The First Immortal of Destiny

Dozens of miles from Chong’a Mountain, an unnamed peak stood alone.

Shen Mo hovered in mid-air, his feet upon rosy clouds, holding the Demon Slaying Sword as he gazed down at the summit.

The next moment, vast True Yuan surged within him, pouring into the magic sword. Accompanied by a slight tremor from the blade, a wave of Universe sword Qi slashed towards the unnamed peak.

PFFT!

The sharp, immense sword Qi, as if cleaving through tofu, directly severed its mountain root, cutting the connection between the peak and the earth veins.

What Shen Mo intended, of course, was far more complex than merely severing a mountaintop.

Back when he was in the Spirit Sea Realm, he could shatter an entire small mountain range in an instant. Now that his strength had surged, he could overturn a territory spanning thousands of miles if he exerted his full power.

Even for a mere demonstration of his swordplay’s offensive power, he wouldn’t have chosen such an insignificant peak near Chong’a Mountain for practice.

Then, the Demon Slaying Sword in Shen Mo’s hand pulsed with another wave of sword light. Unlike the previous sword technique, this sword Qi carried no destructive power, but instead pulsed with a trace of obscure and profound spatial fluctuations.

Bathed in the sword light, the unnamed peak, its mountain root already severed, vanished in an instant as if swallowed by an invisible behemoth.

The scene was strikingly similar to when Clam Girl Ming Yu used her ’The Smallest and The Largest’ divine Skill to absorb the coral island and a vast amount of seawater!

The third Senluo Sword Technique I created myself is finally taking shape! A gratified smile touched Shen Mo’s lips.

He had been practicing the All-Encompassing Sword Canon for several years. His cultivation method had reached the Epic state of Extremely Perfection, encompassing a myriad of swordplay techniques that made him superior to cultivators of the same realm!

However, sword techniques created based on the core of the All-Encompassing Sword Canon were far more powerful than its existing moves.

For millennia, countless ancestors of the Riverside Sect had practiced the All-Encompassing Sword Canon. The unique sword techniques they created and recorded in the canon were as vast as the ocean.

The advantage was that Shen Mo could readily use many of its powerful, pre-existing sword moves.

The disadvantage was that creating his own unique sword moves became exceedingly difficult!

To date, Shen Mo had only created two and a half unique sword moves: the first was ”Reincarnation,” the second ”Slay Demon,” and the half-move was the ”Fairyland” he was currently practicing!

This ”Fairyland sword style” was not an offensive technique but a method to open a Sword Zone using sword Qi.

Shen Mo had studied the Startling Swan Sword Technique for many years, drawing considerable inspiration from it. Later, he also dedicated significant mental power to studying Ming Yu’s ’The Smallest and The Largest’ divine Skill.

It wasn’t until the Flower Fairy clan lent him their treasure, the ”Golden Flowery Realm,” that he gained new insights after refining, using, and contemplating it.

Thus, Shen Mo finally managed to create the rudimentary form of the ”Fairyland sword style.”

It was called rudimentary because, in Shen Mo’s conception, the Sword Zone created by the ”Fairyland sword style,” in its complete form, would be a true cave paradise.

Its ultimate state would be to cleave open an entire, real world with a single sword strike!

With Shen Mo’s current Cultivation Realm, he was naturally far from achieving the power to ”open up heaven and earth.”

Leaving aside other considerations, even if the ”Fairyland sword style” possessed such formidable power, Shen Mo’s current vitality, soul, and True Yuan were insufficient to support such a feat. Forcing it would most likely result in the shattering of his Golden Core and the obliteration of his soul—a miserable end!

Of course, Shen Mo was not one to overreach.

His current goal was merely to further refine the ”Fairyland sword style.”

BOOM!

As the sword light flared, the vanished unnamed peak was ”squeezed” out from the brilliant radiance, landing perfectly intact upon the smooth, flat fracture of its mountain root.

However, under the scrutiny of Shen Mo’s five senses, all the birds, beasts, snakes, and insects within the mountain were found dead, every last one.

The Sword Zone I’ve created is still far inferior to Ming Yu’s ’The Smallest Space.’ When she uses ’The Smallest and The Largest,’ even living creatures can be stored within, and they can survive and even cultivate inside! But my Sword Zone cannot accommodate living beings; it can only be used like a Universe Bag.

A thoughtful expression crossed Shen Mo’s face. He immediately withdrew the Demon Slaying Sword into his Dantian, then formed a sword with his fingers and once again executed the ”Fairyland sword style,” sending a sliver of sword light slashing towards the unnamed mountaintop.

Having cultivated to his current level, he could pick up any withered branch and use it as a magic sword; he was no longer constrained by the need to physically wield a blade.

Of course, while he could easily execute sword techniques using a withered branch as a sword, its power would be negligible, only enough to bully low-class cultivators.

After all, an ordinary withered branch could hardly withstand his surging True Yuan, let alone the terrifying eruption of sword Qi!

The same principle applied to forming a sword with his fingers. While not problematic for everyday use, such posturing against a formidable enemy would be a quick way to get killed without even knowing how.

BUZZ!

The sword light, carrying ripples of spatial fluctuations, enveloped the unnamed mountaintop.

In the blink of an eye, the small mountain vanished as before. Only when Shen Mo executed the Fairyland sword move again did it reappear in the Outer Realm.

It’s adequate for storing treasures! However, constantly maintaining the Sword Zone space places a heavy burden on the soul and consumes a significant amount of True Yuan. Unless it’s an extremely precious treasure, storing it in a Universe Bag is sufficient. There’s no need to specially create a Sword Zone just for various spiritual items and resources!

Furthermore, if the ”Fairyland sword style” were used directly on a creature with cultivation, they could break free with a mere struggle. This would, in turn, intensify the strain on his soul and rapidly deplete his True Yuan.

Therefore, using this method to trap or kill powerful enemies was not very practical.

However, Shen Mo hadn’t created this technique for killing enemies but with future plans in mind. He hoped to use it to open up a cave paradise, or at the very least, achieve something on par with Ming Yu’s ’The Smallest Space’ or the Golden Flowery Realm!

Just then, a streak of demonic light flew rapidly from the direction of Chong’a Mountain, landing before Shen Mo.

The radiance subsided, and Ming Yu’s figure emerged from the demonic glow. She smiled at Shen Mo and said, ”Brother, we’re all ready. Lingyin asked me to come get you.”

”Alright, I’ll head back now,” Shen Mo replied.

He acknowledged and immediately employed the Ascending Cloud Immortal Method, returning to Chong’a Mountain with Ming Yu.

He had come here to practice the technique partly as preparation for their upcoming journey.

After discussing with Zhao Lingyin, they had decided to embark on a journey that served both official and private purposes.

Official duties included searching for the entrance to the Vacuous Realm, reorganizing the Defense Division headquarters in Zhong State’s Yan Tianjing, and liaising with Marine Race Demon Kings like Ming Cang and Lin Gu in the Immortal Burial Sea.

On the personal side, he planned to take Zhao Lingyin out for some leisure and also escort Ming Yu back to the Marine Race.

Zhao Lingyin had rarely ventured far since becoming a disciple of the Riverside Sect.

Usually, she remained in the Alchemy Zone on Spirit Gathering Peak, focusing on her cultivation and alchemy.

A few years prior, she had journeyed to Zhong State, but unfortunately, the Tianshan Mountain disaster erupted soon after her arrival, forcing a swift return to the sect.

Subsequently, she became trapped in the Mountain River Dungeon for three long years!

Now that they were newly married, Shen Mo wished to take her out to explore and see the world.