First Immortal of the Sword

Boom!

Ten thousand feet of cloud scattered, and the sunlight poured onto the world below.

The misty spring rains were suddenly replaced by radiant light, and the overcast landscape was instantly colorful and resplendent. 

The onlookers subconsciously squinted.

Dongguo Feng’s stick-thin figure instantly seemed taller and grander, like a deity presiding over the nine heavens. His sword intent was dense and grim as it blanketed the surrounding mountains and rivers. A stifling sense of oppression bore down on the onlookers’ hearts. It was almost suffocating.

This was a true intimidating aura. He hadn’t even started fighting yet, but his very presence was overpowering. Their hearts shook!

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“Isn’t he a bit too strong…?” Wen Xinzhao looked dazed.

“Back then, I sent the high elder to stop him. During their battle, it was because of Dongguo Feng’s unmovable, boundless momentum that the high elder had no choice but to admit defeat…” Yu Jiuzhen looked conflicted, his expression a mixture of astonishment and admiration.

Anyone who encountered Dongguo Feng felt as if they’d encountered an unmovable, unshakeable, eternal divine mountain. It left them feeling helpless, paltry, and insignificant.

“The family head said that the young master had a chance of becoming an Emperor of the Dao of the Sword and forging an undying Sword Dao. Su Yi’s presence is far inferior to the young master’s!” 

Without exception, the experts of the Dongguo Family looked smug.

As for the middle-aged scholar and the youths who’d traveled here alongside Su Yi? All of them were rooted to the spot. It was if they’d just witnessed the descent of a deity, a scene straight out of a legend. They felt as if they were dreaming.

Boom!

When Dongguo Feng moved, his gait was neither hurried nor slow. Every step was as light as a feather, the distance between them as perfectly consistent as if he’d measured his steps with a ruler.

As he approached, his aura rose like a mountain, climbing higher and higher, growing stronger and stronger until even the surrounding skies started trembling.

The air currents let out piercing wails.

They couldn’t withstand Dongguo Feng’s power!

He’s tranquil in stillness, but when he moves, he strikes with the force of a mountain in motion, piercing both heaven and earth. His Dao of the Sword has already fused with his body, spirit, and qi. He’s truly extraordinary. Su Yi inwardly nodded his approval. 

Even in the Nine Provinces of the Wilds, Dongguo Feng would have been impressive enough to compete with the legacy disciples of peak-level factions.

This came as quite a surprise to Su Yi.

Originally, he hadn’t taken the seventh genius on the Ranking of Stars at all seriously. He’d come to Cloudsky Divine Palace purely to leave with Wen Xinzhao.

However, now that he had a feel for Dongguo Feng’s attainments in the Dao of the Sword, Su Yi was intrigued and itching for a fight.

At his level, meeting a worthy foe of the same cultivation boundary was far, far too difficult. He had to cherish every available opportunity.

Boom!

When he was just one hundred feet away from Su Yi, Dongguo Feng calmly swung his sword.

The heavy, unsharpened Heart Killer suddenly shone with dazzling light. The sword hummed, the sound reminiscent of thunder and wind. His slash descended with boundless, momentous force.

The skies trembled, and the mountains swayed.

His slash shook both heaven and earth!

The onlookers’ souls palpated in terror, and many of them felt suffocated, as if they might collapse at any moment.

They were like ants before a collapsing divine mountain: uneasy, helpless, and on the brink of despair.

Even those as mighty as Yu Jiuzhen felt chills course down their spines, and cold sweat beaded on their foreheads. 

Yu Jiuzhen had once clashed with Dongguo Feng, but he lost within three strikes. Still, he’d experienced Dongguo Feng’s strength.

However, when he witnessed this slash, he understood something on a visceral level——

When they fought, Dongguo Feng had been holding back most of his strength!

“Su Yi, how will you block this attack!?” The spectating Dongguo Family experts all looked eager. They could already picture Su Yi’s defeat.

Wen Xinzhao silently clenched her jade-like fists.

She was a sword cultivator too, and they called her the Little Sword Demon. Moreover, she’d once received Su Yi’s guidance.

However, she knew that if she were to face Dongguo Feng’s attack, she’d have no hope of victory…

Meanwhile, amidst the sea of clouds.

As Dongguo Feng swung his sword, Su Yi’s blue robes and long black hair fluttered around him. The depths of his gaze silently lit up.

This was a bit interesting!

He stood upright and unmoving, save for his right hand. He extended it in front of him and brushed his fingers through the air.

Like a Buddha plucking flowers, or an immortal strumming a zither.

There was no trace of embellishment.

A streak of clear sword qi suddenly shot forth, flashing through the skies.

Crunch!!

A deafening blast reverberated throughout the dome of heaven, leaving the onlookers seeing stars. Their ears buzzed.

However, when Dongguo Feng’s heaven-shaking, boundless sword qi was just three feet from Su Yi, it suddenly split down the center.

It was as if the pillar supporting the heavens had split in half, and the nearby skies collapsed with a bang, stirring up turbulent currents of destructive energy.

The vast sea of clouds dissipated completely.

The radiant light of the heavens illuminated Su Yi’s blue-robed figure. He was so bright that the spectators couldn’t look directly at him.

Everyone present was astonished. 

“This….” The Dongguo Family experts’ excited smiles froze in place.

Yu Jiuzhen and the other higher-ups were tongue-tied.

They were naturally well aware that Su Yi was no ordinary person. Tales of his strength had already spread throughout the thirteen provinces of the Great Xia, and he’d caused no small number of uproars.

However, even if you hit them over the head, they would never have guessed that Su Yi would neutralize Dongguo Feng’s powerful strike with such casual ease!

Wen Xinzhao, Daoist Master Coldsmoke, and Qing Ya lit up. Just one strike, and they realized that after several months away, Su Yi was far stronger than before!

Dongguo Feng’s expression remained as calm as ever. He wasn’t surprised by this. However, his gaze was sharper and graver than before, and his aura intensified, becoming denser and more imposing.

“Impressive, Fellow Daoist Su!” Dongguo Feng sighed. “It’s a shame I have to kill you. Otherwise, I’d just love to discuss swordsmanship over a drink.”

Su Yi said calmly, “There’s no need for wine or conversation. Just show me everything you’ve got. The power of your last strike was insufficient to force me to draw my sword.”

“Alright,” nodded Dongguo Feng. 

His aura suddenly rumbled, and a moment later, it seemed many times more concentrated. His formerly heavy, boundless presence transformed.

It was as if a ten-thousand-foot divine mountain had suddenly condensed into a ten-foot divine sword.

The glint of its edge was dazzling, and it seemed sharp enough to slice through the heavens!

Heart Killer suddenly burst with immeasurable sword force, and it shone as bright as the sun, illuminating the entire landscape.

There was an uproar on the ground. Everyone was shaken.

The Dongguo Family experts sighed.

“This is the true power of the young master’s Dao of the Sword!”

“Su Yi actually forced him to use his true strength. He’s actually quite capable too.”

“Is this Dongguo Feng’s true power?” Yu Jiuzhen and the others felt their hair stand on end.

They vividly remembered that when Dongguo Feng forced True Monarch Tranquil Seas to admit defeat, he did so without using his full power…

The vast majority of the cultivators present already felt a stinging pain in their eyes, and their hearts trembled. They could no longer bear to gaze upon Dongguo Feng.

His entire body was dazzlingly bright and sharp, his killing intent stretching between heaven and earth. He was just too terrifying!

“Not bad, not bad. The Dao of the Sword is like the ups and downs of worldly affairs. If you find purity amidst extreme brightness, you can achieve a return to simplicity and achieve immeasurable brilliance.” Su Yi sighed. “I wouldn’t have guessed I could still encounter someone like you in the modern era, a sword cultivator who’s seen through fabrications, perceived the truth, and achieved serenity. If given the chance to grow, the world will likely have another Emperor of the Dao of the Sword within a hundred years.

He truly hadn’t anticipated that Dongguo Feng had already reached such heights of the Dao of the Sword.

He sounded like a senior evaluating a junior. This left the Dongguo Family experts decidedly uncomfortable. A young man like you is shameless enough to appraise the leading genius of our younger generation? How ridiculous is that?

However, Dongguo Feng narrowed his eyes, his expression even more solemn and serious than before. “You’ve got good eyes, Fellow Daoist!”

Su Yi’s knowledge of the Dao of the Sword surprised him.

Especially that line about “seeing through fabrications, perceiving the truth, and achieving serenity.” It even made Dongguo Feng a bit uncomfortable, as if all his secrets had been laid bare.

However, Dongguo Feng’s heart was incomparably firm and steadfast.

In the blink of an eye, he recovered his usual calm. “I just don’t know if this is enough to convince you to draw your sword?”

Su Yi smiled. “Almost, but not quite.”

“......”

The onlookers were stunned.

Dongguo Feng’s aura filled the landscape. How dazzling was he? And how forceful? Even just watching from afar, they felt as if they had swords to their throats, and they felt unprecedented dread.

Yet Su Yi still found this insufficient? He still wasn’t willing to unsheathe his sword? They simply couldn’t wrap their heads around this.

The Dongguo Family experts were so angry that they almost laughed. 

“Forget it.” Dongguo Feng shook his head. “I have no desire to argue over this. I’ll naturally use my full strength from here on out. I must resolve this grudge to comfort my younger brother’s departed soul.” 

It didn’t matter whether Su Yi drew his sword or not; it could no longer affect his mental state.

He was now completely focused. Just like his sword, his only goal was to kill!

Clang—!

The heaven-shaking hum of a sword rang out. Dongguo Feng strode into the sky, gripped his sword, and attacked.

He was like the sun, illuminating the ten directions as he moved through the sky.

And his sword struck with limitless, utterly sharp sword intent as it swept through the air.   

Whoosh!

Tens of thousands of streaks of sword light appeared in the air, as radiant as lanterns and fireworks.

Every streak of sword light contained unstoppable, forceful. They tore tens of thousands of narrow, overlapping rifts into the sky.

The onlookers almost suspected that when this attack descended, it would rip the skies to shreds!

The sharpness of his sword intent was terrifying beyond limit!

This attack was called “Fireworks and Lanterns Illuminate the Nine Heavens”!

In the face of this slash—

Su Yi’s qi silently circulated, and his long-dormant will to fight ignited, as if it had encountered a raging flame.

His opponent’s swordsmanship was enough to warrant using his full power.

His sleeves billowed around him, and he looked utterly wild and free.

The fingers of his right hand extended into the air and struck the space three feet in front of him, like an immortal striking the table.

Boom!

The skies on all sides suddenly collapsed.

It was as if an ocean storm had swept across the countless firework-like flecks of sword light. They suddenly darkened, shook, and dispersed, inch by inch.

It was as if, after blooming in midair, the “fireworks” had withered.

Or as if a night wind had come from the east, making stars fall like rain!

The unmatched sharpness of Dongguo Feng’s dispersed, just like that.

The air churned, and fierce winds ran rampant.

After witnessing this instantaneous display of blooming and withering, everyone in Cloudsky Divine Palace froze like a mud statue.

All of them were astonished out of their wits!