered down from the depths of the calamity clouds. Even before the thunder dragons arrived, the overwhelming pressure caused the surrounding space to crackle under the weight, as if it would shatter at any moment.

Below, Chen Qiye stepped on the Seven Stars, took seven steps in a row, raised his Autumn Water Sword and pointed it towards the sky, muttering to himself, "Watch me practice what I've learned. The Nine Heavens Mysterious Break will transform into divine thunder. I'll guide the mighty power of heaven with my sword!"

"I only watched it once, and yet he can perform it so wonderfully!" Lu Xueqi muttered to herself, eyes filled with shock and admiration. She knew very well how difficult it was to perform the "Divine Sword Controlling Lightning Art." Even if one had some understanding of the principles, to perfectly replicate it in such a short time was beyond the reach of ordinary people.

The divine thunder unleashed by Chen Qiye collided with the nine thunder dragons transformed from the calamity clouds. For a moment, lightning flashed across the sky and earth, and the blinding lightning forced everyone to close their eyes. The violent power raged, and the entire Qingyun Mountain trembled violently under the impact, as if it would collapse at any moment.

Under the gaze of everyone, Chen Qiye slowly put the Qiu Shui Wuhen sword into the scabbard. The spiritual power around him instantly converged, and the already chaotic spiritual energy of heaven and earth madly gathered towards the Qiu Shui Wuhen sword in his hand.

"Cut the sky and draw the sword!"

As soon as the words fell, a dazzling sword light shot up into the sky. It seemed to have condensed all the sharpness in the world, carrying the power of splitting the world apart, and slashed straight at the nine thunder dragons that were being dragged by the divine thunder. "Bang—"

With the deafening sound, the nine thunder dragons were completely annihilated by Chen Qiye's astonishing sword. Countless tiny lightning bolts shot out in all directions like fireworks, carrying the unique violent aura of thunder, colliding with the spiritual energy between heaven and earth, making crackling sounds.

Before Chen Qiye could even catch his breath, the sixth, seventh, and eighth heavenly tribulations had already coalesced. Instead of the imagined teeming thunder dragons, there was a single, tangible super-thunder dragon, encompassing the entire energy of those tribulations. Its body was so massive it seemed to span the heavens and earth, and the lightning swirled around it like countless living creatures. Every flash of lightning was accompanied by the shattering and reorganization of the laws of heaven and earth.

Everyone was stunned as they looked at the super thunder dragon that spanned the sky and the earth.

The smile on Tian Buyi's face had long since vanished, replaced by a solemn expression. He turned to look at Su Ru and whispered, "This kid is trying too hard. Even old guys like us aren't sure we can withstand such a tribulation."

Su Ru nodded slightly, her eyes full of worry, and her hands clenched unconsciously.

Taoist Master Daoxuan frowned, thinking to himself that the power of this thirty-sixth level of heavenly tribulation was indeed beyond imagination. Although Chen Qiye was extremely talented, facing such a terrifying tribulation thunder was extremely dangerous.

Master Shuiyue looked at Chen Qiye with mixed feelings. On the one hand, she was still a little concerned about Lu Xueqi and Chen Qiye's relationship; on the other hand, she had to admit the formidable strength Chen Qiye displayed.

Taoist Cangsong looked at Chen Qiye below the heavenly tribulation and was stunned for a moment. It seemed that there was a familiar shadow on Chen Qiye. He murmured, "Senior Brother Wan..."

The next second, Chen Qiye grasped Qiu Shui Wuhen, the sword trembling slightly, emitting a crisp sword sound. The spiritual power in his body surged like a turbulent river, chanting the incantation: "The righteousness of heaven and earth, the vastness lasts forever. I do not seek to kill immortals, but to slay ghosts and gods!"

In an instant, a black sword energy, wrapped in rolling murderous energy, rose into the sky, winding and circling in the air, like a giant black dragon, with bared fangs and claws, and a fierce momentum.

"Senior Brother Wan's true technique for slaying ghosts and gods!"

Cangsong, Suru and Shuiyue blurted out the words almost at the same time. Their eyes were filled with shock, confusion, reminiscence and other emotions. In a trance, Wan Jianyi's figure seemed to overlap with Chen Qiye.

The black sword energy, which was filled with murderous aura, was like a black meteor streaking across the sky, rushing straight towards the super thunder dragon that spanned the sky and the earth.

The moment the sword energy collided with the thunder dragon, an invisible energy ripple spread outward with the collision point as the center, and black space cracks spread rapidly like a spider web.

Chen Qiye only felt a surge of overwhelming force coming at him. Although he tried his best to resist with his spiritual power, the force was too terrifying. His body felt like it was hit by a sledgehammer, and his internal organs were churning.

With a "puff" sound, Chen Qiye suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood. The bright red blood mist looked particularly dazzling under the reflection of lightning. After the blood spurted out, his face instantly turned as pale as paper, and there was still a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth.

After breaking through the ghost-slaying gods, the Super Thunder Dragon, with its residual power of destroying the world, bombarded directly towards Chen Qiye. In an instant, lightning filled the air, and the light was so bright that people could not open their eyes.

"Seven nights!"

Just as Lu Xueqi's cry filled with endless fear and worry pierced the sky, Chen Qiye, who was shrouded in lightning, took out the Liuhe Mirror from his arms and hovered above his head, and the spiritual power in his body continuously flowed into the Liuhe Mirror.

The Liuhe Mirror is extremely powerful. As long as the user's spiritual power is strong enough, the Liuhe Mirror can resist all attacks.

As the light of the Liuhe Mirror burst forth at its full strength, the terrifying force carried by the Super Thunder Dragon was slowly blocked. The roar of the Thunder Dragon and the humming of the Liuhe Mirror intertwined together, forming a heart-pounding sound. Everyone in the audience watched this scene nervously, not daring to breathe.

Blood splattered out of Chen Qiye's mouth and turned into a blood mist under the reflection of lightning, but it was instantly evaporated by the terrifying energy. His body was crumbling under the bombardment of the super thunder dragon, his feet were deeply sunk into the ground, and the whole person seemed to be swallowed by the endless lightning at any time.

"If you don't let me live, then... I will kill you!"

(End of this chapter)