First Immortal of the Sword

The city’s cultivators were all astonished. They keenly sensed that the power of the Nine Tripod Suppression Barrier Formation had suddenly undergone an earth-shaking transformation. It was completely different from before!

“Great Uncle!” The purple-haired young man cried out. His expression finally wavered.

“How could this happen…?” The woman in the phoenix skirt was terrified.

“This isn’t good. Most likely, an extremely powerful formations grandmaster has taken control over the formation!” said the blood-colored silhouette, his voice cold and somber as demonic flames blazed around him.

As he spoke, the ten-thousand-foot tripod bore down upon him.

He tried to dodge with all his might, but it still sent him flying. He could no longer contend with the formation as he had before.

“Bastard! Does your Xia Family really want to play rough with us?” The crimson figure shouted in fury. Demonic qi burst around him, soaring into the sky with terrifying momentum.

Bang!

A moment later, he was sent flying once more. The spiritual light around him was thrown into chaos.

The crimson silhouette was, after all, a primordial spirit. Taking such attacks in rapid succession had dealt him enormous damage.

“See that? If you use the formation properly, you can play with a Spiritual Integration Realm cultivator’s primordial spirit with the same ease as a cat toying with a mouse.” As Su Yi spoke, his hands repeatedly formed seals, all of them used for controlling formations.

Weng Jiu watched from the sidelines, looking both bewildered and ashamed. He’d always thought himself proficient in controlling the Nine Tripod Suppression Barrier Formation’s power.

But now that he’d witnessed Su Yi’s methods, he realized that it meant to turn trash into treasure. He understood the difference between the light of a firefly and the radiance of the full moon!

“So this is the power of the Nine Tripod Suppression Barrier Formation?” Not far away, the middle-aged man was stunned too. His heart swelled with emotion.

When he thought back to what Su Yi said earlier, he had no choice but to admit that they… truly knew nothing of the Nine Tripod Suppression Barrier Formation’s true power!

But this wasn’t their fault.

This formation had existed since antiquity, and thousands of years had passed without anyone activating it. Furthermore, in the past, the imperial family only needed to unleash a tiny portion of its power to obliterate their foes.

Add that to thirty thousand years of corrosion beneath the Prohibition of Ancient Darkness, and the formation was damaged in numerous places. When they controlled it, how could they possibly unleash the full extent of its power?

If they truly understood the full extent of its subtleties and abstruse secrets, they would have fixed it a long time ago!

The crux of the matter was that the formation was too old, and in poor repair. Perhaps no one else in this world could draw out as much power out of it as Su Yi.

Bang!

Above Nine Tripod City and beneath the dome of heaven, the formation slammed into the crimson silhouette once more. He looked miserable, and the sight provoked countless startled cries throughout the city.

Even so, the crimson figure had no intention of fleeing or retreating. He suddenly bellowed, “Ruo Wen, bring out the Black Demon Blue Sun Umbrella!”

The woman in phoenix patterned skirts raised her hand, and a blue bone umbrella soared into the air and landed in the crimson silhouette’s palm.

The treasure’s surface was like a strange blue devil’s trumpet flower, while the handle was forged of blood-red, crystal-clear bone. 

As the crimson figure opened the umbrella—

Boom!

It was as if an unearthly blue and green sun had appeared in the sky. It burst with appalling, misty blue light and surged with limitless, rampaging, blood-colored demonic qi.

The entire stretch of sky was dyed an unearthly, terrifying, dense and bloody shade of red. Imposing demonic qi hung in the air.

That terrifying power actually managed to block the giant tripod bearing down on the crimson silhouette from afar.

“One of the Demonic Huan Family’s Nine Great Demonic Treasures, the Black Demon Blue Sun Umbrella!” The middle-aged man’s gaze focused.

This was a primordial demonic treasure. Although it was within the bounds of the Spirit Dao, its power was nonetheless incomparably miraculous.

As soon as it was unleashed, the umbrella unleashed Blue Sun Demonic Flames. They could easily incinerate mountains and boil seas!

Should the flames contaminate them, even Spirit Dao cultivators would instantly burn to ash!

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“A Spirit Dao demonic treasure, that’s all.” Su Yi shook his head and formed another hand seal.

Up in the sky, the massive tripod suddenly burst with radiant light, then transformed into a ten-thousand-foot sword. It filled the sky with the misty light of the formation as it slashed ruthlessly downward.

Rumble!

The massive sword cleaved through the flames like an axe through rotten wood.
Sparks scattered, and the Black Demon Blue Sun Umbrella wailed and shook violently; it seemed it wouldn’t be able to endure that terrifying suppressive force much longer.

The crimson silhouette’s expression finally changed. He no longer dared stick it out and instead chose to flee.

Boom!

In the end, the crimson silhouette avoided a lethal strike, but he was nonetheless sent flying. His body, which was manifested from his primordial spirit, shook violently, becoming noticeably dimmer and more indistinct.

He’d obviously suffered severe injuries!

“Dammit! If I were still in my peak, how could this possibly…” The crimson silhouette roared, his voice booming like thunder.

But before he could finish his sentence, the Nine Tripod Suppression Barrier Formation’s power transformed into a ten-thousand-foot whip under Su Yi’s control.

Crack!

The whip slashed open a perfectly straight, long, narrow rift in the sky.

That terrifying power brought with it sharp, indomitable destructive power. It struck so ruthlessly that even the crimson silhouette couldn’t help but visibly lose his composure.

He immediately used the Black Demon Blue Sun Umbrella to defend himself.

Boom!

Flecks of light scattered like rain, and turbulent energy currents swept forth.

The Black Demon Blue Sun Umbrella let out a heaven-shaking wail, and the devil’s trumpet-like surface almost split

The impact sent the crimson silhouette staggering back, and he became even more indistinct.

“Run!” In the end, the crimson silhouette roared in frustration and rage, then turned and fled, taking the Black Demon Blue Sun Umbrella with him. In the blink of an eye, he’d disappeared outside Nine Tripod City.

Meanwhile, the city’s cultivators stood, frozen in place. Without exception, their jaws hung slack and their eyes widened.

How contemptuous and arrogant was that crimson silhouette earlier? Searing, monstrous flames blazed around him as he carried a treasure ship through the sky, seemingly invincible.

Who’d have thought he’d wilt mere moments later? He’d been beaten into a miserable state, and he was covered in wounds; it almost hurt to look at him.

“Want to run? When has the family famous for their indomitable, overbearing, wanton ways ever been forced to flee?” Countless prominent figures felt shaken. They found this difficult to believe.

“The Demonic Huan Family? So what? This is no longer the world of thirty thousand years ago. So long as the Great Xia’s imperial family retains control of Nine Tripod City, no one should even think about opposive them! If they try, they’ll only fall flat on on their face,” Zeng Pu said wistfully.

After this battle, he realized that no matter how powerful ancient factions of monsters of the ancient era were, all of them had to accept a certain fact: the world had changed! It was no longer as they remembered it!

“Even the Demonic Huan Family ran up against a stone wall. Going forward, I’m afraid that anyone who wants to test themselves against the Great Xia’s imperial family will have to weigh the consequences carefully first,” whispered Gu Cangning.

The roots of the Great Xia’s imperial family could be traced back to thirty thousand years ago.

At the time, they were one of the three greatest clans on the Azure Continent. Their ancestor, Emperor Yu of the Nine Tripods, was one of the Azure Continent’s Nine Emperors!

Thirty thousand years ago, the Xia Family’s prestige and accumulations were perhaps inferior to the Demonic Huan Family’s, but in the modern era, the Xia Family were the uncontested hegemons of the entire continent!

Times had changed!

Thirty thousand years of darkness and upheaval had changed the world’s order. Everyone was different now, and had been different for a long time.

“The Xia Emperor really is one of the most courageous cultivators alive today! Well fought!” The old woman sighed with emotion. “The Orchid Terrace Dharma Assembly draws near. Dark currents flow beneath the surface of Nine Tripod City, and experts are as numerous as the clouds. Who knows how many monsters of the ancient era and modern geniuses have gathered here?

“Had they failed to suppress the Demonic Huan Family’s bluster, I’m afraid numerous factions and established experts would have disregarded the imperial family’s prestige, or perhaps even view them with contempt. This would inevitably lead to future disasters.

“Now that even the Huan Family has suffered such a loss, who will dare act up in Nine Tripod City in the days to come?”

When Gu Cangning heard this, he couldn’t help but nod. This was a deliberate show of strength. It was a warning!

“So… it turns out that the Demonic Huan Family does know how to run away!” said Weng Jiu, a strange look in his eyes.

Just watching took his breath away.

How ferocious and powerful was that crimson silhouette? Yet when Su Yi took over control of the Nine Tripod Suppression Barrier, he defeated him as easily as an adult suppressing a misbehaving child.

After this, I’d like to see just who dares act up in Nine Tripod City! The middle-aged man in simple cloth robes felt great. Even he would never have guessed that the formation could display such unbelievable power under Su Yi’s control.

He then faced Su Yi and solemnly clasped his fist. “Fellow Daoist, witnessing your miraculous methods has truly opened my eyes. Should you need anything going forward, I shall not refuse any request!”

Su Yi shook his head. “I just wouldn’t have thought you’d put such a grand killing formation to waste like that. I really couldn’t bear to watch… that’s the only reason I stepped in.”

Actually, he could have killed his opponent earlier, but the middle-aged man told him not to.

Su Yi wasn’t particularly upset or unwilling. He was just helping out. It made no difference to him whether he killed his opponent or not. 

“Let’s call it a day. I want to go back and have a nice rest for now, but if anything comes up, you can come back another day,” said Su Yi. As he spoke, he’d already turned and started drifting away.

Controlling such a massive formation drained an enormous amount of his energy. How could he possibly be in the mood to give the middle-aged man any further guidance regarding repairing the formation?

The middle-aged man watched Su Yi fade from view before turning to look at Weng Jiu.

In that moment, this amiable, gentle-looking middle-aged man suddenly exuded dignified majesty. He said with the air of a supreme monarch, “Ol’ Jiu, tell the Demonic Huan Family that so long as they follow Nine Tripod City’s orders, I can let past transgressions slide. However, should they insist on opposing the imperial family, from this day forth, they shall become the common enemy of all of the Great Xia!”

Weng Jiu solemnly accepted his orders. “Yes, sir!”

That day, this battle threw all of Nine Tripod City into uproar.

Everywhere you went, from major streets to back alleys, everyone was discussing today’s battle.

It had caused a shocking commotion!

However, although almost no one knew it, the one who’d controlled the Nine Tripod Suppression Barrier Formation to defeat that expert of the Huan Family wasn’t a member of the Great Xia’s imperial family.

To Su Yi, this was “brushing off his clothes and disappearing, leaving no name and no trace.”