Firmament Sword

It was a stalk of green bamboo, about ten feet long. Its color was a vibrant green, and it was entirely translucent, as if carved from jade. The stalk was speckled with points of starlight that flickered with divine radiance.

The moment the green bamboo appeared, it unleashed a monstrous aura that cast a jade-green glow across the entire sky.

High in the heavens, the seven great stars seemed to react, erupting with dazzling starlight. Rays of light streamed down from them, forming a celestial curtain that completely enveloped the small island.

The youth sneered. Wielding the green bamboo, he charged straight for the seven great stars, the Golden Battle Garment on his body erupting with a terrifying, heaven-shaking aura.

He looked down upon the world, an image of absolute arrogance!

He swung the green bamboo and struck directly at one of the great stars.

BANG!

With a world-shaking crash, the great star trembled violently. Its light grew even more brilliant, scattering countless more rays of starlight.

In Xu Luo’s Sea of Spiritual Consciousness, Dubhe’s surprised voice echoed. ’That thing... how did he get his hands on it? Could he be...’

Dubhe said no more, transforming into a ray of light and shooting toward one of the great stars high in the sky.

The great star then trembled softly and immediately unleashed a world-shocking pressure. The aura it emitted was like a star falling from the sky, powerful enough to shatter the void itself!

BANG! BANG! BANG!

The youth relentlessly attacked one of the great stars with the green bamboo.

The great star that Dubhe now inhabited suddenly shot out a beam of starlight, which transformed into a bolt of Sword Qi. It pierced through the void, aimed at the youth in the Golden Battle Garment.

BOOM!

The youth blocked with the green bamboo. Endless shockwaves erupted high in the heavens. Both sides were deliberately containing the destruction within a certain area; otherwise, a battle of this magnitude could inflict irreversible damage upon the world.

”You’re his clone?” Dubhe’s cold, youthful voice came from the great star.

”And you are?” A strange light flashed in the youth’s eyes. His pupils suddenly grew profound, as if they held the vast universe itself. He gazed at the great star and then sneered, ”Just a wisp of a residual soul. Nothing to fear. Watch me destroy you!”

”You’re too arrogant!” Not a trace of emotion could be heard in Dubhe’s icy voice as it continuously shot out rays of starlight, forming thousands of bolts of Sword Qi that surged toward the youth like a tidal wave.

The Golden Battle Garment on the youth erupted with boundless light, filling the sky with a golden radiance. The green bamboo in his hand became a blur, sweeping toward the starlight-filled sky.

The battle was earth-shattering, shattering the very void. Various Heaven and Earth Laws emerged one after another, mending the broken space.

Meanwhile, in the endless heavens above, massive tribulation clouds began to gather, preparing to unleash a Thunder Tribulation to obliterate the person disrupting the local Heaven and Earth Laws.

The youth glanced up at the sky, then quickened the pace of his attacks.

From Xu Luo’s Dantian, six more rays of light shot out toward the other six great stars. In an instant, all seven stars transformed, each now radiating the true pressure of a celestial body as they bore down on the youth in the Golden Battle Garment.

At that moment, Xu Luo also stood up, a strange light flickering in his eyes. ’According to my calculations, a Saint should have shown up. The Beidou Soul Star Array can annihilate even a Saint.’

’But this first arrival—this youth in the Golden Battle Garment who calls himself a god—has no Saintly aura. Yet his combat power is monstrous. His Golden Battle Garment and green bamboo, in particular, are like Divine Artifacts. They’re things that shouldn’t exist in this world.’

’From Dubhe’s tone, it sounds like he recognizes this youth. Who could he be?’ Xu Luo muttered to himself, suddenly recalling a word Dubhe had mentioned: clone!

’Could he be... an existence from the Divine Domain who sent a wisp of a Dharma Body to this world?’ The sun, moon, and stars seemed to spin in Xu Luo’s eyes as a powerful battle intent surged within him.

”Kunpeng!” At that moment, the Cyan Dragon’s Spirit, which had been dormant on Xu Luo’s arm, suddenly let out a cry of alarm. Its voice trembled as if it had encountered something utterly terrifying.

’Kunpeng?’ Xu Luo was startled. ’How could this youth be the Kunpeng? Didn’t they say the Kunpeng went to the Divine Domain?’

”I can feel the Kunpeng’s aura!” On Xu Luo’s other arm, the wisp of White Tiger Thought also awakened. ”Though incomplete, it’s definitely him!” it said in a deep voice.

Xu Luo’s gaze grew deeper, his battle intent intensifying. The Kunpeng... it was as if he were his fated rival. Though they had never met, its influence had always loomed over him.

’He had gone through so much, raised his strength to such heights, all for... the day he would finally be strong enough to face this fated rival.’

’And now... that chance... seemed to be here!’

”Don’t go!” The Cyan Dragon’s Spirit sensed the battle intent surging from Xu Luo and issued a sudden warning. ”You’re no match for him right now!”

”This is a wisp of the Kunpeng’s Dharma Body,” the White Tiger Residual Thought added. ”Its strength is less than one ten-thousandth of the real body’s, but in this world, under these heavens, it is invincible!”

”A wisp of a Dharma Body, with less than one ten-thousandth of the real body’s power...” Xu Luo muttered, a fierce sense of indignation rising within him.

High in the heavens, the battle had reached a fever pitch.

The Seven Star Souls, inhabiting the seven great stars, launched a frenzied assault, as if trying to kill the youth in the Golden Battle Garment at all costs.

The youth in the Golden Battle Garment was now fighting with True Flame, unleashing his full strength. A trickle of blood hung at the corner of his mouth as he roared, ”You think you can keep this clone of mine here? Just the seven of you, a bunch of residual souls? You don’t have what it takes!”

”Don’t boast,” Dubhe’s icy voice retorted. ”If your true body were to descend, we would naturally be no match. But for a mere clone to dream of seizing this great fortune? That’s just wishful thinking!”

”We’ll keep you here today. Let your true body wonder what became of you!” Shaking Light’s ancient voice declared.

”Since you’ve come, you might as well stay,” came the cold yet pleasant voice of a woman, Jade Balance.

”Hahaha! You think you can stop me? You weaklings of Beidou?” the youth roared with laughter. ”Back when I roamed this starry sky, I could have devoured you all. You won’t escape my grasp today, either!”

The seven great stars fell silent, instead unleashing world-shocking power as they attacked the youth.

The great star inhabited by Shaking Light launched attacks that were fierce and unbelievably fast.

Xu Luo could sense the trajectory of the Shaking Light Step originating from Shaking Light’s star, along with other techniques like Breaking Army Seven Kills and Shaking Light Burst.

The great star inhabited by Kaiyang exerted a monstrous pressure that shattered large swathes of the sky. Its attacks were incredibly heavy, continuously pounding toward the youth.

From Jade Balance’s star, the Jade Balance Demon Sound pulsed relentlessly. Xu Luo’s gaze pierced through the shimmering starlight, and he could see a pained expression forming on the brow of the youth in the Golden Battle Garment.

Clearly, he wasn’t immune to the Jade Balance Demon Sound.

Meanwhile, the great star inhabited by Tianquan was constantly affecting the flow of time in the area, slowing it down and even causing it to become disjointed.

Under Tianquan’s influence, both time and space in the entire region became chaotic, giving rise to all sorts of strange phenomena.

The great star inhabited by Phecda was truly wondrous. From it flew an innumerable amount of magical treasures. For a moment, the entire sky blazed with brilliant light as all sorts of terrifying powers surged forth.

A red silk ribbon, tens of thousands of feet long, snaked toward the youth.

A black whip, radiating an endless, icy aura, lashed out at the youth.

A small pagoda instantly grew enormous, towering from the ground to the heavens as it bore down to suppress the youth.

”The God-Beating Whip... the Immortal Binding Rope... the Heaven-Reaching Tower?” the youth cried out in alarm. He hadn’t flinched while surrounded by countless attacks, but now, his expression changed dramatically.

Then, he muttered to himself, ”They’re just replicas. But to imitate them so realistically is no easy feat!”

As he spoke, an enormous Peng bird suddenly flew out from his Golden Battle Garment. Its wings unfurled to a staggering one million zhang. The Peng soared to the nine heavens and let out a sharp, ear-piercing screech.

BANG! BANG! BANG!

In the sky, all the treasures unleashed by Phecda’s star shattered at the sound of the Peng bird’s screech!

They exploded into countless energy fragments, showering down like rain.

The youth roared again. This time, an immense Kun Fish flew from his body. It was a million zhang long and pitch-black. It faced the Endless Ocean below and took a deep breath, sucking an immeasurable volume of seawater into its belly before spitting it all directly at the seven great stars!

Xu Luo discovered in horror that the ocean level was rapidly dropping. By the time the Kun Fish stopped inhaling, the island had effectively grown more than two hundred feet taller!

This was the Endless Ocean!

With a single gulp, the Kun Fish had lowered the water level of the entire Endless Ocean by more than two hundred feet!

The monstrous flood that spewed from the Kun Fish’s mouth caused unimaginable devastation!

At that very moment, the great star inhabited by the Merak Star Soul communed with heaven and earth, drawing in an immeasurable amount of essence energy from all directions. The star then radiated an endless stream of energy, forming a defensive barrier that blocked the deluge of seawater.

The entire Endless Ocean was thrown into turmoil. Unimaginably vast waves of Divine Power radiated outward in all directions, with Xu Luo’s small island at their epicenter.

Many of those who had rushed over from the Sect Continent, hoping to take part in refining Beidou’s Eighth Star, were annihilated by these destructive shockwaves before they even understood what was happening, crushed into dust.

Thousands of powerful experts from the Divine Power Realm, all famous figures on both the Sect Continent and the Ancient Race Continent, simply vanished into thin air, their remains swallowed by tidal waves that surged thousands of feet high.

A few of the top-tier experts were utterly horrified. They fled high into the sky, staring down in terror at the raging Endless Ocean, their faces masks of fear.

From within a carriage carved from a single stalk of Celestial Yang Wood, an excited voice cried out, ”The greater the danger, the clearer it is that Beidou’s Eighth Star is in a fierce battle! This is a heaven-sent opportunity, the kind one might not find in ten thousand years. Now that I’ve encountered it, I’ll regret it for the rest of my life if I don’t participate! Even if it means death, I must go and seize a piece of this fortune for myself!”

With that, the person spurred on the two Jiao Long pulling the carriage, which had already reached the Quasi-Saint Beast realm, and charged straight into the fray.