Chapter 244 Final Holy War

Because soon, Haotian Will in the heavens noticed all this. When Haotian Will found that it was a sword that was absorbing the energy of heaven and earth, His attention was no longer on the Tianwen Sword.

In the eyes of Haotian, humans absorbing the elemental energy of heaven and earth are plundering His power.

Because humans have endless desires and pursuits, they desire power, longevity, and control over everything. However, a sword is different.

It is just a dead object, without desire, pursuit or life.

It absorbs the energy of heaven and earth just to replenish itself and become stronger.

Therefore, Haotian's will did not take the Tianwen Sword seriously.

It believed that although the sword was powerful, it was ultimately just a dead object and could not have any impact on Haotian's ruling position.

So, He allowed the Tianwen Sword to continue absorbing the essence of heaven and earth.

As time went by, the Tianwen Sword absorbed more and more Yuan Energy from heaven and earth.

Its sword became brighter and more dazzling, as if it had become a shining star.

When the Tianwen Sword finally absorbed enough energy from heaven and earth, its sword body shook violently.

Immediately afterwards, a powerful force burst out from the sword, so much so that even sword-wielders all over the world felt an inexplicable fear and awe.

However, just as this power was about to explode, the Tianwen Sword suddenly became quiet.

It seems to be accumulating strength and preparing for the final transformation.

After a while, the sword shook again, and a dazzling light burst out from the sword.

The light was so bright and dazzling that it even eclipsed the sun.

Under the illumination of this light, the Tianwen Sword completely transformed into the king of swords.

Its sword became thinner and sharper, as if it could easily cut through the void.

The patterns on the sword also became more complex and mysterious, as if containing the mysteries and laws of heaven and earth.

At this moment, the Tianwen Sword finally reached its peak state and became the true king of swords.

When the light faded, the Tianwen Sword returned to Gongsun Ce's hands, as if nothing had happened.

However, the aura it exudes is completely different.

It was an extremely powerful and mysterious aura that made the sword wielder involuntarily feel the urge to surrender.

Gongsun Ce looked at the brand new Tianwen Sword in his hand and thought of Liu Bai's invitation.

Sure enough, just after the transformation of Tianwen Sword ended.

Liu Bai released a sword energy in the deep mountains where the Southern Jin Sword Pavilion was located.

This sword energy has only one purpose, and that is to invite a fight.

Suddenly, the entire Ever Night world was in an uproar. Liu Bai was known as the Sword Saint and was hailed as the number one person in the realm of knowing destiny, so his invitation to fight would undoubtedly cause a sensation in the entire world.

Gongsun Ce smiled, and then he also released a mighty sword energy to respond to Liu Bai.

"Haoran Sword Qi!?"
The tone was either surprise or confusion, and all the powerful beings in the entire Ever Night world felt the essence of the sword energy emitted by Gongsun Ce.

Ke Haoran's great sword energy!

The time when Ke Haoran challenged a group of powerful men and broke through the realm and fought against the sky in Taoshan is still vivid in their memory.

Especially the group of Taoists in the Qingshan Ant Cave. The reason why Zhishou Temple seemed to have only a few people was because Ke Haoran had beaten too many Taoist masters to the point of being on the verge of death.

These Taoist masters had their limbs amputated, their bodies cut in half...they suffered all kinds of fatal injuries, but they were able to hold on with their advanced skills and survive in the anthills in the green mountains.

The reason why they kept breathing was not only because they were afraid of death, but also because they wanted to kill Ke Haoran's descendants.

If we can't kill Ke Haoran, we must ensure that Ke Haoran's inheritance is cut off!
Therefore, the mighty sword energy emitted by Gongsun Ce at this time attracted their attention.

"Ke Haoran!"
The whispers like a curse continued to echo in the anthill in the green mountain.

At this moment, Ye Hongyu appeared in the Qingshan anthill.

She came here just to appease this group of seniors. At the moment when Gongsun Ce released the mighty sword energy, the middle-aged Taoist priest who had been stationed in Zhishou Temple felt the changes in the Qingshan Anthill.

However, his injuries had not yet recovered, so he could only ask Ye Hongyu to come to the Qingshan Ant Cave to comfort them.

They are the trump cards for the entire Taoist sect. They are seriously injured, but they still have the ability to take action.

In particular, there are many practitioners in the sixth realm, the Revelation Realm, among them.

After Ye Hongyu set foot in the Qingshan Ant Cave, she found that it was dark and damp, and there was not even any sunlight. If you stay here for a long time, you will get sick, and it will be a mental illness.

However, after Ye Hongyu learned about what happened to these predecessors, she felt that it was natural. These predecessors' hearts had been filled with hatred, and it was difficult to call them human beings at this moment.

They can only be regarded as dying beasts with their hearts filled with hatred.

The moment Ye Hongyu stepped into this forbidden area, strong waves of mental power surged from all directions. That was the Taoist predecessors' perception of her.

They felt Gongsun Ce's display of the majestic sword energy, and they guessed that Ke Haoran's successor had been born. The flames of revenge in their hearts became increasingly difficult to suppress.

Ye Hongyu's arrival gave them hope of revenge.

At this point, they began using telekinesis to conduct encrypted conversations.

“Very good seedling.”

"She should be the successor of our Zhishou Temple."

"So, she is our best weapon for revenge."

"But her cultivation is only at the peak of the Profound Realm. The aura of Ke Haoran's descendant is at least at the sixth realm. Her strength is not enough! Absolutely not enough!"

“Okay.” The Half-Daoist, a Taoist master who was once famous in the world of Ever Night, now only had half of his body left. He made the final decision, “I will teach her the Gray Eyes and give her the Tongtian Pill!

What about you? Do you dare to give away all your cultivation so that she can have the ability to avenge us?"

"Of course!"
Ye Hongyu had no idea about the conversation between these seniors. Her telekinesis was not strong enough to hear their encrypted calls.

After they finished their negotiation, Banjie Daoist slowly spoke to Ye Hongyu: "You should be from the Taoist sect. Do you want supreme power?"

Ye Hongyu was slightly startled, and then replied: "I naturally want power. If the seniors want me to inherit their legacy, I will be delighted."

However, Banjie Daoist shook his head and said in a cold tone: "It's not about inheritance, but taking away our power. We have only one request, that is, you must kill Ke Haoran's successor and cut off Ke Haoran's inheritance."

Ye Hongyu felt uneasy when she heard this. Although she longed for power, she hoped to reach a higher level through self-cultivation step by step.

Instead of taking away other people's power, Ye Hongyu can browse the heavenly book at will in Zhishou Temple.

Therefore, she knew that there was a very special technique in the "Sha" scroll of the heavenly book that recorded the techniques for practicing martial arts in the world.

This skill is called Gray Eyes. It can influence others through their eyes and then plunder their cultivation.

However, this kind of practice is bound to have many drawbacks, such as the mental power is not pure enough and it is difficult to break through to a higher level.

She hesitated for a moment and wanted to refuse, but Banjie Taoist suddenly made a move and pulled her to his side with his powerful telekinesis in an instant.

The Taoist Banjie grabbed Ye Hongyu's neck, his eyes full of threats: "You have to agree even if you don't want to. Swear to God right now that after you gain our power, you will kill Ke Haoran's descendant as soon as possible!"

Ye Hongyu felt an unprecedented sense of oppression. She was unable to resist and was forced to swear to the heavens:
"Haotian, I, Ye Hongyu, swear here that if I obtain the power of the predecessors, I will kill Ke Haoran's descendant as soon as possible!"

As soon as the oath was uttered, Haotian sensed it and confirmed Ye Hongyu's oath.

Banjie Taoist nodded with satisfaction, and then taught the Gray Eyes technique to Ye Hongyu through telekinesis. Ye Hongyu had no choice but to learn the Gray Eyes.

Banjie Taoist took the lead in infusing all his mental power into Ye Hongyu.

His mental power surged like a flood, instantly filling Ye Hongyu's Qi Sea Snow Mountain.

Ye Hongyu felt an unprecedented pain, but she gritted her teeth and persevered, unconsciously activating the Gray Eyes Technique to absorb this power.

Just after Banjie Taoist transferred all his mental power to Ye Hongyu, Banjie Taoist completely lost his life.

After all, if he had not had a strong enough cultivation base, he would have been dead when he was cut in half by Ke Haoran.

Afterwards, the other Taoist masters also transferred their mental powers to Ye Hongyu.

Their mental powers may be strong or weak, but generally they are above Ye Hongyu's level.

In order to become stronger after the breakthrough, Ye Hongyu has been suppressing her own cultivation. Otherwise, she would have been a practitioner at the Zhiming realm, and would not have remained in the Dongxuan realm.

After Ye Hongyu absorbed the mental power of these Taoist predecessors with her gray eyes, her cultivation began to grow rapidly, soaring from the fourth level, the Dongxuan realm, and soon broke through the sixth level, the Nirvana realm.

During this process, Ye Hongyu's body also underwent earth-shaking changes.

The cold air belonging to the state of nirvana was born in her body.

Ye Hongyu was originally a believer of Haotian. Logically, she should have broken through to the sixth level of the Apocalypse Realm.

However, she was a Taoist practitioner, and with the infusion of power from a bunch of Taoist predecessors, she successfully broke through the sixth realm of Nirvana.

Finally, after all the Taoist masters had transferred their mental power, Ye Hongyu opened his eyes.

There was a flash of coldness from the state of Nirvana in her eyes, an invisible coldness that could break all magical powers and techniques.

She felt a powerful force in her body, as if she had the power to change the world.

However, when she saw the Taoist seniors around her who had lost their breath, an inexplicable sadness surged in her heart.

She knew that although these predecessors had once been hostile and threatening to her, their lives were so fragile and vulnerable.

She took a deep breath, closed her eyes and began to consolidate her cultivation.

In the following days, Ye Hongyu practiced in seclusion on the green mountain.

She continued to absorb and digest the power she gained from her Taoist predecessors, while also comprehending the mysteries of the state of nirvana.

A month later, Gongsun Ce officially stepped into Jiange of Southern Jin and accepted Liu Bai's invitation to fight.

Liu Bai needs time. Taking out the sword is just the beginning. He still needs to get familiar with the sword again. Although his lover and the sword are one, the same may not be true for his hands.

Liu Bai had already been waiting for Gongsun Ce's arrival outside Jiange.

After he saw Gongsun Ce, he immediately bowed to him and said, "Mr. Gongsun, please." Gongsun Ce's gaze stayed on the sword in Liu Bai's hand for a moment. Liu Bai's sword was of good quality, at least on par with the Sun-Covering Sword.

Immediately, the two figures appeared in the deep mountains behind the Sword Pavilion, and beside them was the deep pool where Liu Bai had hidden his sword before.

Gongsun Ce took a look at the deep pool, then jumped lightly and landed steadily on the surface of the pool.

The water in the pond sparkled under the sunlight, but Gongsun Ce seemed to be walking on solid ground.

Seeing this, Liu Bai secretly admired Gongsun Ce's profound cultivation.

He stepped onto the surface of the pool without hesitation and stood facing Gongsun Ce.

Neither of them took the initiative to attack, but closed their eyes and felt each other's breath.

After a moment, Gongsun Ce opened his eyes first, and a majestic aura emanated from him.

He gently waved the sword in his hand, and a gentlemanly sword intent merged with the majestic sword intent to transform into a vast Confucian sword intent that rushed towards Liu Bai.

Liu Bai felt the power of the sword intent and couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart.

He quickly adjusted his breathing, concentrated all his mental power, and used the Great River Sword Intent to resist Gongsun Ce's Confucian and Taoist sword intent.

The two sword intentions met in the air, making an imperceptible low hum.

The water under Gongsun Ce's feet was still as calm as a mirror, but the water under Liu Bai's feet was rolling, as if stirred by an invisible force.

This was enough to prove that Liu Bai's sword intent was slightly at a disadvantage.

It is better to lose the battle than the fight. Gongsun Ce used the gentlemanly sword intent and the vast sword intent against Liu Bai's single great river sword intent, so naturally he had a slight advantage.

But apart from this, Gongsun Ce was somewhat cunning, and the power of the three unique skills of Fengyunyu and Wuding had quietly entered the deep pool.

The name of the Three Unfixed Absolutes is "Unfixed", but it refers to the fact that wind, cloud and rain are constantly changing and unpredictable. In fact, the Three Unfixed Absolutes can calm everything, including fluctuations in energy and the surface of the lake.

The calmness of the water at Gongsun Ce's feet was due to the power of the Three Unrivaled Ones calming the ripples in the water.

Liu Bai knew in his heart that he could no longer continue to passively defend.

He suddenly opened his eyes, and the sword in his hand turned into a cold light and pierced Gongsun Ce's heart.

The sword was swift and carried a sharp energy. The lake water wrapped around the sword, giving it the momentum of water from a great river coming down from the sky.

Upon seeing this, Gongsun Ce drew out the Tianwen sword from his waist and used a gentlemanly move to meet Liu Bai's sword move.

The energy of heaven and earth was seen madly pouring into the Tianwen Sword in Gongsun Ce's hand, and then transformed into a powerful sword energy to meet Liu Bai's Dahe sword intent.

When the two swords collided, there was a loud bang, "Boom!" The gentleman's style and the Dahe sword intent both dissipated and turned into nothingness.

"when!"

Only the Tianwen Sword and Liu Bai's sword were left colliding in the air, making a crisp metal collision sound.

The two swords that have lost the blessing of sword intent are competing with each other based on the strength of the sword master.

Although Liu Bai has profound swordsmanship skills, his mental power and physical strength are not as strong as Gongsun Ce's.

Therefore, under the pressure of the Tianwen Sword, Liu Bai's sword gradually shifted towards himself.

Liu Bai knew that something was wrong and that if he continued like this he would surely lose.

So he immediately activated his mental power to expand the sword domain, and saw endless sword energy surrounding him at a distance of three feet, forming a world of sword energy.

The sword energy was so sharp that it seemed as if it could cut anything that approached into pieces.

Gongsun Ce frowned when he saw this. He didn't expect Liu Bai to use the sword domain so quickly.

Gongsun Ce mobilized the Haoran sword energy to simulate Liu Bai's Great River sword intent. The Haoran sword energy transformed into countless sword energies and offset each other with Liu Bai's sword domain.

However, the Haoran sword energy is ultimately a simulation and cannot fully match Liu Bai's Dahe sword intent and sword domain.

Therefore, after Gongsun Ce's sword energy was exhausted, he had to retreat back and away from Liu Bai's sword domain.

"The clouds roll over a hundred miles and the universe shakes."

Gongsun Ce waved the Tianwen Sword and gathered the remaining energy of Gentleman Style. The wind gathered into clouds, and in a blink of an eye, a large amount of clouds gathered above Liu Bai's head.

These clouds quickly condensed into a hundred-meter-long sword, which smashed towards Liu Bai from top to bottom with the force of thunder.

Seeing this, Liu Bai showed no fear. He pointed his long sword to the sky, and the sword intent of the great river, wrapped in endless sword energy, rushed straight into the sky, heading towards the descending cloud sword.

The two swords intersected, making a deafening sound. The sword energy and the cloud energy intertwined, forming a chaotic field.

In this chaos, the Cloud Sword gradually dissipated under Liu Bai's Great River Sword Intent.

However, at the moment when the cloud sword dissipated, the clouds condensed again and turned into a gloomy black cloud.

Gongsun Ce attacked again, but with a different move.

"Rain falls and chaos is destroyed."

The dark cloud quickly spread and covered the entire sky.

Then, the clouds turned into rain, and the endless clouds turned into rain containing Gongsun Ce's gentlemanly sword spirit, falling densely towards Liu Bai.

The rain is like a sharp sword, and every drop contains Gongsun Ce's gentlemanly swordsmanship.

Liu Bai was in the middle of it, as if he was in a rain of swords.

He swung his sword, and the sword energy condensed, constantly cutting the falling raindrops, but the rain seemed endless and kept falling.

Liu Bai knew something was wrong. He realized that the rain attack was not the full strength of Gongsun Ce.

He must find a way to break the impasse as soon as possible, otherwise once he is trapped by the rain, the consequences will be disastrous.

However, Gongsun Ce did not give him a chance to breathe.

Just as Liu Bai was trying his best to deal with the rain attack, Gongsun Ce drew his sword again.

He swung the Tianwen Sword, and the mighty sword energy turned into the divine light of Haotian and sprinkled in the direction of Liu Bai.

The divine light of Haotian was bright and dazzling, and under the cover of dark clouds, it seemed to be able to illuminate the entire world.

Liu Bai was suddenly caught in a situation where he was attacked from both sides. Rain containing the sword intent of a gentleman fell on his head, and in front of him, the divine light transformed from the vast sword energy of Haoran was approaching.

Liu Bai took a deep breath. He knew he had to go all out at this moment.

He used part of his sword energy to block the rain attack, and at the same time swung his sword to meet the divine light of Haotian.

The two sword energies collided in the air, making a deafening roar.

However, Liu Bai was ultimately defeated due to his lack of mental power.

The rain broke through Liu Bai's sword defense, but suddenly stopped when it was about to hit Liu Bai's head.

Liu Bai looked up and saw Gongsun Ce standing there quietly holding the Tianwen Sword.

Liu Bai knew in his heart that Gongsun Ce was showing mercy to him, otherwise he would have died long ago.

He put away his sword, bowed deeply to Gongsun Ce and said, "Since I have been defeated, the title of Sword Saint will be borne by you, sir."

"It's just an empty title." Gongsun Ce waved his hand and whispered to Liu Bai.

"Sir, you are indeed indifferent to fame and fortune." Liu Bai felt admiration for Gongsun Ce's words. After all, Liu Bai's becoming a sword saint was more dependent on Xiling's publicity.

Because Xiling wanted to downplay the reputation of the older generation of strong men, especially the Master.

Therefore, Xiling will spare no effort to promote its guest elders.

In the past, there was Wang Shusheng, who was promoted by Xiling as a top-notch talisman master rarely seen in the world.

Later, Liu Bai was hailed as the Sword Saint, the top swordsman in the world.

There are still three idiots in the world. The Taoism idiot Ye Hongyu is a disciple of Zhishou Temple, the flower idiot Lu Chenjia is a disciple of Baita Temple, and the book idiot Mo Shanshan is a disciple of Wang Shusheng.

Zhishou Temple is the backstage of Xiling Temple, Baita Temple belongs to the Buddhist sect and has good relations with Xiling Temple, and Wang Shusheng is a guest official of Xiling Temple.

Actually, the three idiots in the world are all considered to be members of Xiling Divine Temple, and all three of them have good talents, so the three of them are widely publicized.

Gongsun Ce felt that the Three Idiots of the World was an unnecessary combination because someone had already taken a step toward the sixth realm.

The five realms are called the inner world, and the realms above the five realms are called the outer world. It can be said that whether or not it is the sixth realm is a huge watershed.

"Ye Hongyu?" Gongsun Ce looked in the direction of Ye Hongyu who was hiding in the dark. "Since you are here, why don't you show yourself? You are a hermit who has broken through the fifth realm."

There was a hint of ridicule in Gongsun Ce's voice transmission, which made Liu Bai a little puzzled. He had heard of Ye Hongyu's reputation, but in his impression, Ye Hongyu was still in the Dongxuan realm, suppressing his cultivation.

Why did Ye Hongyu suddenly become a realm above the fifth realm? Even Liu Bai himself did not discover the hidden Ye Hongyu at all.

After Gongsun Ce paused in transmitting the message, a conspicuous figure in red came from afar to Gongsun Ce and Liu Bai.

Liu Bai's mental power unconsciously approached Ye Hongyu and wanted to explore Ye Hongyu's cultivation level, but he felt an extremely cold breath, so Liu Bai decisively withdrew his mental power.

Even if Ye Hongyu breaks through the sixth level of Nirvana, her combat power will be difficult to surpass Liu Bai.

Because it was not only Ye Hongyu who was suppressing her realm, but Liu Bai was also doing so.

Those who are at the realm of knowing destiny, especially those close to breaking through to the sixth realm, can feel that there will be great terror if they continue to break through.

Therefore, apart from Tianqi of Xiling Temple and Wuju of the Academy, few people would choose to break through directly at the peak of the realm of knowing destiny.

For example, Liu Bai, although he was unable to break through, his combat power was actually breaking through. Even Ye Hongyu's annihilation coldness could not break through the sword domain three feet in front of him.

"I'm sorry, Mr. Gongsun, there will definitely be a fight between you and me today."

Ye Hongyu apologized because she challenged Gongsun Ce only after he had experienced a great battle, which really seemed like she was taking advantage of someone's misfortune.

Gongsun Ce glanced at Ye Hongyu and found that there was an aura on Ye Hongyu that did not belong to her.

"You practiced the Gray Eyes technique?"

Although Gongsun Ce's voice transmission was in a questioning tone, Ye Hongyu knew that Gongsun Ce had seen through her true situation.

"I have no choice but to learn this technique."

(End of this chapter)