C1676 The Sword of Extreme Profusion!
The expansive River of Swords, teeming with flecks of Shadow Moon Essence, unleashed a sword's will capable of obliterating all souls from its crimson glow.
Yu Yuan's gaze was as tranquil as a still, ancient well, with innumerable remnant souls trailing the sword light. These souls, carried by the sword light, morphed the sword spell and sword's will, giving rise to a nascent sword's will.
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Around the entrance to the Maw of Oblivion, the emerging ghosts and shadows were obliterated by the relentless sword's will.
Yu Yuan, having first executed Spiritrend, immediately cast off the Origin Deity's influence the moment he resolved to extinguish all souls. He even observed delicate soul threads that, upon grasping the Titanblade, were eradicated by the sword force within the Divine Sword.
The Dragon Slaying Stage came to a firm halt at the Maw of Oblivion's threshold. Standing with his sword, he was as steadfast as a rock, unyielding as a mountain.
The spinning Maw of Oblivion ceased to exert its pull on the external world's people and objects, as well as on souls and physical forms.
The River of Swords, plunging into the Maw, unfurled before him like a tapestry of little worlds. There was the world of the Silverscale Tribe, the hidden place where enchantresses performed sacred rituals, the spatial crevice inhabited by the Voidweaver, and the Shadowkin's realm abloom with myriad flowers...
The Origin Deity, in phantom form, had yanked various time-space Mysterious Realms through the enigmatic Maw of Oblivion, obstructing the River of Swords' path.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Each novel little world, barely revealing its mystique, was penetrated by the luminous river forged from the sword light.
In that instant, numerous worlds seemed to implode and burst, with countless lives reduced to dust in a flash.
Yu Yuan heard the anguished wails of the dying, the battle cries of warriors, and the sobs of children. He also sensed the destruction of vast landscapes, forests, and oceans, all shattered by the sword light.
Through the River of Swords, he felt a spiritual bond with the enigmatic Origin Realm, as though he had reached into the beings of another dimension.
Creatures from the Abyss!
His heart was as unyielding as iron, with not a single ripple disturbing the tranquility of his mind and Heart Lake.
The sword's will, severing the souls of all beings and returning the universe to a desolate silence, was linked with his remnant soul. He tirelessly infused the sword's will with vital energy, spiritual energy, and Soul Power.
The crimson River of Swords slowly took on the hue of fresh blood and became as translucent as red crystal.
In Yu Yuan's perception, the sword light, unleashed by the Titanblade, had transformed into a segment of a red crystal column within his little world of vitality.
The sword light shifted from a liquid river to a solid state of mysterious crystal!
It seemed to merge with the Secrets of Life imprinted within his Solar Spirit!
Boom!
The red crystal sword light shattered world after world, annihilating realms upon realms, before exploding in a dazzling display before the Origin Deity's phantoms.
The solid red crystal burst into billions of shimmering grains!
Each grain held not only Yu Yuan's sword's will but also the bloodline mysteries he had deciphered, a trace of Shadow Moon Essence, and a strand of his remnant soul.
In an instant, he became billions!
Whoosh!
Billions of crystal grains morphed into billions of minute sword lights, swiftly assembling into the Heaven-Opening Sword Array, effortlessly mastered by him.
The sword's will, emanating from the Sword Sect, carried the profound meanings of time's cycles, the subtleties of the seasons, the mysteries of flora and stars, the essence of the earth and shifting emotions, the will of fire and ice...
Billions of sword lights, as if wielded by countless Grand Sword Immortals of the Sword Sect, coalesced into the most formidable Heaven-Opening Sword Array in the annals of the Everlands, weaving together to form a spherical web of sword light from a distance.
This globe of sword light, composed of billions of intersecting sword lights, matched the spherical expanse of the Everlands!
Within this sphere, the phantoms of the Origin Deity were ensnared and shredded by the relentless barrage of sword lights.
Among them, nine sword lights shone with exceptional brilliance, radiating the wills of Godsbane, Soulsever, Spirit Destruction, starshard, Moonfall, Sun Splitting, Dread Spawn, and Demon Suppress.
It was the Nine Celestial Slashes! The Nine Celestial Slashes serve as the cornerstone of the sword spell, the heart of creating the sword light orb, and the very lifeblood of the sword spell's design!
"This..."
Youyu, Xuanli, the Voidweaver, the Abyssal Leviathan, and even the Abyssal Greater Basilisk and Zhong Chichen were all awestruck by the extraordinary might and wonder of this strike.
They had never before encountered such a sword spell!
Not even Nie Qingtian, the creator of the Nine Celestial Slashes, could execute such a complex sword spell, for nothing of this intricate nature had ever emerged in the annals of the Everlands!
Yu Yuan's swordplay and Lin Daoke's sword spell seemed to represent two extremes.
Lin Daoke's approach was the epitome of simplicity, while Yu Yuan's was the height of complexity!
"What sword spell is this?"
A tenth-level warrior from the Silverscale Tribe, his eyes wide with astonishment, quietly posed the question to the Abyssal Greater Basilisk, "I met Nie Qingtian a long time ago, yet his sword spell consisted merely of nine slashes. Why? How can this successor conjure such an enigmatic sword spell?"
The Abyssal Greater Basilisk, burdened with heavy thoughts, paused before responding, "This is the Heaven-Opening Sword Array."
He then cast a glance at his old friend, the Abyssal Leviathan.
The Abyssal Leviathan, having once been bested in the Glimmerdrift Nebula, winced as if in pain at the mere mention of the sword spell, his scales seeming to throb. "Your wisdom remains intact. Indeed, this is the Heaven-Opening Sword Array!"
"Since when could the Heaven-Opening Sword Array be performed by a single person?" The Abyssal Greater Basilisk was evidently privy to the secrets of the technique.
The Heaven-Opening Sword Array, renowned across the Everlands and beyond, traditionally required the collaborative effort of numerous Sword Immortals from the Sword Sect to manifest its formidable power. Even the most powerful Grand Sword Immortal could not, alone, manage to split their thoughts and consciousness to simultaneously wield different sword spells.
Such an attempt would lead to chaos!
In chaos, the sword spell's potential would not only be unrealized, but it could also disastrously recoil upon the user!
"Just because there's no precedent doesn't mean it's impossible," the Abyssal Leviathan remarked, arching an eyebrow. "Lizard, just keep your cool and watch closely."
Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!
Enveloped in a sphere of sword light, the phantom was rapidly reduced to billions of thoughts, consciousness, and memories. As the sword light dissected them, they dissolved and disintegrated into nothingness.
A gray smoke continuously wafted from the sphere of sword light, giving the impression that the Origin Deity's phantom had been sliced into countless fragments by Yu Yuan's miraculous sword.
The dissipating smoke vanished through various Origin Gates and secret passages from the entrance of the Maw of Oblivion.
With a soft "puff," the Heaven-Opening Sword Array was deactivated, and the resplendent orb woven from countless sword lights abruptly disappeared.
Yu Yuan stood on the Dragon Slaying Stage, slightly dazed, sword in hand.
The sword spirit within the Titanblade sang out with a clear, melodious cry, filled with excitement and elation.
It conveyed to Yu Yuan that together, they had just executed the most intricate and magnificent sword spell ever known!
This sword had transcended the scope of the Titanblade, ascending to an entirely new echelon.
This sword spell, a culmination of the Sword Sect's most refined swordsmanship, was brought into being through the Heaven-Opening Sword Array.
Thanks to the wonder of Yu Yuan's soul, his ability to sustain numerous remnant soul consciousnesses independently in a mere instant, he alone could wield this sword spell and bring it into existence.
Even Nie Qingtian, with his superior realm and sword force, could not perform this sword!
A look of awe crossed Yu Yuan's eyes.
This sword spell was markedly different from the Heaven-Opening Sword Array he had employed in the Glimmerdrift Nebula. Back then, he had harnessed the River of Swords.
Within the River of Swords flowed numerous sword's wills and sword spells, the collected wisdom of the Grand Sword Immortals of the Sword Sect, amassed by Nie Qingtian from his battles in the extraterrestrial realms.
The sword light and sword's will from Yu Yuan's recent strike actually originated from the base of the Divine Sword's scabbard, which also held the essence of those exquisite sword spells.
The sword spirit of the Divine Sword, through its jubilant cries, confirmed to him that this sword spell was one of Nie Qingtian's brilliant conceptions from years past.
The Sword Sect's many exquisite sword spells were unleashed through the Heaven-Opening Sword Array, a miraculous manifestation of swordsmanship. Nie Qingtian harbored the idea that one day he might stand against Lin Daoke, challenging him with this sword spell in a bid to determine who was superior. Regrettably, he would never manage to execute this sword spell in his lifetime—his soul was the limiting factor.
"You also realize that the Nine Celestial Slashes alone cannot match Lin Daoke. You, equally proud, have always sought the pinnacle of swordsmanship, which led you to develop this spell," Yu Yuan whispered to himself.
Squinting, he delved into the spell's profound mysteries, envisioning a crimson sword light that first became a river, then solidified into a red crystal with an infusion of vital energy. The crystal would shatter, multiplying into a myriad of sword lights, all guided by the remnant soul he had embedded within them. In that instant, while his dominant soul stood firm, countless soul fragments wielded the swords in his stead. Aside from Yu Yuan, perhaps only the Great Demon God Bertain could achieve such a feat.
"What of the Origin Deity?" asked Yin Tiehua, trembling and leaning on his crutch.
The Origin Deity, a being that even Bertain feared, had vanished without a trace following Yu Yuan's strike. The silence that followed left many to wonder... had it truly been obliterated?
The very thought that Yu Yuan had annihilated even a fragment of the Origin Deity was astonishing. All who were stunned by the sword spell gazed upon the Maw of Oblivion, only to find no trace of the Origin Deity's phantom.
"It seems a part of him has been reduced to the tiniest fragments of memory," Youyu said, his brow furrowed as he attuned himself to the subtle energies. "These scattered memories are drifting across various domains, as if by claiming the souls of his followers, he seeks to reconstitute himself."
Upon hearing this, the Voidweaver's expression subtly shifted. Acquainted with the intricacies of space magic and the mysteries of Eiwrone, she could almost see the inexplicable demise of numerous intelligent beings devoted to the Origin Deity in desolate and frigid worlds.
Every time a follower perished, the remnant soul of the Origin Deity in those worlds gained strength.
This signified that to the Origin Deity, the souls of all living creatures in this world were merely sustenance for his recovery and growth.
Whenever necessary, he could draw upon these nutrients to rejuvenate his soul.
The mass demise of his followers indicated one undeniable truth.
The sword had truly wounded him!
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