novelraw Chapter 1154 - 1153 The Law of the Sword
Chapter 1154 - 1153 The Law of the Sword
The Grand Elder of the Immortal Academy sometimes represents the Academy's stance on certain matters.
In other words, from the Immortal Academy's perspective.
Among the younger generation, the Jun family shows greater promise.
Not only is there the anomaly that is Jun Xiaoyao.
The Son of Heaven Jun Bieli, the Human Emperor physique Jun Moxiao, the double-pupiled Jun Lingcang.
The younger generation of the Jun family has a bright future ahead.
The Immortal Court also has Ling Yuan, the Ancient Emperor's son, and the prodigies of the various great Immortal Lineages.
But all in all, they are nothing special compared to the Jun family.
Of course, the Immortal Court's Ancient Young Emperor has yet to emerge, so no one can say for certain what the future landscape will look like.
Still, the Grand Elder of the Immortal Academy clearly favors the Jun family.
The younger generation represents the future.
And from the Jun family alone, Jun Xiaoyao's reputation and prestige is enough to overshadow all the prodigies of the Immortal Court combined.
The meeting was brief.
After it concluded, an announcement was made.
In three months, a trial within the Void Heaven Realm's land of fortune would begin.
This news was like a boulder dropped into the sea, stirring up massive waves throughout the Immortal Academy.
Countless prodigies were eager and raring to go.
Moreover, the Void Heaven Realm trial was entered with one's Primordial Spirit, which at least eliminated a portion of the mortal danger.
Those prodigies with stronger Primordial Spirit paths all showed undisguised excitement in their eyes.
While those whose Primordial Spirit paths were weaker felt somewhat anxious, fearing they would be unable to seize good opportunities.
"By the way, if it's a Void Heaven Realm trial, the Jun family's Divine Son should be at a disadvantage, right?"
"Exactly, after all what the Jun family's Divine Son excels at most is crushing opponents with his physical body, overwhelming any enemy with a single palm strike."
"I wonder how his Primordial Spirit path actually is?"
Compared to Jun Xiaoyao's earlier reputation as the Ancient Holy Body, not many people knew much about his Primordial Spirit.
After all, a Three-Life Primordial Spirit was far too rare an existence.
You could search the entire world and find only a handful.
"If that's really the case, maybe I could actually defeat the Jun family's Divine Son inside the Void Heaven Realm?" one prodigy said.
"Keep dreaming. Do you know what it means for the strong to only grow stronger? Just because the Jun family's Divine Son has an unparalleled physical body, you assume his Primordial Spirit must be weak. That's pure ignorance."
Some prodigies disagreed, believing that Jun Xiaoyao's Primordial Spirit was not necessarily weaker than his physical body.
In any case, everyone was eagerly anticipating the fortune that the Void Heaven Realm had to offer.
……
Deep within the Immortal Academy, inside the cave heaven where Jun Xiaoyao resided.
Jun Xiaoyao sat alone cross-legged in the void, surrounded by endless streams of divine radiance from the Great Dao flowing all around him.
Various runic traces intertwined into incomparably profound and complex patterns.
Faintly, it was as though streams of divine laws were flowing through them.
Each divine law was razor-sharp, like tangible sword light made manifest.
After this period of comprehension, Jun Xiaoyao had gradually begun merging the five great Sword Dao divine arts together.
Jun Xiaoyao was surprised to discover that these five divine arts seemed to share something in common.
But then he thought about it — the so-called ten thousand paths of the Great Dao all lead to the same destination.
They all ultimately converge on a single road.
And that road was the Rule of the Sword!
At a certain moment, Jun Xiaoyao suddenly opened his eyes.
Within his gaze, it was as though endless sword light had surfaced.
Then, Jun Xiaoyao calmly extended his hand, pressing two fingers together to form a sword.
A strand of sword light appeared.
This strand of sword light seemed utterly ordinary, yet it felt as though nothing could stop it.
It was strange — it was clearly just a single strand of sword light.
Yet within it seemed to be reflected the stars, all things, and every living soul.
Everything, all of it, was mirrored within this single strand of sword light.
It was as if this were not a strand of sword light at all, but a crack reflecting ten thousand ages.
This strand of sword light swept casually into the void.
Everything was annihilated without a sound.
And this was still Jun Xiaoyao holding back, exerting only one percent of its power.
Otherwise, the entire Immortal Academy would have been shaken, and all these cave heavens and blessed lands would have been instantly torn apart and destroyed.
"I've finally comprehended it — the fusion technique of the five great Sword Dao divine arts."
A faint smile appeared at the corner of Jun Xiaoyao's lips.
The Slaughter Immortal Sword Art, the Primal Emperor Dao Sword, the Grass Script Sword Art, the Heaven-Severing Art, the Immortal Tribulation Sword Art.
The fusion technique of the five divine arts was……
"Thus Have I Slain!"
Jun Xiaoyao parted his lips and spoke four words.
Thus Have I Slain — this was the fusion technique of the five divine arts.
It sounded quite peculiar.
Most Buddhist sutras begin with four words: "Thus have I heard."
Meaning: I heard the Buddha speak thus.
So what did "Thus Have I Slain" mean?
It was as if Jun Xiaoyao were a supreme Buddha, and his sword was his dharma — all living souls must listen and receive it.
All enemies and opponents could only endure this sword strike, with almost no way to evade it.
Truly domineering beyond measure.
Thus Have I Slain — what is slain is the original heart!
This sword technique was not merely a physical attack.
It could also sever another's original heart with a single strike.
The so-called "Thus Have I Slain" means slaying the original heart of the self.
Any opponent or enemy whose will was not firm, or who lacked soul arts or a special Primordial Spirit, would fall into an absolutely disadvantaged position.
Their very Dao heart could potentially be severed by Jun Xiaoyao.
It was just that terrifying!
"Moreover, Thus Have I Slain should not be limited to a single technique — there should be further evolved variations within it."
Jun Xiaoyao's eyes were deep and contemplative.
Throughout history, there may well have been those who gathered all five great Sword Dao divine arts.
But the only person who could fuse the five divine arts, grasp their essence, and create Thus Have I Slain was Jun Xiaoyao alone.
As Jun Xiaoyao comprehended Thus Have I Slain,
within his body, segments of laws began to condense one after another.
They finally coalesced into a supremely sharp law.
This law seemed capable of severing all things in existence — living beings, all matter, time, space, and the original heart!
It was none other than the Law of the Sword!
At this point, Jun Xiaoyao had already condensed eleven laws.
He was already far stronger than a peak Sovereign with nine laws.
But this was still not Jun Xiaoyao's limit.
Jun Xiaoyao directly summoned the Three-Life Bronze Coffin.
This ancient artifact that had suppressed and refined calamity also contained many law fragments and vast energy that had been extracted from within.
Jun Xiaoyao could absorb them without concern.
"Continue condensing the immortal energy cultivated previously into laws."
Right now Jun Xiaoyao had only one goal — to cultivate as many laws as possible.
To maximize his innate talent.
Then break through forcefully to the next realm.
In doing so, Jun Xiaoyao could almost perpetually remain unrivaled at the same level.
Even challenging those above his level within the seven tiers of Sovereign — for Jun Xiaoyao, that would be as simple as eating and drinking.
After that, Jun Xiaoyao sank into cultivation.
The entire Immortal Academy also fell into a state of restless anticipation, waiting for the opportunity the Void Heaven Realm would bring.
……
Within the Nine Heavens Immortal Domain, an incomparably vast and magnificent world floated like a cosmic egg suspended in the boundless void.
That was the Chaotic Heaven Immortal Domain, one of the Nine Heavens Immortal Domains.
Just as the Desolate Heaven Immortal Domain was the Jun family's home base,
the Chaotic Heaven Immortal Domain was the home base of the Immortal Court.
Legend has it that the Ancient Immortal Court of the most primordial era was established within the Chaotic Heaven Immortal Domain.
Later, the domain suffered calamity and the Ancient Immortal Court collapsed.
Eight supremely powerful figures rose to prominence and established the Eight Great Immortal Lineages.
They then persuaded a demonic mythological emperor who had brought endless disaster upon the immortal domain to surrender — the founder of the Nine Li Demonic Kingdom, the Demon Emperor Chiyou.
Afterward, the Nine Li Demonic Kingdom was absorbed into the Immortal Court, becoming the ninth great Immortal Lineage, the Chiyou Immortal Lineage.
From then on, the structure of the Nine Great Immortal Lineages was established.
The Immortal Court then used the Chaotic Heaven Immortal Domain as its center, spreading its influence across the entire Nine Heavens Immortal Domain.
It ultimately became the hegemon of the immortal domain's former age.
Had it not been for a great war between the two realms long ago — when foreign forces invaded and dealt the Immortal Court a devastating blow —
the entire immortal domain might still be under the Immortal Court's control to this day.
At this moment, within the Chaotic Heaven Immortal Domain, in an incomparably ancient star region,
there was an ancient star shrouded in spiritual energy, with divine laws of the Great Dao circling around it.
This ancient star was extraordinary — the spiritual energy was so dense that the star itself seemed to pulse and throb like a beating heart.
Within the core at the center of the ancient star,
there stood an incomparably ancient golden palace, seated within.
Outside the golden palace, a number of sealed immortal sources were scattered about.
Some had already cracked open, clearly indicating that the beings sealed within had long since broken free.
And at the deepest core of the golden palace,
there was an incomparably vast and resplendent golden immortal source, radiating a transcendent spiritual aura.
Within the golden immortal source, a vague and transcendent silhouette could faintly be seen — supremely noble and shrouded in mystery.
At a certain moment, the golden immortal source began to tremble slightly.
Cracks began to spread across its surface one after another.
Then, with a thunderous boom,
the immortal source shattered.
Brilliant and sacred golden radiance illuminated the entire palace hall.
Like a blazing sun descending upon this turbulent age.
A sigh slowly drifted out from within that boundless radiance.
"All conditioned phenomena are like dreams, illusions, bubbles, and shadows — it truly feels like a dream."
"This Young Emperor has returned to the starting point where prosperity and chaos intertwine. Can it be that heaven's will intends for me to become the sole protagonist of this great age?"