First Immortal of the Sword

Chapter 2124 – I’ve Already Stepped Onto This Path

Reincarnation was something that Su Yi’s third incarnation longed for even in his dreams but never acquired.

Yet Su Yi was using his Dao of the Sword as a furnace, fusing the power of reincarnation. This breadth of spirit was completely outside his third incarnation’s expectations, and he couldn’t help but sigh over it.

At his level, Master Gods of the present day were beneath his notice, and even Primordial Ancestral Gods like the Lingyu Dao Monarch were merely fit to serve as his attendants. Even the terrifying existences consigned to the darkness of the Abyssal Ruin honored him as their leader.

Compared to them… what did Master Gods amount to?

But Su Yi’s unique Dao of the Sword impressed him, and he found it hard to stay calm. Seeing it made him realize that even disregarding the power reincarnation, Su Yi’s spirit and foundations were too great to ignore or underestimate.

A moment later, his third incarnation shook his head and gave the matter no further thought.

Two tigers couldn’t share a single mountain. In the end, only one could remain. He wouldn’t show mercy!

“Were we fighting at the same level of cultivation, I might not be a match for you, but this is the peak of the sixth divine tower, and I am invincible among Limit Realm Mid-Rank Gods. There’s no way that you’re a match for me,” he said in a matter-of-factly tone. “Now, I’ll just have to help you feel the disparity firsthand.”

Kcch!

Before his voice had even finished echoing through the air, his entire presence transformed.

Moments prior, he’d seemed calm and detached, like a crane drifting idly through the clouds. When he attacked, it was without the slightest flourish.

But now, his entire body emanated heaven-shaking, imposing sword force, and when he looked around, a fierce, proud aura surged forth.

When he attacked, his sword seemed to part both heaven and earth. Nothing could block the sharpness of its edge!

Each subsequent slash combined, their sword intent and sword force like overlapping waves. Their combined destructive power rapidly soared.

It was like a hurricane stirring up tidal waves. The waves were mighty enough to rip through the sky and throw all of creation into disarray. They ran rampant throughout the starry sky.

There was nothing it could not break!

It was truly far too terrifying. Su Yi’s attacks continuously collapsed and shattered.

In the blink of an eye, Su Yi found himself forced back repeatedly, like a little boat in a raging storm. The tidal waves relentlessly assailed him, each attack followed by another. There was no end to it!

It was enough to make someone give in to despair.

The lethal threat made Su Yi feel like he was dancing on the edge of a knife!

But the threat of death stimulated and drew out Su Yi’s potential. His essence, qi, and spirit burned as if tempered in a blazing furnace. All of them showed signs of evolving!

The depths of his gaze lit up with searing light, and his whole body erupted with the will to fight.

Even when he was repeatedly forced back, and even when his injuries piled on, his essence, qi, and spirit only grew stronger and stronger.

Su Yi was covered in blood, and his voice was hoarse. “Your cultivation is unquestionably far beyond mine. My attainments in the Grand Dao are a bit inferior to yours, too. But… ultimately, you and I are not the same!”

With that, he disregarded the blood gushing from his lips and broke into a heartfelt smile. The sight made his third incarnation frown.

“I’m a challenger, and I have an abundance of latent potential to excavate. I can still grow stronger, but you… are no more than a power of the Laws limited to the Limit Realm!

“It doesn’t matter how bad my injuries get. I can recover, but you can’t. The more injuries you take, the closer you’ll be to destruction!”

Su Yi burst into laughter and attacked with all his might.

He was obviously in a wretched, miserable state. His whole body was split open and covered in gashes, but his momentum and aura only grew stronger and stronger, and his pride only intensified!

His third incarnation said calmly, “The disparity between us remains. I’ll just have to give you a convincing defeat first.”

With that, his presence changed, and the power of his attacks grew even more terrifying.

It was no exaggeration to say that the likes of Ren Beiyou, Wen Xiao, and other such Greater Gods wouldn’t have even been able to put up a fight!

His attainments in the Dao of the Sword were just too terrifying.

His strength in the Limit Realm was unsurpassed in any past epoch. It was enough to make the vast majority of Fortune Realm Greater Gods give in to despair!

Crunch!

Before long, Su Yi’s left arm was cleaved open and almost chopped off completely. Even though he still had it, it was effectively crippled.

He was badly injured, yes, but that wasn’t the worst part. Worst of all, his cultivation base was severely depleted!

The threat of death was upon him!

But Su Yi didn’t care. Rather, he’d already entered a wondrous state of enlightenment and forgotten himself completely.

He forgot the heavens, the earth, and himself. His heart, mind, Dao, swordsmanship, and even his essence, qi, and spirit were completely immersed. As he found, they underwent a wondrous fusion.

As severe as they were, he cast his wounds to the back of his mind. They seemed hazy and indistinct; he wasn’t at all aware of himself.

And as he fought in this wondrous state, the power of his Dao of the Sword grew!!

His third incarnation witnessed this wondrous transformation firsthand. His brow furrowed, and his eyes shone with a strange light. He’s comprehending the Dao mid-battle! Don’t tell me he’s going to try to break through?

Out loud, he said, “Interesting! If you can really pull it off, so what if I serve as your whetstone just this once? And if you can’t pull it off, it’ll prove the path to divinity you seek doesn’t exist!

“If it doesn’t exist, how could anyone, even a Transgressor, possibly find it?”

His third incarnation didn’t hold back. On the contrary, he attacked with every greater forcefulness. That Limit Realm cultivation base mighty enough to astonish any epoch was on full display!

Su Yi’s body was covered in a spiderweb of overlapping gashes. Many of his bones and tendons had broken, and even his organs were badly injured and on the verge of breaking.

He looked like he was on the verge of death.

“You’ve lost.”

Suddenly, his third incarnation leaped forward and slashed downward. This slash was imbued with his full Limit Realm cultivation base. It was supremely powerful.

This was the attack he’d taken the most pride in back when he was in the Limit Realm!

When this strike descended, a massive, terrifying rift tore open in the endless chaos clouds. The descending edge was like the rapid approach of death!!

At that moment, Su Yi reacted as if awakening from a dream. His head whipped around, and he launched an attack of his own.

He didn’t build up power first, nor did he go all out. It was just that natural, like an instinctual reaction.

But the power of this strike was far greater than before. It was like he’d cast aside his body to prove his Dao, with the spirit to face death and overcome it.

Boom!!!

When the two streaks of sword qi clashed, an indescribable destructive power swept outward.

The entire sea of chaos clouds was thrown into chaos, plunged into an apocalyptic vision of destruction.

All Daos, abilities, and powers collapsed!

Even his third incarnation was forced backward.

He instinctively narrowed his eyes, stunned. His expression filled with uncertainty. How… How could this strike have such shocking momentum?

Su Yi’s third incarnation recalled Su Yi’s most recent attack. It was full of an indescribable charm.

Like he’d broken the barrier between life and death.

Like he’d overcome both permanence and impermanence.

Like he’d broken the Laws and their ironclad rules, transcending destruction and new life!

It was far too profound, and far too unbelievable.

Even his third incarnation was deeply astonished!

So, you really could erupt with endless potential when caught between life and death and unleash such a miraculous attack…

His third incarnation’s heart shook. He struggled to calm himself back down.

Su Yi, meanwhile, had been sent flying backward, too. Although he’d blocked his third incarnation’s ultimate attack, the resulting destructive power still took its toll.

Bang!!

He landed in the chaos clouds, his body badly battered, as if he’d wrung out the last of his power. Shockingly, he couldn’t even crawl back to his feet.

His third incarnation looked over. He couldn’t help but shake his head. “You still lost in the end.”

He spoke without mockery or disdain. On the contrary, he seemed to find it a bit of a pity.

As if he thought Su Yi’s desperate bid had been in vain.

“I lost?” The corners of Su Yi’s lips twitched. His voice was raspy and weak.

“You’re unwilling to admit it?” His third incarnation said calmly. “Your body lies in tatters, your soul is depleted, and your cultivation base is exhausted. You can’t even climb back to your feet. Despite that, you still haven’t managed to break through. All of that serves as proof. The path you seek simply doesn’t exist!”

He spoke slowly and clearly, as if telling Su Yi that no matter how unwilling he was to accept it… this was reality!

“You’re wrong.” Su Yi lay there, gazing deeper into the dome of heaven. “You don’t understand the path I seek. Naturally, you don’t understand that I’m already standing upon it.”

His third incarnation frowned. “What do you mean?”

“A phoenix is bathed in fire and reborn amidst the flame, while I have grasped the transformations of life and death amidst destruction and broken through the last obstacle in my path. Just like…”

An indescribable light shone in the depths of Su Yi’s calm gaze, and his voice was tinged with heartfelt delight. “Just like new life sprouting up after a spring thunderstorm.”

“My body… is like the seed of my path to divinity, and now, it’s sprouted and extended its roots into the earth.”

His third incarnation’s hearts hook inexplicably. “You’ve… ‘grasped the transformations of life and death amidst destruction?’”

He recalled that masterful strike Su Yi had just unleashed. Its sword qi was imbued with wondrous power, as if he were shattering the boundary between life and death, or transcending the space between creation and destruction. It was far too unbelievable; even he was stunned, and even he struggled to understand it.

Don’t tell me he really grasped the mysteries of life and death just like that?

As soon as this occurred to him, Su Yi’s third incarnation suddenly sensed something and looked up.

He saw nothing at all, but he could clearly sense an invisible, mysterious, calamitous tribulation silently gathering beneath the dome of heaven.

Even he couldn’t help but feel a chill course through him. He sensed an impending lethal threat.

What a terrifying aura of calamity! Don’t… Don’t tell me that this is his Divine Tribulation?

If so, doesn’t that mean that he… really did manage to step onto that unprecedented path to divinity? Something no one has ever achieved before?

His third incarnation suddenly froze in place. He felt as if he’d been struck by lightning.

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