Firmament Sword

Deep in the high heavens, at the peak of Cangqiong, behind the azure sky, in a place ordinary people could never see... a great swirling mass of inky clouds was forming!

Like a pool of thick ink slowly spreading, it formed an immense vortex. Then, figures began to stream out from within!

Those figures shimmered with a silver light. To Xu Luo’s eyes, that light was even more dazzling than the sun!

At the same time, Xu Luo had a feeling. The instant he saw them, they... also saw him!

”The Divine Domain!” Xu Luo muttered to himself. ’I can’t believe they sent people so quickly.’

But he didn’t know if these people had come for him or for Cangqiong’s current Little Emperor.

Then, Xu Luo sent a Divine Thought directly into the mind of Sui Yan, who was in the Imperial Capital: ”Activate the strongest Grand Array!”

BOOM!

A ray of light transformed into a gigantic, umbrella-shaped dome, suddenly enveloping the entire Cangqiong Imperial Capital.

Ordinary people couldn’t see this light either, but to the powerful, it was a sensation they could feel with perfect clarity.

Instantly, everyone in the entire Imperial Capital whose cultivation was at the Divine Power Realm or above grew tense.

Xu Luo saw that at the peak of Cangqiong, the figures shimmering with silver light had all turned to look in this direction.

The light from the eyes of the figure shining most brilliantly was so sharp it could kill a Divine Power expert!

In what seemed like a single step, that person arrived in the sky above Cangqiong. Without a word, he pressed a palm down toward the entire Cangqiong Imperial Capital!

The palm grew immensely large in the sky, seeming to contain limitless power. Even a mountain peak would be crushed to dust under its pressure!

BANG!

The palm slammed against the defensive shield projected by the City Defense Array, creating a tremendous noise!

Like a thunderclap on a clear day, it shocked all the citizens of the Cangqiong Imperial Capital.

The people looked toward the sky in terror, but they couldn’t see anything...

Having already experienced far more than ordinary people, the citizens of the Cangqiong Imperial Capital didn’t panic excessively. Instead, they calmly took cover, though the tension in their hearts was, of course, palpable.

”Hm?” The figure who had struck with his palm let out a soft sound of surprise. ”To think this Lower Realm would have such an Array. Interesting...”

Xu Luo hovered in the air, looking at the silver figure through the defensive barrier. He said coldly, ”Are you trying to destroy this city?”

”And what if I am?” The silver figure’s voice was even colder, tinged with disdain. ”Sinners of the Lower Realm. A swarm of ants. Killing them means nothing.”

”Sinners? Ants?” Xu Luo laughed in fury. Looking at the silver figure, he took a single step and passed through the defensive barrier. This action actually startled the silver figure for a moment.

At the same time, within Cangqiong Imperial Capital City, all of Xu Luo’s relatives and friends rose into the air, their bodies erupting with the powerful auras of Divine Power Realm experts.

”A little interesting...” the silver figure’s eyes flickered as he spoke faintly.

At this point, the other figures radiating silver light all descended, taking their places behind him.

”We have no quarrel with you. Why have you come here?” Xu Luo asked.

”No quarrel?” The silver figure let out a cold laugh. ”You damned sinners of the Lower Realm dared to profane a noble lady of the Divine Domain. You all deserve to die!”

As he spoke, two beams of light shot from the silver figure’s eyes. The light transformed into a divine radiance and shot toward Xu Luo, intending to suppress and kill him on the spot!

Xu Luo leaped into the air, using the Shaking Light Step to evade the two beams of divine radiance. Then, the Beidou Sword in his hand unleashed a sword beam thousands of feet long, slashing directly at the silver figure.

”Hm? You are...” For the first time, a flicker of emotion—a hint of surprise—entered the silver figure’s voice as he rapidly retreated.

A vast, brilliant starlight cascaded down from above Xu Luo’s head, enveloping his body. With a long cry, Xu Luo chased after the silver figure, charging straight at him.

The other figures cloaked in silver light all cried out in alarm.

”Star Power!”

”He’s the reincarnation of a star!”

”Capture him and refine him!”

”Refining him would be a great fortune for us!”

”Haha, to think we’d find such a prize in the Lower Realm. This trip was truly worth it!”

”Surround and kill him! Then we’ll divide him among ourselves!”

After discovering the Star Power on Xu Luo, the group of figures flashing with silver light became as excited as pirates who had just found a treasure.

They communicated openly, ignoring Xu Luo and treating him like a fish on the chopping block.

VMMMM!

From behind one silver figure, five rays of different-colored light shot out, transforming into five Divine Swords that flew toward Xu Luo.

CLANG!

Another silver figure produced a great halberd in his hand. Radiating immense Divine Power, he swung it high and chopped down at Xu Luo!

The other silver figures each summoned their own magical treasures and attacked Xu Luo.

This group of experts from the Divine Domain intended to suppress Xu Luo in one fell swoop!

Xu Luo’s figure flashed. He used the Shaking Light Step, turning into a bolt of lightning, and simultaneously cast the Time Reversal Skill to slow the frequency of his opponents’ attacks.

CLANG!

Xu Luo’s sword struck the great halberd, producing an earth-shattering crash. The halberd snapped in two!

In this world, a weapon sharper and harder than the Beidou Sword... was almost nonexistent!

The halberd-wielder let out an angry roar and hastily retreated, but Xu Luo caught up to him in an instant. The Beidou Sword swept across the man’s neck.

PSH!

With one strike, he severed the man’s head from his body. A torrent of blood, thick with potent vital energy, gushed out!

This expert from the Divine Domain was killed before he could even let out a scream!

At the same time, Xu Luo opened his free left hand and formed hand seals in the air, directly sealing the gushing blood of the slain man and beginning to refine it on the spot!

”Ah! You little bastard... How dare you!”

The other figures flashing with silver light were enraged. They never expected that the target they wanted to refine would instantly kill one of their companions and, right in front of them, begin refining that companion’s essence blood!

One must understand that when a powerful Martial Artist is killed instantly, their essence blood does not dissipate and contains immense energy.

Xu Luo had never done this before, as he felt such an act was against the harmony of the heavens. But today, he was thoroughly enraged. This world had just found peace, and now people from the Divine Domain had come to stir up trouble.

Although they hadn’t come for him initially, the moment they discovered the Star Power within his body, they turned their spearheads on him without the slightest hesitation.

If this could be tolerated, what couldn’t?

’Since you want to refine me, then I’ll let you... have a taste of being refined yourselves!’

In the time it took to form a few hand seals, Xu Luo had refined the decapitated expert from the Divine Domain into a single, fingernail-sized, bright red Blood Pill.

He then stored it away. Consuming it directly like this would still be somewhat unsettling.

This group of arrogant, high-and-mighty experts from the Divine Domain had descended to the Lower Realm with great difficulty, thinking they could look down on all living things. They never imagined they would lose a War General in an instant—one who was then refined into an Essence Blood Pill right before their eyes. They all erupted in fury, each unleashing their immense Divine Power as they recklessly tried to kill Xu Luo.

Even with the suppressive power of the City Defense Array, the Cangqiong Imperial Capital still felt the heaven-shaking pressure and began to tremble.

Xu Luo’s figure flew up toward the high heavens. He said coldly, ”If you want to kill me, then follow me!”

The group of figures flashing with silver light didn’t care where the battlefield was. They only wanted to suppress Xu Luo and refine him.

”Brat, you’re dead today!”

”It’s useless even if you flee beyond the heavens!”

”You dare kill a god descended from the Divine Domain? No one can save you today!”

The most powerful of the silver figures bellowed furiously.

This person was indeed putting immense pressure on Xu Luo. He even suspected this was an expert at the Saint Realm!

It was only because he was in the Lower Realm, his strength partially shackled by the Heaven and Earth Laws of this plane, that he couldn’t display his full power.

But this battle was unavoidable. Behind him was his home and country, his family and friends, and tens of millions of innocent citizens. If he lost, his home would be destroyed, and its people annihilated.

Therefore, he had no path of retreat!

With a roar, the Seven Great Star Dharma Aspects rose behind Xu Luo, and he charged toward the group from the Divine Domain without holding anything back.

”Gods, my ass! A bunch of Pseudo-Gods not much stronger than me dare call yourselves gods? Today, I’ll make sure none of you leave here alive!”

Unleashing his full strength and fighting without restraint, Xu Luo’s combat prowess was terrifyingly astounding.

”He’s Beidou’s Eighth Star!” someone suddenly cried out in shock after seeing the Seven Great Star Dharma Aspects.

”Haha, this immense fortune belongs to us!” the strongest one exclaimed in delight.

”His speed is too fast! I can’t stop him!” a silver figure cried out. His own strength had already reached the Half-Saint Realm, but facing Xu Luo, he felt completely outmatched and cried out for help.

”Die!” Xu Luo used the Seven Great Star Dharma Aspects to stabilize himself, preventing the strongest expert’s pressure from suppressing him. His Beidou Sword swung out, slashing toward his opponent’s head!

PSH!

Another person was slain by Xu Luo, their blood spraying across the sky.

Xu Luo formed hand seals and began refining again!

BANG!

The Seven Great Star Dharma Aspects took a heavy blow, and Xu Luo spat out a mouthful of blood. But the movements of his hands didn’t stop; he continued to refine the man.

In an instant, the second person from the Divine Domain was refined into an Essence Blood Pill by Xu Luo.

”AAAAAH! Kill him! Stop trying to suppress him! His combat power is astonishing! Kill him first, then refine him!” the strongest figure roared, reminding his companions, ”Even if we lose some of the fortune, we have to kill him first!”

RUMBLE!

The remaining experts from the Divine Domain, their silver light blindingly brilliant, all unleashed their strongest attacks, blasting them toward Xu Luo.

They didn’t use Dharma Heaven and Earth, likely because they knew their Dharma Aspects couldn’t break through his Seven-Star Dharma Aspect. Instead, they all erupted with their ultimate power, wanting to crush Xu Luo with sheer force!

Xu Luo coughed up blood again. It was already no easy feat to kill two Half-Saint Realm experts. To fight so many powerful opponents by himself was indeed overwhelming.

Just then, a vast wave of energy fluctuated from the distant east. A stream of water transformed into a rainbow bridge, and an incomparably huge Large Lobster arrived in an instant.

”Little bugs from the Divine Domain, have a taste of your Master Xia’s claw!”

CRACK!

One of the experts from the Divine Domain failed to dodge in time and was snipped in half at the waist by the Large Lobster’s giant pincer. He instantly let out an earth-shattering, agonizing scream!