Firmament Sword

As the battle raged, Xu Luo only grew fiercer, his combat power immense and his might overwhelming. The Su Family Ancestor, on the other hand, found his heart sinking with every passing moment.

’This young man clearly hasn’t entered the Saint Realm. Logically, no matter how exceptional his talent or how great his combat power, he should be no match for a Saint.’

’Even if an Elder Saint like me has depleted vitality and my combat power is a shadow of its former self, the vast chasm between our realms should still allow me to completely crush a mighty figure of the Divine Power Realm like Xu Luo!’

’But the reality was that not only had he failed to crush his opponent, but the longer they fought, the more powerless he felt!’

’It was as if the young man he faced was a tireless machine. No matter how long they battled, his vitality remained full, his energy boundless.’

’How... how is something like this possible?’

While the Su Family Ancestor was reeling internally, his expression remained impassive. He unleashed his great Magical Power with a single, clear objective: to crush Xu Luo with the might of a Saint!

He refused to believe that a Saint could lose to someone in the Divine Power Realm!

”Old geezer, you must be furious right now, right? Wondering why a mighty Saint like you can’t beat a cultivator from the Divine Power Realm? The truth is, you’re just a relic!” Little Fatty shouted from a safe distance, his voice dripping with mockery. ”How could a decrepit old ghoul who should’ve turned to dust ages ago ever understand how incredible my brother is?”

The Su Family Ancestor’s eyes turned bloodshot. Ignoring Little Fatty’s taunts, he let out a furious roar, ”Heaven and Earth Essence Qi, gather to me!”

BOOM!

It was like a sudden clap of thunder on a clear day.

Vast amounts of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi surged madly from all directions, gathering like a tide toward the Su Family Ancestor and pouring into his body.

The massive influx of Heaven and Earth Essence Qi made the Su Family Ancestor’s body go rigid for an instant.

BANG!

Seizing the opportunity, Xu Luo slapped a palm against the Su Family Ancestor’s body, producing a muffled thud.

The Su Family Ancestor grunted and spat out a mouthful of blood, but his eyes flashed with a piercingly ferocious light. He laughed maniacally. ”Little brat, you want to kill me? In your dreams! I have sacrificed thirty years of my lifespan to absorb this Heaven and Earth Essence Qi. In a moment, let’s see where you run!”

A vast and powerful surge of vitality suddenly erupted from the Su Family Ancestor’s body.

Xu Luo was horrified. ’I never expected the Su Family Ancestor to be this powerful, to be able to instantly absorb the Heaven and Earth Essence Qi.’

He looked around and saw that the area for hundreds of miles had become a barren wasteland.

A dead land in the truest sense of the word.

All the flowers, grass, and trees had vanished, leaving only scorched earth devoid of life. The Su Family Ancestor had completely absorbed every trace of vitality. Who knew how many years it would take for this place to recover?

Xu Luo’s eyes flashed, and he let out a cold shout. ”Shaking Light Burst!”

An orb of energy shimmering with a terrifying light shot out and exploded violently against the Su Family Ancestor.

PFFT!

The Su Family Ancestor spat out another mouthful of blood, but he managed to raise a hand and point a single finger at Xu Luo.

A surge of the Power of Laws slowly emanated from the Su Family Ancestor’s finger...

”Saint’s Finger!”

Xu Luo’s scalp suddenly went numb. He was instantly reminded of his time at the Huo Family of the Ancient Race, of the finger attack the Huo Family Ancestor had unleashed just before his death...

Back then, if he hadn’t possessed a reverse scale from the White Flood Dragon Saint Beast, he would have died right then and there. There would have been no other possibility.

In an instant, Xu Luo activated the Shaking Light Step with all his might, retreating several thousand yards!

However, the Su Family Ancestor’s attack clung to him like a maggot to bone; that finger relentlessly pursued him.

It was accompanied by the Su Family Ancestor’s cold, sinister voice. ”Let’s see you run this time.”

This finger seemed to have merged with the world itself, becoming a supreme law with a simple, clear purpose: to suppress Xu Luo!

WENG!

Seven great stars rose from behind Xu Luo, moving to suppress the Su Family Ancestor’s finger attack.

BANG! BANG! BANG... BANG!

Seven thunderous explosions rang out.

The Dharma Aspects of the seven great stars shattered one after another!

The Seven-Star Dharma Aspect, invincible against those of the same realm, proved fragile before a true Saint. The Su Family Ancestor’s finger shattered it with a single touch!

PFFT!

Xu Luo coughed up a mouthful of blood, but the power within him remained endless, his vitality still vigorous.

But the disparity in their realms was suffocating.

”What other tricks do you have? Bring them all out!” the Su Family Ancestor sneered at Xu Luo, his eyes fixed solely on him.

To him, this reincarnated star of a young man was the most exquisite delicacy in the world!

If he could absorb and refine him, his decaying vitality would be replenished. He might even break through the Saint Realm and enter the Great Saint Realm in an instant!

At that point, the Dao Injury on his body would also heal instantly.

”Ugly ghoul? Who are you calling an ugly ghoul? I am Su Wu! In my day, I was a handsome man who traveled among the Ancient Races and charmed thousands of women!”

”I’ve long grown weary of this world! I have always longed to ascend to the Divine Domain and become a true god!”

”So what if I lose thirty years of my lifespan now?”

A joyful smile spread across the Su Family Ancestor’s lips, and his eyes filled with mockery.

”What good is immense combat power? The difference between our realms is as vast as heaven and earth.”

”You are a stumbling toddler. Even if you hold a sharp weapon, do you think you’re a match for a grown man in his prime?”

”In your dreams!”

The vitality surging from the Su Family Ancestor grew ever stronger. In that instant, he mobilized all of it, determined to completely suppress Xu Luo!

The aura of the Saint Realm burst forth from him, an aura that looked down upon the world!

Facing a Saint who was ready to risk everything, Xu Luo suddenly felt immense pressure.

Once again... he felt that sense of powerlessness.

The last time was against Huo Tongtian, the Saint Ancestor of the Huo Family from the Ancient Race!

Saints were supreme, invincible under the heavens.

Suddenly, two Divine Thoughts entered Xu Luo’s mind, arriving in his Sea of Spiritual Consciousness at almost the exact same moment.

The Cyan Dragon’s Spirit... and the White Tiger Residual Thought.

”Star Monarch, if one day you find my true body in the Divine Domain, please pay your respects to me.” This was the Divine Thought from the Cyan Dragon’s Spirit.

”Star Monarch, if one day you see the Kunpeng, I hope you will tell it that we came from the same origin. We were supposed to be brothers, so why must we turn on each other?” This was the Divine Thought from the White Tiger Residual Thought.

Then, two majestic and unparalleled streams of energy directly fused with the power inside Xu Luo’s body!

A strong wave of emotion came from the Cyan Dragon’s Spirit as it said, ”The Great Dao gave birth to One. Star Monarch, you and I are both that One from long ago, born of the same origin. Don’t forget, when you find my true body in the future, you must pay your respects to me!”

In that same instant, the White Tiger Residual Thought became very gentle. ”We were born of the same root. To return to one is also the way of the Great Dao.”

RUMBLE!

These two streams of power exploded thunderously within Xu Luo’s body!

In an instant, they shattered the bottleneck between the Tenth and Eleventh Layers of the Divine Power Realm, and a vast aura erupted from Xu Luo.

Xu Luo’s body became hazy, isolating him from the Su Family Ancestor’s aura.

”What’s happening?” The Su Family Ancestor was shocked and uncertain. He found he could no longer lock onto the young man before him.

Likewise, inside his own mind, Xu Luo was also asking what was happening...

’What happened?’ Xu Luo screamed in his mind. ’Tell me, what’s going on?’

BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The power inside Xu Luo’s body continued to climb, growing stronger and stronger.

Moreover, this power felt completely natural. Xu Luo didn’t need to adapt to it at all; it was as if this power had always been his.

”We share the same origin, and you are the stronger one!” The final thought from the Cyan Dragon’s Spirit entered Xu Luo’s Sea of Spiritual Consciousness.

”The Kunpeng is the same. Back then, it used a scheme to steal our Power of Origin, also for the sake of becoming *that person*...” The final thought from the White Tiger Residual Thought entered Xu Luo’s mind. ”We would rather empower you than submit to it... You should not die here. Fight! Take our power and fight!”

’Wait... what do you mean, from the same origin? Who is *that person*?’ Xu Luo cried out in his mind, but he received no further response.

Just then, a thunderous and vast power burst from him once more, directly smashing against the shackles within Xu Luo’s body.

The Su Family Ancestor was desperately trying to press down his finger attack to suppress Xu Luo, but to his utter horror, he found that at the most critical moment... his finger could not move down!

”This is impossible!”

The Su Family Ancestor roared wildly, ”No one in this world can break through at such a speed! It’s even more impossible to block my Saint’s Finger!”

Xu Luo’s eyes snapped open, shooting out two beams of divine light. His gaze, however, held an ancient, profound depth as he looked at the Su Family Ancestor and spoke. ”You dare try to suppress me?”

BANG!

Xu Luo raised his hand and struck out with a palm—it was still the Breaking Army Seven Kills.

And it was only the first kill: Broken Tendons and Bones.

CRACK!

The Su Family Ancestor’s finger... his incomparably powerful Saint’s Finger!

It shattered completely.

The pain of a finger is said to be connected to the heart. Even for someone in the Saint Realm, having a finger broken brought unbearable agony.

But more agonizing than the physical pain was his inability to accept it. How could a young man who wasn’t even in the Saint Realm possibly injure him? After a wretched scream, the Su Family Ancestor let out a roar. ”I understand now! I understand why your aura was already at the Divine Power Realm Peak, and why you’re still in the Divine Power Realm after breaking through... You... you had already entered the Tenth Layer of the Divine Power Realm, and now you’ve broken through to the Eleventh Layer... Heavens, this shouldn’t be happening!”

”O, Heavens! If you have eyes, then send down the Heaven and Earth Laws and erase this anomaly!”

The Su Family Ancestor roared at the sky. Above his head, the clouds of a Celestial Tribulation gathered densely, flashing with lightning and rumbling with thunder. A murderous aura filled the world.

Xu Luo shouted and unleashed the second kill of the Breaking Army Seven Kills—Severed Meridians!

He struck the Su Family Ancestor’s shoulder with a fist. A terrifying power surged into the Ancestor’s body, instantly destroying a large number of meridians near his shoulder!

How formidable was the physical body of a Saint Realm expert? And yet, before the current Xu Luo, it went from being flawless to damaged... Its solid defenses were directly broken, and he suffered a grievous wound!

”Aaargh!”

The Su Family Ancestor let out a miserable scream filled with indignation.

”This is impossible! I am in the Saint Realm! You are in the Divine Power Realm! This absolutely cannot be happening!”

The third kill of Breaking Army Seven Kills—Severing the Primordial Spirit!

Without any hesitation, Xu Luo unleashed the third kill of Breaking Army Seven Kills. A strange power shot directly toward the Su Family Ancestor’s Sea of Spiritual Consciousness.

A crack was blasted through the barrier of the Saint Realm, and the Su Family Ancestor’s Primordial Spirit was instantly and severely damaged, causing him to let out a furious roar.

The Cyan Dragon’s Spirit and the White Tiger Residual Thought actively fused every last bit of their remaining power into Xu Luo’s body, allowing him to step into the peak of the Eleventh Layer of the Divine Power Realm in a single bound, becoming a Half-Saint.

This version of a Half-Saint was immeasurably stronger than others who reached that state at the Peak of the Divine Power Realm’s Ninth Layer.

In terms of combat power, someone who had just stepped into the Early-stage Saint Realm from the Ninth Layer of the Divine Power Realm would be no match for Xu Luo!

The Su Family Ancestor had once stood at the Peak of the Saint Realm, but now his vitality was utterly depleted. Even sacrificing thirty years of his lifespan had only bought him a temporary replenishment.

Facing the suddenly empowered Xu Luo, the Su Family Ancestor was now powerless and grievously wounded.